Turkey’s First Live 5G Trial Performed by Turkcell and Samsung
November 05 2018 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) and the Samsung’s
collaboration blazed a trail in Turkey. Turkcell, striving for
Turkey to be one of the first countries to use 5G, and Samsung,
offering 5G solutions, organized an event to experience live 5G in
Turkey. Guests of the event got the opportunity to witness live 5G
for the first time in the experience zones of UHD Live Streaming,
Cloud Gaming, 360 degree Camera and VR streaming by using Samsung's
5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) solutions, combined with the
superior infrastructure of Turkcell.Thanks to 5G FWA technologies,
high-quality Gigabit connections can be made with 5G in homes and
offices where there is no fiber infrastructure. In addition to
Maltepe Plaza, Samsung’s 5G FWA solutions have been tested in
Istanbul Technical University and Kadikoy, a dense province of
Istanbul.
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Turkcell has performed the first live 5G
trial in Turkey. From left, Turkcell CTO Gediz Sezgin, President of
Samsung Electronics Turkey Dae Hyun Kim, Istanbul Technical
University President Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karac, Turkcell CEO Kaan
Terzioglu, Head of Samsung Networks Europe Thomas Riedel (Photo:
Business Wire)
“Our goal is clear: Turkey will be one of the firsts”
During his speech at the event, Turkcell CEO Kaan
Terzioglu said “As Turkey’s Turkcell we are proud to be a
pioneer in several fields concerning 5G. We reached record speeds
in one of the world’s first 5G tests, which took place under the
roof of Turkcell. To lay the groundwork for Turkey to be a major
player in the field, we are engaged in scientific cooperation with
universities and collaborating with the world’s technology giants,
all aimed at making Turkey one of the first countries to implement
5G. We have gained valuable experience in infrastructure and
product deployment, service development, making network
improvements, and offering the latest technologies by cooperating
with global players. The live 5G experience that we experience
today is the concrete example of the MoU we signed with Samsung in
South Korea in February. Today, with 5G, we have shown that the
latest generation of high-speed wireless access is now possible for
our customers. Our goal is clear: to make Turkey one of the first
countries in the world with 5G technology. Turkcell established the
fastest mobile network of the world, today in Istanbul. 5G is a
historic opportunity for Turkey. 5G does not only happen to be a
communication technology, but is a total transformation, the
digitalization of sectors such as automotive, agriculture, health,
and the transformation of industry 4.0.”
During his speech Dae Hyun Kim, President of Samsung
Electronics Turkey said, “We are happy to contribute to
Turkey’s efforts to embrace the state-of-the-art technologies
through initiatives like this one which we successfully put into
practice in partnership with Turkcell. Today, we took an important
step together with Turkcell in providing the end-users in Turkey
our leading 5G technologies, which will be further developed by
means of our global investments.”
Turkcell CTO Gediz Sezgin said “We are one of the world's
leading operators and we are trying to provide a better network
experience with the technologies of the future. When setting up our
4.5G infrastructure, we thought about the future of 5G and set up a
compatible system. Our superior infrastructure makes 5G possible in
our country. Through collaborations with technology giants like
Samsung we will continue our efforts on the commercialization of
next-generation technologies and 5G in Turkey. Today, the
experience of 5G with all of our guests is a very important step
taken in this way.”
Istanbul Technical University President Prof. Dr. Mehmet
Karaca stated that “As technology changes and transforms, our
lives transform as well. The ones who have the data and can analyze
it, are leading the world. When we look at the growth of companies,
the largest companies today are the telecommunication companies.
Today we stand here together with two of the largest companies of
the world. Our university is focusing on research projects on
infrastructure and latest technological innovations. We are honored
to contribute to this project as Istanbul Technical University
along with Turkcell and Samsung.”
Back in February 2018, Samsung unveiled the world’s first
complete commercial 5G FWA solutions, comprised of 5G radio (access
unit and virtualized RAN), 5G routers and next-generation core.
Using in-house technology and assets, Samsung has developed the
first commercial ASIC-based 5G modems and RFICs. The 5G FWA
solutions will enable end-users to have Gigabit speed broadband
services without laying down optical fiber. In August, Samsung
announced that it will invest $22 billion in four of emerging
technologies - 5G, AI, automotive electronics components and
biopharmaceuticals globally, over the next three years. (Link)
About Turkcell:Turkcell is a digital operator
headquartered in Turkey, serving its customers with its unique
portfolio of digital services along with voice, messaging, data and
IPTV services on its mobile and fixed networks. Turkcell Group
companies operate in 8 countries – Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus,
Northern Cyprus, Germany, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova. Turkcell
launched LTE services in its home country on April 1st, 2016,
employing LTE-Advanced and 3 carrier aggregation technologies in 81
cities. In 2G and 3G, Turkcell’s population coverage in Turkey is
at 99.68% and 98.23%, respectively, as of September 2018. Turkcell
offers up to 10 Gbps fiber internet speed with its FTTH services.
Turkcell Group reported TRY5.8 billion revenue in Q318 with total
assets of TRY45.4 billion as of September 30, 2018. It has been
listed on the NYSE and the BIST since July 2000, and is the only
NYSE-listed company in Turkey. Read more at www.turkcell.com.tr
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.:Samsung inspires the
world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and
technologies. The company is redefining the worlds of TVs,
smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, network
systems, and memory, system LSl, foundry and LED solutions. For the
latest news, please visit the Samsung Newsroom at
http://news.samsung.com.
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