CELTIC Experiences

Berkin TOKTAŞHead of Product Strategy&Inovation Governance

Turkcell Group Overview

Most Admired Company

Most Valuable Brand in Turkey

Listed on NYSE and ISE

Market Cap: $16.7 billion

2009 Revenue: $5.8 billion

Communications & technologyleader in the region61 M subscr. in 8 countries

Leading operator in 5 countries

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Creating leading edge technology solutions:

Turkcell Technology R&D Center

Customer Base:

Ukraine &

Belarus

Billing, Rating, Charging, Collection

SIM and Terminal Solutions

Datawarehouse and CampaignManagement System

3G Platforms

Network & Roaming Solutions• Established in April 2007 • 321 highly qualified engineers

http://www.ucell.uz/ru/

Celtic Participation

LOOP

• First Turkish partner involvement in a CELTIC project

• “Advanced network applications in multi-RAT environments”

• Procedures, meetings, conf. calls, MTRs etc

• Good harmony among academic, research and industrial partners

• Succesfully completed by Dec’09

Other Projects

• Call 5• An ontology framework for mobile applications based on user’s “context” info• Coordinated by ESI from Spain• Partners from Spain and France•Turkish consortium led by Mobilera

• Caretta and Turkcell• Mar’11

• Call 5• Prototyping of services marketplace framework where Telco and Internet worlds are converged• Coordinated by Orange&FT Group from France• Partners from France, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Japan• Nov’11

• Call 6• Innovative Femtocell solutions for IMT Adv. networks• Coordinated by Alcatel-Lucent from France• Partners from France, Finland and Israel• May’12

Turkey’s Progress

Turkey is 7th active country among 30 nations in Cluster

Turkey’s Progress

Turkey’s participation started to increase from 2008Number of projects per country

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Observations & Recommendations• Average project duration is about 2-3 years

• dedication is expected• resource flexibility

• Different players around whole Europe mean different experiences• be patient• lead you to reach foreign markets

• Focus on your strategic areas, join “relevant” projects and earn double

• Apart from public reimbursement benefit, gained know-how and experience is also valuable.

• Be networked, be spotted• do not miss info days, matchmaking events, elevator pitches• keep your connections alive

• Utilize national authority resources• frequently keep in touch

Next in the Agenda

• Celtic Plus era just started (2011-2019)• “Smart Connected World”

• Celtic Plus Event 2011• Call1 Info Day and Networking Event• 29-30 March, Heidelberg-Germany

• Volunteers with good project proposal(s) from Turkey expected

• Event Registration• http://www.celticplus.eu/Events/Event2011/default.asp

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Contact

Bülent YILMAZ

Turkcell Tepebaşı Plaza

bulent.yilmaz@turkcell.com.tr

0532-210-1883

mailto:bulent.yilmaz@turkcell.com.tr

Thank you …