Turkcell Subsidiary life:) Announces CEO Appointment
17 September 2015 - 2:10AM
Business Wire
Turkcell’s (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) wholly-owned subsidiary
life:) announced the appointment of Burak Ersoy as its new CEO. Mr.
Ersoy will take the helm at the Ukrainian operator as of October
1st, 2015.
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life:)'s recently appointed CEO Burak
Ersoy assumes office on October 1st, 2015. (Photo: Business
Wire)
Burak Ersoy joins life:) from Turkcell Turkey, where he was the
Senior Vice-President of Retail and Distribution. Prior to this
position, he served as Chief Consumer Sales Officer, Small Business
Director, and Consumer Sales Channels Manager at Turkcell. He had
joined Turkcell, life:)’s parent company, in 2006.
life :) became the first GSM operator to introduce 3G to Ukraine
in May with the support of Turkcell. At the end of June, Turkcell
took a further step in demonstrating its commitment to the
Ukrainian market as it became the sole owner of life :).
“Our team in Ukraine has demonstrated its enormous potential
with the speedy roll out of 3G. Burak Ersoy, who now takes the helm
at life :), will elevate the successful efforts of our Ukrainian
team to a new level” said Ahmet Akca, Chairman of the Turkcell
Board. “Turkcell will continue to support life :) with its
technology and know-how as it adds further success stories to its
track record under Burak’s leadership.”
“We have repeated time and again that Ukraine will be a pilot
country for Turkcell as it expands its regional footprint and
influence. The speed with which life :) started serving its
customers in 3G following the launch proves that this expectation
is well-founded. .” said Kaan Terzioğlu, Turkcell’s CEO.
“Under Burak’s leadership, life :) will step up its work of
transforming the Ukrainian communication landscape with 3G+.”
life :) serves 14 million customers in Ukraine as of June 30th,
2015. In addiiton to its leadership in introducing 3G with
3-carrier technology in Ukraine, the operator is the market leader
in smartphone and 3G-capable device penetration.
Mr. Erdal Yayla, who has been successfully executing the role of
acting CEO since January 2014 will continue to be a part of the
life:) team as the Chief Financial Officer.
ABOUT TURKCELL: Turkcell is an integrated communication
and technology services player in Turkey. Turkcell Group has
approximately 67.9 million mobile subscribers in nine countries and
over 1.3 million fixed subscribers in Turkey as of June 30, 2015.
Turkcell was one of the first among the global operators to have
implemented HSPA+. It has announced two new HSPA+ Technologies on
its 3G network to meet rising data usage. Having successfully
integrated 3C-HSDPA and DC-HSUPA Technologies, it became the first
mobile operator in the world to enable peak speed of 63.3 Mbps
downlink while also enabled an 11.5 Mbps uplink on a 3G network.
Turkcell is the first telecom operator to offer households fiber
broadband connection at speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps in Turkey. As of
June 2015, Turkcell’s population coverage is at 99.85% in 2G and
92.06% in 3G. Turkcell Group reported a TRY3.1 billion (US$1.2
billion) revenue with total assets of TRY20.7 billion
(US$7.7billion) as of June 30, 2015. 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
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