Deutsche Telekom International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS), the
international wholesale arm of Deutsche Telekom AG, announced today that
it will expand its international Tier 1 IP network into Turkey and set
up a new IP PoP (Point of Presence) in Istanbul.
Together with its partner Turkcell Superonline, ICSS will set up the IP
PoP at one of Istanbul's most frequented telehouses in order to address
the increasing demand arising from public and private IP-traffic
consumption.
Acting as a gateway from Turkey to Western Europe, the new global IP PoP
will deliver quality access to Deutsche Telekom’s reliable and efficient
high-capacity network so that ICSS can better serve carriers, service
providers, content networks, and enterprises in Turkey and its
surrounding countries with high-quality IP services in the public and
private IP sector.
Holger Magnussen, Senior Vice President Deutsche Telekom International
Carrier Sales & Solutions, states: "As a strong emerging market, Turkey
and its neighboring countries offer valuable opportunities to the global
IP transit industry, and the new Istanbul-based PoP will directly enable
not only the growth of the local market, but also the ability of global
players to connect effectively and efficiently to regional
infrastructures. Due to the resulting, significantly increasing data
traffic, we believe that Turkey will become a 'hub' for exchanging IP
data among service providers and carriers in the region."
Murat Erkan, General Manager of Turkcell Superonline, says: "Turkcell
Superonline is very pleased to see Deutsche Telekom's interest in
Turkey, enabling access to their global Tier 1 IP network from Istanbul.
This partnership will contribute to the implementation of our strategy
of making Istanbul the region's Internet exchange hub and promoting
Turkey as an intersection point for the global communication network. We
firmly believe that our cooperation with Deutsche Telekom will
contribute significantly to the Internet services of Turkey, the Middle
East, and the Caucasus.”
About Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s leading integrated
telecommunications companies with almost 130 million mobile customers,
33 million fixed-network lines and over 17 million broadband lines (as
of June 30, 2012). The Group provides products and services for the
fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for
consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate
customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in around 50 countries and has
over 233,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR
58.7 billion in the 2011 financial year – more than half of it outside
Germany (as of December 31, 2011).
About Deutsche Telekom International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS)
International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS), an integral part of
Deutsche Telekom’s International Businesses unit within the Europe
organization, is the global communications enabler of the Deutsche
Telekom Group and more than 700 external customers worldwide. As one of
the largest carriers in the world, ICSS provides global voice
communication, Internet connectivity to millions of eyeballs, and global
roaming and messaging on next generation platforms, as well as smart
content distribution, media exchange, and virtual carrier solutions. The
international customers of ICSS experience seamless service
provisioning, including global reach, and the highest quality. The
variety of solutions provided by ICSS is based on an expanding
ultramodern infrastructure: Deutsche Telekom’s international network.
For further information, see www.telekom-icss.com.
About Turkcell Superonline
Turkey’s innovative telecom operator Turkcell Superonline is a
fully-owned Turkcell Group company. Turkcell Superonline continually
invests in new generation fiber-optic infrastructures in the advancement
of its own. Turkcell Superonline offers ultra-wide broadband services to
its residential and corporate customers through its own nation-wide
deployed fiber network. The company also provides a full portfolio of
wholesale and corporate services such as cloud computing, point-to-point
circuits, virtual private networks, datacenter, hosting, security and
back-up services. The company is the first and only telecom operator to
provide 1000 Mbps Internet to residentials. Turkcell Superonline reaches
all neighboring countries via its own 30,000 kms fiber network,
realizing the vision of "Transforming the Silk Road into the Fiber Road”.
For further information, visit www.superonline.net
