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| News Archive 200713.02.2007 Istanbul / Helsinki 13 Feburary 2007 Turkcell (NYSE:TKC, ISE:TCELL), the leading mobile operator in Turkey with 31.8 million customers, announced that it has selected to work with Valimo Wireless in its Mobile Signature project. As a latest innovation in mobile technologies, mobile signatures will soon bring added convenience and enrich people's lives with enhanced security and convenient features in Turkey. "TurkcellMobilImza" (mobile signature) will be announced to relieve users from the agony of standing in queues by securely bringing the electronic signature technology into mobile telephones. The market for mobile identity management and strong authentication solutions is in a fast growth phase as governments and financial institutions are moving toward more secure and user-friendly mobile phone-based document signing and transaction validation. Valimo is the market leader in strong authentication and digital signatures and has been one of the first and most significant companies to develop mobile signatures as a successful business. Valimo will deliver a complete solution with a wide range of support for the SIM-based mobile signature solution. The solution will include Valimo’s flagship product, Valimo Validator - MSSP, Valimo Messaging Server and the Valimo Registration Server user registration solution. “We are proud to be chosen by Turkcell and this successful delivery reinforces Valimo’s position as the market leader in mobile identity solutions, and the only one-stop source for mobile network operators for mobile signature solutions," comments Mr Juha Mitrunen, Senior Vice President of Valimo. Valimo products are based upon the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) standards for mobile signatures (ETSI MSS). Contact Valimo Wireless Juha Mitrunen
Contact Turkcell Investors: Ferda Atabek, Investor Relations Media: About Turkcell Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with 31.8 million post-paid and pre-paidcustomers as of December 31, 2006 operating in a three player market with a market shareof approximately 60% as of September 30, 2006 (Source: Telecommunication Authority). Inaddition to the high-quality wireless telephone services, Turkcell currently offers GeneralPacket Radio Service (GPRS) countrywide and Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution(EDGE) in dense areas, which provide for both improved data and voice services. Turkcell provides roaming with 539 operators in 193 countries as of January 5, 2007. Serving a large subscriber base in Turkey with its high-quality wireless telephone network, Turkcell reported US$4,528 million net revenues as of December 31, 2005 and US$3,497million net revenue for the nine months as of September 30, 2006 as per IFRS financial statements. Turkcell has interests in international GSM operations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan,Moldova, Northern Cyprus and Ukraine. Turkcell has been listed on the NYSE (New YorkStock Exchange) and the ISE (Istanbul Stock Exchange) since July 2000 and is the onlyNYSE listed company in Turkey. 51.00% of Turkcell’s share capital is held by TurkcellHolding, 7.46% by Cukurova Group, 13.07% by Sonera Holding, 5.07% by M.V. Group and0.01% by others while the remaining 23.39% is free float. About Valimo Wireless Helsinki-based Valimo Wireless delivers identity management and strong authentication software solutions in both mobile and fixed-line environments to its mobile operator and corporate customers. Valimo's solutions are used by more than 40 European and Middle Eastern customers to date, assuring non-repudiation, high data security and high availability over most network infrastructures and end-user devices. Valimo is growing strongly with offices in Finland, Sweden, Germany and Spain. For more information about Valimo, please visit www.valimo.com
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