News Archive 2007

05.04.2007
Valimo completes successful mobile signature solution delivery to Turkcell

Turkcell, the leading mobile operator in Turkey with more than 30 million customers, deploys Valimo Wireless’ complete mobile signature solution enabling Turkcell to provide mobile signature as a service to its customers. With Valimo’s solution, Turkcell’s customers can legally sign documents and confirm transactions, including money transfers and Internet banking, securely with their mobile phone. The banks, corporations and government organisations can offer new services and better service coverage at lower costs directly to individuals. It also protects the users from phishing and identity theft, substantially reducing the related financial losses on the Internet and other digital channels.

Turkcell’s customers can, for example, sign legal contracts with third parties using their mobile phone independent of time and place instead of travelling to the third party office for face to face identity confirmation and approval with the traditional signature by pencil. 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 SIM-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 delivered to Turkcell a complete solution with wide range of support, based on Valimo’s experience in commercial deployments, helping Turkcell to develop a new successful business in the market. The solution includes Valimo’s flagship product, Valimo Validator - MSSP, Valimo Messaging Server and the Valimo Registration Server user registration solution.

“It’s an integral part of Turkcell’s strategy to offer our customers and partners the most advanced services that will ease and enrich our customers life and connect them to life by creating value added communication services. Valimo’s end-to-end solution and market proven products met our requirements for our mobile signature service,” says Mr. Cenk Serdar, Chief Executive for Value Added Services, Turkcell .

In accordance with European Directive for Digital Signatures and Turkish Digital Signature Law, Turkcell Mobile Signature is the equivalent of a conventional, legally binding signature on a paper contract. In that respect, the sim card in a mobile phone runs as a signature creation device - the electronic equivalent of a pen. The combination of the subscribers’ own SIM card and a personal Signing PIN to generate a mobile signature enables the highest available level of security while maintaining excellent usability.

“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. The Turkcell mobile signature delivery follows other successful deliveries in Europe and the Middle East and increases the customer base with access to Valimo’s mobile signature technology by over 500%.

Valimo products are based upon the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) standard for mobile signatures (ETSI MSS

Contact Turkcell

Investors:
Koray Ozturkler, Investor Relations
Tel: +90-212-313-1500
Email: koray.ozturkler@turkcell.com.tr

Ferda Atabek, Investor Relations
Tel: + 90-212-313-1275
Email: ferda.atabek@turkcell.com.tr
investor.relations@turkcell.com.tr

Media:
Doruk Arbay, Corporate
Communications
Tel: + 90-212-313-2319
Email: doruk.arbay@turkcell.com.tr

Technical:
Deniz Tunçalp, Value Added Services
Tel: +90-212-3132554
Email: deniz.tuncalp@turkcell.com.trbr>

Contact Valimo Wireless
Heli Koenkytö
Valimo’s PR - Account Manager, Hill and Knowlton Finland Oy
Tel. +358 9 3486 1247
E-mail: heli.koenkyto@hillandknowlton.fi

Juha Mitrunen
SVP
Tel: +358-9-4365-0080

About Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with 31.8 million post-paid and pre-paid customers as of December 31, 2006 operating in a three player market with a market share of approximately 60% as of December 31, 2006 (Source: Telecommunication Authority). In addition to the high quality wireless telephone services, Turkcell currently offers General Packet 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 541 operators in 193countries as of February 26, 2007. Serving a large subscriber base in Turkey with its high-quality wireless telephone network, Turkcell reported US$4,700 million net revenues as of December 31,2006 as per IFRS financial statements. Turkcell has interests in international GSM operations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus and Ukraine. Turkcell has been listedon the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) and the ISE (Istanbul Stock Exchange) since July 2000and is the only NYSE listed company in Turkey. 51.00% of Turkcell’s share capital is held by Turkcell Holding, 7.46% by Cukurova Group, 13.07% by Sonera Holding, 5.07% by M.V. Group and 0.01% by others while the remaining 23.39% is free float.

About Valimo Wireless

Helsinki-based Valimo Wireless is the leading provider of mobile signature solutions for mobile operators, banks 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 Turkey. For more information about Valimo, please visit www.valimo.com