Turkcell launches with Novarra to drive Internet penetration

Turkey's leading mobile communications provider taps consumer demand for 'anytime' internet access

Chicago, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Novarra, the internet mobility company, announces that Turkcell has integrated a new 'open internet' offering to their portal service using Novarra's Vision(TM) platform for next-generation mobile internet and multi-media services.

The application will be immediately available to more than 20 million Turkcell customers.

Through the Vision platform, Turkcell customers will be able to access the breadth of the internet with a rich mobile user experience, without requiring any change to their existing handsets.

Turkcell's new service is built upon Vision platform Version 7.0 that provides operators and content providers the most comprehensive support for internet technology, mobile handsets and mobile browsers.

With five years of global commercial deployments, the Vision multi-media platform delivers performance, scalability and reliability required for mass-market everyday services.

Cenk Serdar, Chief Officer - Value Added Services, Turkcell commented: "This service is our strategic initiative to deliver popular and personally- relevant internet applications 'anytime, anywhere' to our customers."

He continued: "Novarra brings experience and quality critical to achieving our goals for consumer uptake and ARPU growth."

"There is strong revenue growth across our all our customers due to steady consumer uptake and increasing usage per user," said Jayanthi Rangarajan, president and CEO of Novarra.

She added: "With eight years of focus on mobile internet platforms, our product quality and roadmaps meet the needs of operators and internet businesses deploying robust mobile consumer offerings."

About Turkcell

Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with 34.8 million postpaid and prepaid customers as of September 30, 2007 operating in a three player market with a market share of approximately 58% as of June 30, 2007 (Source: The Telecommunications Authority).

In addition to 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 565 operators in 196 countries as of November 7, 2007. Serving a large subscriber base in Turkey with its high-quality wireless telephone network, Turkcell reported US$4,521 million net revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and US$4,700 million net revenue for the year ended 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 listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and the Istanbul Stock Exchange ("ISE") since July 2000 and is the first and only NYSE listed company in Turkey. 51.00% of Turkcell's share capital is held by Turkcell Holding, 4.22% by Cukurova Group, 13.07% by Sonera Holding, 4.07% by M.V. Group and 0.01% by others while the remaining 27.63% is free float.

About Novarra:

Novarra, the internet mobility company, is the leading provider of high performance mobile web platforms for operators and content providers to create new services and revenue streams. Novarra developed the first server-client architecture for web content transformation and network optimization designed for mass-market, high volume mobile consumer deployments. Novarra's open, standards-based platforms deliver a high quality mobile user experience for services like full rich web, search, premium portals, personalization and advertising. Global, commercial deployments over 5 years on both 2.5G and 3G networks have proven consumer satisfaction, uptake and increased data services revenue.

For more information:
Europe:
Ivana Farthing / Alexis Dalrymple
Hotwire PR +44 (0) 20 7608 2500
Ivana.Farthing@hotwirepr.com
+ 44 (0) 7841 982 597
alexis.dalrymple@hotwirepr.com
+44 (0) 7713 998 642
North America:
Doug Haslam
Topaz Partners
Novarra@topazpartners.com
+1 (781) 404 2419

SOURCE Novarra
CONTACT: Europe,
Ivana Farthing,
+ 44 (0) 7841 982 597,
Ivana.Farthing@hotwirepr.com, or
Alexis Dalrymple,
+44 (0) 7713 998 642,
alexis.dalrymple@hotwirepr.com, both of Hotwire PR,
+44 (0) 20 7608 2500; or
North America,
Doug Haslam of Topaz Partners,
+1-781-404-2419,
Novarra@topazpartners.com, all for Novarra
Web site: http://www.novarra.com

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Valimo`s Mobile Signature Solution demonstrated in Australia

Helsinki, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Valimo has successfully conducted a Proof of Concept (POC) of its Mobile Signature Solution using one of Australia's largest Mobile Network Operators. The POC took place throughout the second half of 2007 and was primarily targeted at the country's financial industry.

The demonstration was facilitated through the hosting telco and Westpac's venture known as 'Trust Centre.' Mobile Signatures were demonstrated to five of the six largest banks in the country, two government departments, and several members of the Australian banking and finance industry.

As stated during the project by Mr. Mark Beaumont, former chief information technology architect at Trust Centre's, "The concept is pretty simple. It's what it can be used for that's exciting. Wherever a handwritten signature was traditionally required, this solution can replace that process."

"The bank is capable of sending an encrypted message to the user - not even the telco that transported that message could read it," Mr Beaumont said. "The user signs that message and it is then sent back to the bank with the user's signature on the end", he says. (1)

So if you can send a short message with your mobile phone, you can use Valimo's solution for strong and two-factor authentication based on Public Key encryption.

Valimo's mobile signature solution combats identity theft and online fraud:

"Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in Australia and it's costing the country an estimated $3.5 billion a year. That's about 20 per cent of what Australian companies spend on information technology on a yearly basis. The percentage of Australians concerned about misuse of personal information stands at 59 per cent, with war and terrorism trailing by 7 per cent." (2)

In 2007, Valimo delivered a complete mobile signature service infrastructure to Turkcell. Already 13 banks in Turkey allow their retail customer's to use Turkcell's MobilImza ("Mobile Signature Service") to authenticate themselves for online banking and to digitally sign bank transactions.

The participating businesses have integrated their existing systems to enable mobile signature services in a matter of weeks and this shows how straightforward such integration projects have been. Valimo would like to share this experience.

Contact Valimo's Regional Manager Peter Henningsen (peter.henningsen [at] valimo.com) or Valimo Headquarters: tel. +358-9-4365-0080, fax. +358-9-4365-0082 or e-mail: info [at] valimo.com. Visit http://www.valimo.com for more information.

You can also meet Valimo at the Mobile World Congress, Fira de Barcelona, Spain, 11-14 February 2008, Hall 1 Booth 1 F62.

(1) "Sign your autograph with Mobile phones", The Australian Financial Review, 25th of June, 2007

(2) Statement from Westpac's Group Executive for Business and Technology

Solutions and Services, Mr. Michael Coomer, during "Identity & Access", Virtual Opportunity Congress IV Report, Queensland Parliament House, Brisbane, December 2006

CONTACT: Peter Henningsen,
Regional Manager of Valimo Wireless,
+358-9-4365-0080,
(fax) +358-9-4365-0082,
peter.henningsen [at] valimo.com, or
Valimo Headquarters,
info [at] valimo.com
Web site: http://www.valimo.com
SOURCE: Valimo Wireless

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