AVEA

http://www.avea.com.tr/ Avea was established in 2004 as the first and sole GSM 1800 operator in Turkey. Having 13.5 million subscribers as of December 31, 2012, Avea with over 2,700 employees is the youngest and most innovative mobile communications company in the sector. Giving service with its next-generation network, the company continues to grow fast by increasing its subscriber number through its corporate and individual services, where it constantly boosts service quality through continuous investments in technology and infrastructure, as well as management and human resources. Avea, which already has free circulation agreements with 626 operators in 199 countries, provides quality communications services to its customers while abroad by regularly increasing the number of free circulation partnerships.

Avea has brought a significant competitive environment to the GSM market since its establishment by raising the bar on quality thanks to innovate services that respond to arising needs and are offered to all customer groups. With the vision of being “the most admired and preferred” mobile communications company in Turkey”, Avea contributes actively towards creating an environment of fair competition in Turkey's GSM market, and through its customer-oriented and innovative services it continues to expand the service portfolio offered to its corporate and retail customers.

Products and Services

Avea, with its expanded 2G and 3G communications network, creates innovative services via different project solutions for health, education, security, mobile payments and Near Field (NF) Communications Technology, besides the high quality audio and data services that it offers to its customers, whose lives it continues to facilitate.

SIM Cards with NFC Technology- Avea with Bonus

Avea and Garanti Bankası have jointly undersigned a project to bring Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology into being on all mobile phones. Mobile payment solution, a world first, developed by, also supports Mastercard and Gemalto, and removes the necessity to purchase a mobile phone compatible with NFC technology. Rather, new SIM cards render the mobile phones used by subscribers compatible with this technology. Avea customers can make contactless payments with their mobile phones, as well as with their credit cards, thanks to new NFC-enabled SIM cards set to launch a new era in payment systems. New agreements to be signed will allow the use of mobile phones in many different venues such as public transport (buses), building gateways, stadiums and vending machines.

Avea Mobile Payment Service

Mobile Payment Service is another mobile finance solution facilitating the lives of Avea customers. Through this service, Avea customers can purchase services/products from all member businesses bearing the Avea Mobile Payment Logo, and can pay for the service/product purchased via their invoices, or else a top-up amount available on their cards. The Avea Mobile Payment Service allows customers to shop with a daily limit of TL 40 without using a credit card.

Who is Where? Where is it?

The Who is Where service allows Avea customers to learn the location of any subscriber they want through web, wap and SMS channels in accordance with their permission. In addition, Avea users can also access the personal information of subscribers by entering a field previously designated by them via this service.

Additionally, the Where is It service provides the location of the nearest useful point sought after (Hospital, Police Station, Pharmacy, Bank, etc.) through SMS and MMS.

The Avea Hello Doctor Service

Within the framework of the Hello Doctor Service realized through the co-operation of Avea and Acıbadem Mobile Healthcare Services, members can get connected with a doctor by dialing up 9911 through a voice or video call, and ask any question they wish related to their health, as well as general health information and medical science.

Co-Operation with Other Brands

Avea has undersigned another first for Turkey in “Mobile Telecommunications Co-operation”. In this system, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Trabzonspor and Beşiktaş provide GSM service to their supporters through FenerCell, GSMobil, TrabzonCell and KartalCell brands. Uğurcell, which has been formed through co-operation with the Uğur Private Teaching Institution, is Turkey's first GSM brand aimed education specific to student need. With the help of this co-operation, students can obtain information on updated topics related to their education, and talk with their friends, parents and teachers at advantageous tariffs.

Awards

• Avea won the “2010 EU Quality Award”, granted to brands that set a good example by implementing EU norms in quality and innovation, in the Mobile Communication and Telecom Category at the 2nd International EU Quality Summit held in Brussels.
• Avea was awarded in the “Human Resources Department of the Year” category and selected as an honorary recipient in the “Human Resources Team of the Year” and “Customer Services of the Year” categories at the International Business Awards 2010, one of the international business world's most prestigious awards.
• Within the scope of the "Best Business Awards 2010", one of the UK's most prestigious awards in the UK, Avea's Idea of My Life Project was awarded in the “Corporate Social Responsibility” category.
• Avea has been awarded “Best New Product” for its NFC-Near Field Communication Project, realized in co-operation with Garanti, at the Telecoms World Middle East 2010 Conference, the largest telecommunications conference of the Middle East.