Turkcell selects Telenity’s Canvas for location services

Monroe, CT and Istanbul, Turkey (February 23, 2004) – Telenity, a leading provider of IP-based open service platforms to the wireless industry, announced that Turkcell (NYSE: TKC; ISE: TCELL), the largest GSM operator in Turkey, has selected Telenity's Canvas LES location enabling server to provide enhanced location services for Turkcell's 18 million customers.

“Content drives messaging and location services,” says Sait Güven, Network Planning Director at Turkcell.  “Telenity's Java-compatible platform is integrated with advanced location based content and uses powerfull geographic information system software and Web services Java technology. This ensures future-safe services for multimedia messaging and location based services alilke.”

Telenity is the first in the industry to implement JAIN (or Java) user location services and Parlay/OSA mobility for location-based services. Built on open standard OMA/LIF and OpenLS architecture, the Canvas LES combines global information system (GIS) services and intelligent network (IN) capabilities with advanced privacy management in a single platform that can be used for both corporate and consumer applications and services development, ranging from simple location based finding people, asset tracking and finding places information retrieval to specialized proximity advertising and sophisticated emergency call handling. Telenity's Canvas LES combines privacy control, provisioning, content access and billing in a single platform. Integrated upfront with the mobile network and the devices, the Canvas LES allows operators to build their own services as well as be an ASP with distinct identity and branding.

“We are very pleased to have been selected for a role in Turkcell's next generation services,” says Ilhan Bagoren, VP of Marketing at Telenity. “By bundling consumer and corporate services on a single platform, Turkcell ensures unlimited scalability and flexibility for the growth of location applications across a wide range of services, including multimedia messaging and short messaging.”

About Telenity
Telenity, a privately-held company, is the wireless industry's IP-based service platform performance leader. Telenity provides a portfolio of open, integrated and interoperable multimedia messaging and location services enhanced by content management and effortless service creation capabilities. To learn more about Telenity, visit us online at www.telenity.com, and also download the 8-page Canvas special supplement, “The Best of Both Worlds”. 

Telenity and Canvas are registered trademarks of Telenity Inc.

About Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading GSM operator in Turkey with approximately 18.2 million postpaid and prepaid customers as of September 30, 2003. Turkcell had revenues of US$ 1,839.4 million during the nine month period ended September 30, 2003. Turkcell provides high-quality wireless telephone services throughout Turkey and has coverage of 100% of the towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants. Turkcell provides roaming with 352 operators in 141 countries as of September 30, 2003. Visit Turkcell at www.turkcell.com.tr