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Bridging Continents

Investing More in ConnectivityCentral Asia

Türk Telekom International

Arif PolatStrategy&Product Marketing Director

UN ESCAPTelecommunications Connectivity in Central AsiaAlmaty, Kazakhstan3 June 2014

Turk Telekom Group OverviewThe Turk Telekom Group consists of 9 group companies, 4 ofthem handling main telecommunication functions

• Turk Telekom – the market leader with over 17.5 millionfixed band users and with over 3 billion voice traffic;

• TTNET – the leading ISP with over 6.5 million fixedbroadband subscribers and with nearly 80% market share;

• AVEA – the third wireless operator with 14,5 millionsubscribers;

• Turk Telekom International – the wholesale andinternational entity of TTG over 40,000 km fiber opticnetwork which bridging the continent

Turk Telekom Group’s main shareholders is Oger Telecomwith %55,8 share and %31,7 share hold in Turkish Treasury.Remaining %12,5 is in IST stock exchange.

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Türk Telekom International Offices

Local presence in Dubai

Local presence in Hong Kong

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Türk Telekom International’s Network

TERRESTRIAL BACKBONE NETWORK and SEA CABLES

Türk Telekom International  Fiber optic network

Leased  Backbone capacity

JADI route

SMW‐3 cable

Iraq ‐ Gulf route

AMEER ME section

MedTurk submarine cable system

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Türk Telekom International’s Network – Middle East

TERRESTRIAL BACKBONE NETWORK and SEA CABLES

Türk Telekom International  Fiber optic network

Leased  Backbone capacity

JADI route

SMW‐3 cable

Iraq ‐ Gulf route

AMEER ME section

MedTurk submarine cable system

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Capacity Demand & Price Erosion (Europe-Asia)

4,229 5,775 

8,083 

11,568 

16,095 

22,294 

31,148 

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Total Expected Traffic (in Gbps)

$121,607 

$100,913 

$79,337 

$65,943 

$55,388 $46,600 

$39,081 

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$20,000

$40,000

$60,000

$80,000

$100,000

$120,000

$140,000

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

London‐Mumbai 10 Gbps WaveIndicative price

Source: Telegeography Research

AAE-1 (Asia-Africa-Europe-1)

System Specification(based on initial RFI)

• Est. Length: ~19,000 km

• Basic Configuration: 4 fiber pairs

• Design Capacity: 8 Tbps

• Design life: 25 years

• System Type: Repeatered

SEA-ME-WE 5

System Specification(based on initial RFI)

• 4x80x100G= 32 Tbps

• 400G and 1Tbps compatible

• Design life: 25 years

• System Type: Repeatered

TASIM (Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway)• MoU signing in

November 2013 in Baku

• Working Groups (WG)established(Commercial,Finanial,Technical,Legal/Regulatory)

• TT/TTI holds theleadership position ofthe CommercialCommittee

New Model: Terrestrial Alliances, sharing infrastructure

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Bushehr

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