Posted by meb at March 4th, 2009

Turkey’s third biggest mobile operator, Avea, reported on Wednesday a 24.2 percent increase in its income for 2008 with 2.1 billion Turkish liras (around 1.2 billion USD).

Avea grew 23 percent last year, and it increased its market share to 18.5 percent from 13.5 percent, doubling the number of its subscribers by 2.2 million up to 12.2 million, the company’s CEO, Cunyet Turktan, told a press briefing in Istanbul.

Turktan said the company invested 465 million TL in infrastructure in 2008, increasing its coverage area over 95 percent on population basis.
source: Today’s Zaman

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