The operator has 100% virtualised its LTE and 5G voice network using Mavenir’s cloud-native, NFV-based IMS solution.
This is in line with Turkcell’s unified telco cloud strategy, launched in 2016, and follows an announcement in February that Turkcell would test and deploy open, virtualised radio access network (OpenRAN vRAN) technology with Mavenir, beginning in its home market.
Mavenir’s Virtualized IMS (vIMS) solution is designed to support LTE use cases and grow into a full web-scale platform as Turkcell evolves to 5G.
New revenue streams
Gediz Sezgin, Turkcell CTO, said, “As Turkcell, we have reached more than 60% virtualisation in our mobile core network. To serve our customers on our unified telco cloud on the way to 5G, virtual IMS will be a critical network transformation milestone for our NFV journey.”
“We are looking forward to creating new revenue streams and launching new disruptive digital and advanced communication services on this single unified telco cloud,” he added.
Sezgin said that Turkcell is aiming for a stronger, more stable network structure with reduced OpEx costs.
Mavenir will also provide Rich Communication Services and Rich Business Messaging as well as Dynamic Routing Solution for Turkcell Turkey.