NEWS
Lifecell Ventures launched money
transfer via its app, BiP
T
urkcell Group’s company, Lifecell Ventures,
has introduced a new era in money
transfers via its IP-based communication
application BiP. The platform that allows
individual or group instant messaging, voice
and video calls, as well as location sharing
and gaming features in 192 countries, offers
another feature: you can now send money via
BiP as quickly as sending an instant message.
BiP users now have the ability to send money
using mobile phone numbers via its money
transfer feature without the need of an IBAN
or account number.
Turkcell CEO, Kaan Terzioglu, said that BiP is
continually evolving with new features: “As
BiP, we launched many features including
video chat, instant location sharing and push-
to-talk earlier than many global rivals. BiP now
offers an innovative feature, which allows
video conferencing between up to six people.
Money transfer, our brand new feature, is
another breakthrough in the industry. BiP now
allows money transfer as easy as sending an
instant message. BiP, developed by Turkcell
engineers, is taking firm steps to being a
global brand. BiP will also offer new features
soon, including two phone numbers, home
and office phone and fax number. With
these new features, BiP will continue to draw
attention on a global scale.”
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Vodafone & Huawei address capacity
issues in Turkey
capacity and throughput in a very effective
way. 4G KPIs clearly show the improvement
in network performance and better user
experience. The test cases showed that
download and upload throughput improved
by 20%.
V
odafone’s Networks Centre of Excellence
team and the Huawei Mobile Innovation
Centre have been testing a dynamic way
to help address spectrum constraints in
Turkey. The teams have completed the
world’s first trial of GSM/LTE (GL) 900MHz
dynamic spectrum sharing on Vodafone’s
commercial networks in the Black Coast city
of Trabzon. In 2017, Vodafone and Huawei
achieved unparalleled overlap by GSM (2G)
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Mallik Rao, Vodafone Turkey’s Chief
Technology Officer, said: “Spectrum is an
extremely precious asset. This new network
optimisation technique improves spectral
efficiency and enhances the experience of
Vodafone customers.”
and LTE (4G) services within the 900 MHz
spectrum band. It has now been proven
that it is possible to assign that spectrum
dynamically i.e. available 900 MHz can be
allocated between 4G and 2G services based
on customer demand.
In the trial, which took place over several
months, dynamic sharing allowed Vodafone
Turkey to provide up to 10MHz of 4G
Ying Weimin, President of Huawei Wireless
Network Research & Development, added:
“We are glad to have tested GL 900MHz
dynamic spectrum sharing on Vodafone
Turkey’s commercial networks and to have
achieved satisfying performance results in
the past few months. Huawei is dedicated to
offering technical innovations to secure our
customers’ business success.” n
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