Istanbul, Turkey - March 2, 2010 - TTNET, Turkey’s leading broadband operator, and Argela, a leading next-generation telecom solutions provider, today announced that TTNET launched Tivibu service running on Argela’s Web TV solution. Tivibu offers main broadband service along with other functionalities such as VoD(subscription and transaction), Pause Live TV and Time Shift TV. Tivibu also provides access to a variety of content including domestic and foreign films, popular TV series, documentaries, and children’s, lifestyle, and entertainment programs with its Choose & Watch feature – making cinema and television independent of time and place.
Commenting on the launch, Mr. Tahsin Yılmaz, TTNET’s CEO, said: “TTNET entered a new era in 2010 and is moving beyond being a simple Internet Service Provider” stating that “Everything is possible with TTNET”. He noted Tivibu is the first service offered as part of TTNET’s EVET vision. Tivibu is an evolving platform, continuously enriched with new content, making television and cinema portable. He added; “Tivibu lets our customers to take their TV with them wherever they go. They can reach various TV channels and movies via Internet with advanced but easy-to-use functionalities. Argela, being one of our Web TV partners, offered us a great solution that delivers the convenience of a converged platform which is planned to serve our customers’ communication, entertainment and commerce needs at the same time.”
Mr. Bulent Kaytaz, Argela’s CEO, said: “We believe, Tivibu, being an effective subscriber touch-point for TTNET, will create a one-stop-shop for entertainment and communication. We are proud to be part of this project and very enthusiastic to team up with TTNET in the upcoming phases.”
About TTNET
With more than 5.7 million subscribers, TTNET offers the communication technologies of today and tomorrow. TTNET meets its customers’ evolving communication needs with its corporate and individual services that are efficient and continuously being developed. TTNET provides high technology broadband services (ADSL/VDSL2); WiFi (wireless Internet access); TTNET WiFi access abroad service in cooperation with iPass; 3G Mobile Internet access services in cooperation with Avea; G.SHDSL; Metro Ethernet; ATM and Frame Relay internet access services to its customers in 81 provinces in Turkey. www.ttnet.com.tr
About Argela
Argela collaborates with telecom operators around the world to help them increase their revenue and customer satisfaction; contain their costs, and decrease churn through distinguished and innovative turn-key solutions including, but not limited to, fixed-mobile convergence, Argela ADz-on advertising platform, Web TV, intelligent network (IN) applications and femtocell.
Argela combines its extensive telecom expertise with its high energy and ultimate passion to add value to its customers’ businesses.
For more information, please visit www.argela.com.
Contact:
Nurcan Bicakci Arcan
Marketing Manager, Argela
+902123281248
Entertainment services or more specifically the IPTV service could become a turning point in operators’ long term strategy. We believe that the differentiating factor amongst the emerging IPTV operators will be the converged and ubiquitous services offered by them. 
