ICT

​​​​​​Cisco is the worldwide technology leader that has been making the internet work since 1984. Its people, products, and partners help society securely connect and seize tomorrow's digital opportunities today. Cisco’s vision in Türkiye is to assist in the country’s aim of becoming one of the biggest economies in the world through digitalization. With a very young population and early adoption of ne​​w technologies, Türkiye has huge potential to make massive strides towards realizing positive social and economic change and reaping the multiple benefits of the digital era.Growing with digital transformation is one of hottest topics in the country. Given the role of technology envisioned by the Turkish government to achieve this transformation, Cisco is an ideal partner. Cisco has the capability and track record to deliver solutions and partnerships that can accelerate Türkiye’s digitalization. Cisco opened its Cisco® Innovation Centre in the heart of Istanbul, Türkiye in April 2018. The latest addition to Cisco’s global network of Innovation Centers serves as a hub for open, creative collaboration that is dedicated to developing groundbreaking solutions for the digital era. The Cisco Istanbul Innovation Center prioritizes innovation in the country’s digitization and IoT for the logistics, transportation, and manufacturing industries. It acts as a center of excellence that brings together customers, partners, startups, government entities, and the academic community to create a vibrant innovation ecosystem. Innovation partners have access to Cisco’s expansive technology portfolio and worldwide network to push forward new ideas and accelerate the pathway to commercialization for new solutions.According to Cisco's research, there is a USD 192 billion cumulative value generation in Türkiye with the internet of everything, 22.7 billion of which will be in the public sector over the next 10 years. Cisco Türkiye aims to support the country’s objectives for the year 2023, the centennial of the Republic of Türkiye, which includes becoming one of the 10 largest economies in the world and increasing exports to USD 500 billion and GDP per capita to USD 25,000.Cisco is committed to supporting Türkiye as a significant contributor to Cisco’s overall business success. Through the country’s growth strategy, Cisco will continue to back Türkiye's digital transformation by providing technological and ecosystem support and contributing to the development of a robust, dynamic information-driven digital economy in line with the objectives of Vision 2023.​

​​​​​​​Ericsson, a world leader in communications technology and service, works in 180 countries and employs more than 111,000 experts in line with its vision of “the Networked Society". Ericsson's services, software, and infrastructure – particularly in mobility, broadband, and the cloud – enable the telecoms industry and other sectors to conduct better business, increase efficiency, improve user experience, and capture new opportunities. Ericsson combines global scale with technology and services leadership and supports networks that connect more than 2.5 billion subscribers. 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic is carried over Ericsson's networks.In operation since 1876, L.M. Ericsson made its first investment in the Turkish market in 1890 by installing the telephone line, which is still operating today, in Dolmabahçe Palace. In 1925, Ericsson, the first 100 percent foreign capital company in Türkiye, opened its Izmir Exchange Station with the capacity to serve 2,416 subscribers. Over the years the company expanded its business activities in Türkiye to also cover neighboring countries.Looking to increase its R&D investments in Türkiye, Ericsson first acquired 100 percent of technology company Bizitek in 2008. Later, by incorporating ST-Ericsson, it founded the Ericsson Microelectronics R&D center. In 2012, all R&D activities were incorporated under Ericsson Research, Development, and Informatics Inc.Ericsson Türkiye's R&D team, consisting of more than 550 R&D and technical support employees based in its Istanbul and İzmir locations, provides services through innovative activities in various fields of information and telecoms technologies. In those centers, more than 125 R&D projects, 20 of which are supported by TÜBİTAK, are being implemented. Ericsson Türkiye participates in many international R&D projects together with SMEs and universities in Türkiye, sharing its R&D know-how with the local ecosystem. As of 2017, Ericsson Türkiye has delivered its products developed in its R&D centers to more than 30 countries.In 2012, Ericsson Türkiye ranked first in a total of seven categories in the Informatics 500, which listed the top 500 companies in the Turkish informatics sector. In addition, in 2014 and 2015, Ericsson Türkiye ranked second in the “Great Places to Work" competition in the category of companies with 500-2,000 employees. Ericsson Türkiye was also recognized as the leader in R&D Export and University-Industry Cooperation in 2015 and in R&D Revenue and R&D Export in 2016 by Istanbul Technical University's technopark, Arı Teknokent.In the Networked Society, Ericsson is the leading advocate of Technology for Good. It is a concept that Ericsson works with every day to address areas such as climate change, poverty, education, health, human rights, and humanitarian issues such as peace and disaster response. In Türkiye, this work includes, but is not limited to, Ericsson's Employee Volunteer Program, which gives every employee in Türkiye the right to carry out a volunteer activity linked to Technology for Good for a guaranteed minimum of one work day per year. Via this program, employees may also enroll in Ericsson's global disaster relief initiative, Ericsson Response. Since the launch of Ericsson Response in 2000, hundreds of employees have supported over 40 humanitarian relief efforts in 30 countries.​​​

​​​​​​​​China's Huawei started its activities in Türkiye with offices in Ankara and Istanbul back in 2002. Huawei Türkiye, as it stands today, employs a total of 1,500 people, more than 85 percent of whom are Turkish. Huawei Türkiye combines three significant operations in its Istanbul office: an R&D Center, a Training Center, and a Customer Solutions & Integration Experience Center (CSIC). Celebrating its 15th anniversary in Türkiye in 2017, Huawei reigns as one of the world's leading information and communication technologies (ICT) solution providers.Huawei Türkiye R&D CenterHuawei's Istanbul branch launched its on-premises R&D Center in 2009, and since then has seen it grow to be Huawei's largest R&D center abroad. Huawei allocates 14 percent of its total annual income to R&D globally, with its R&D center in Türkiye having already received over USD 120 million in total funding since its establishment and which is now receiving upwards of USD 20 million of continuing investments annually.Huawei Training Center (Academy)Huawei Türkiye is a major contributor to Türkiye's thriving ICT industry, supplying a pool of qualified experts to the local market on top of its innovations and product offerings. Since its launch in 2008, Huawei Academy has been providing training programs in Turkish, English, and Russian in 11 countries. Its services are on offer to the entire Central Asian region as well as a growing roster of interested countries including Azerbaijan, Albania, Georgia, and Belarus in addition to Türkiye – where its technology base resides with an ever-developing infrastructure and growing personnel.Huawei Customer Solutions Innovation & Integration Experience Center​Established onsite in Huawei Türkiye's Ümraniye-based office in Istanbul, the Innovation Center operates in an area of around 400 square meters, earning Türkiye a foothold on the global arena where it readily shares its technological innovation. Huawei has invested a total of USD 1 million in the Innovation Center, enabling it to function as a hub of experience from which more than 600 global operations are monitored.Business LinesTelecommunications: With a history of successful cooperation with all three operators in Türkiye for 3G infrastructure since 2009, Huawei Türkiye has been recognized for numerous achievements over the years. Huawei Türkiye was awarded the top spot in the Infrastructure Provider category in 2013, 2014, and 2015 in Türkiye's prestigious “Bilişim 500" list. Its 3G achievements were surpassed with its contribution to deploying the 4.5G infrastructure, which went live on April 1, 2016. The hugely successful 4.5G deployment and the rock-solid business partnerships with Türk Telekom, Turkcell, and Vodafone Türkiye were lauded by Huawei Global, dubbing it the most successful country where Huawei operated.Consumer: Huawei Türkiye established its Consumer Business Line in 2011. This line continues to grow, attracting attention with field investments, agreements concluded with operators, market investments, and smart device launches from 2015 to date. The line maintains a solid status and is poised to ensure that Huawei's Turkish users avail themselves of Huawei's innovative power. Huawei's Consumer Business Line continues to support Turkish users through sponsorships, communication, and a number of projects in addition to the efforts to drive the local device market. The line has its eyes set on offering accessible and innovative products to gadget users through a number of cooperation partnerships tailored to focus on technology and innovation in the years to come.Enterprises: The Enterprise Business Line was launched in 2011, and continues to partner with six parties in Türkiye: Penta, Artronic, Nasa, Prolink, Arena, and Bilgi Elektronik as part of Huawei's global strategy.Huawei Türkiye's Enterprise Business Line ensures that its customers develop effective business models, while responding to global vertical industries' needs in public, energy, education, training, finance, and health as well as the needs of corporate customers such as SMEs in parallel with ever-changing customer needs through its innovative and broad product range.​​