Mobile telephone coverage for the whole of Cyprus is expected soon.

Last month, June 2015 President of Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce Fikri Toros said that the new system is in the last stages of preparation and will start to operate this month, July 2015.

The mobile telephony grid in the south and north of the island is being linked as part of confidence-building measures [CBM's]

Reliable mobile telecom connections between the two communities on the island remains difficult. Connections via land-line were established in 2003, but the call quality is often patchy.

Once the connection is activated, telephone calls to and from north and south cyprus will engage seamlessly without any hitch, delivering crystal clear signals between the two communities.

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TRNC Communication and Transportation Minister Hasan Tacoy, has said that the TRNC’s Telecommunication Department is to be privatised in a step by step operation.

Speaking to Ankara Anatolia News Agency, he said that a free operating structure in cooperation between the state and the private sector will be created. He emphasised that all workers’ rights in the telecom sector will be protected.

Tacoy explained that currently, Telsim [Vodafone] and Turkcell have 700 thousand subscribers in the TRNC, and now they are making efforts to have a third mobile phone operator to provide services in the TRNC.

He added that they are planning to open tenders in May 2015.

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Pioneer Russian company, Peter Services which has agreements with more than 60 operators in 10 different countries, will transfer the latest innovations in the Russian Telecom market to North Cyprus Turkcell .

In statements on the issue, the General Director of North Cyprus Turkcell, Aybars Karaatmaca said that with the cooperation of the international firm, they will import all ongoing technical innovations into the TRNC with the aim of improving the quality of services to their clients.

He explained that North Cyprus Turkcell, since its establishment in 1999, has worked with many international trademarks including the Peter Service Firm and referred to the importance of the investment to be made in the country as a result of its cooperation with the Peter Service Company.

According to the agreement, Peter Service company engineers will be connected online to Turkcell systems in order to improve its technological systems, including those which deal which subscriptions and accounting.

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