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Turkcell, which is Turkey’s leading mobile phone operator, has hired the Signal Group for media relations duties.
On July 8, Turkcell rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The company trades on the NYSE and Borsa Istanbul.
Bloomberg reported that Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund has had informal talks with potential buyers of its 26.2 percent of Turkcell, which aims to become a global data hub and end-to-end technology provider.
There is pushback against the sale by those who view Turkcell as a strategic national asset. It’s up to Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to decide the fate of Turkcell.
Signal Group’s Robert Bole, head of innovation and strategy, and Julian Graham, director and Portland Communications alum, handle Turkcell.
The DC-based PA shop, which was part of Wiley Rein LLP, regained its independence in March.
Soma Oil and Gas Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company focused on upstream petroleum exploration and development opportunities off the coast of Somalia. is looking for US partners.
Keybridge Communications signs on to pitch Switzerland as America's "quiet ally in prosperity."
Ruder Finn, Inc. has signed on to support China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and its US research arm Futurewei’s communications in the US.
Plus Communications handles Polish billionaire Zygmunt Solorz who is battling his three children for control of two family foundations that own Poland's Cyfrowy Polsat satellite TV/telecommunications platform.
Rubin Turnbull & Assocs. has been hired to provide consulting & communications services to the ad hoc board of Petréleos de Venezuela S.A.
