Vringo has teamed-up with Avea to provide Turkey’s first video ringtone service. This deal also represents the first carrier-led video ringtone subscription model.

Founded in 2006, the company has been heralded by The New York Times as “the next big thing in ringtone”, while Avea is the youngest operator of Turkey with its more than 11 million subscribers.

Both companies are offering the service by implementing the carrier’s popular youth platform Patlican, bringing Vringo’s video ringtone application and 4,000+-clips-and-counting video ringtone library exclusively to Patlican members.

Members will receive a 60-day free trial, followed by a monthly subscription fee of 4 SMS/8 counters, which includes the application, access to a number of video ringtones and free data for downloading Vringo.

“Analysts estimate that 50 percent of ringtone revenues will come from video ringtones as early as 2010; it’s our mission to make that a reality,” said Jon Medved, CEO, Vringo.