Azercell is an Azerbaijani
telecommunications
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...
company based in
Baku
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. It is the largest
mobile network operator
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in
Azerbaijan
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.
Company background
Azercell Telecom LLC was established on 19 January 1996.
Azercell Telecom started its activities on 15 December 1996 offering subscribers mobile telecommunications services based on postpaid system. The prepaid system was launched with tariff package — SimSim, in 1998.
On 5 March 2018, Azerbaijan International Telecom (
AzInTelecom) and the company Fintur Holdings B.V. signed an agreement to sell 51.3 percent of the shares of Azertel Telekomunikasyon Yatırım Dış Ticaret A.Ş. (Azertel). Azertel is the sole founder of Azercell Telecom Limited Liability Company.
LTE service
Azercell announced on 24 May 2012, the launch of services based on the
4G platform. Azercell's 4G network covers all of Baku city and nearby towns. The networks operates on 1800 MHz frequency. The second region where the 4G network got deployed, is the
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic ( az, Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası, ), is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers Official portal of Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicNakhchivan Autonomous Republic with a popula ...
.
Market share and coverage
51% of Azerbaijan’s mobile market belongs to Azercell; while its geographical coverage constitutes 94,15% and population coverage is 98.70%.
Subscribers
Investments
Since Azercell began operations in December 1996, the company has invested more than US$2 billion in Azerbaijan.
Taxes
According to Azerbaijan's Ministry of Taxes, Azercell Telecom LLC is the second largest taxpayer operating outside of the country's oil sector. During its first five years of activity, the company contributed a total of US$780 million into the state budget and other state funds.
See also
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Telecommunications in Azerbaijan
Telecommunications in Azerbaijan provides information about television, radio, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet in Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijan economy has been markedly stronger in recent years and, not surprisingly, the country has be ...
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List of Azerbaijani companies
Azerbaijan is a country in the South Caucasus region. The country has an economy that has completed its post-Soviet transition into a major oil-based economy (with the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline), from one where the state pla ...
References
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Mobile phone companies of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani brands
Companies based in Baku
Azerbaijani companies established in 1996
Technology companies established in 1996