Azerfon to deploy 4G services in Baku (Azerbaijan)
Azerbaijani mobile operator LLC Azerfon has completed work on the installation of an LTE (Long Term Evolution) base station to deploy 4G services, as reported by Trend last week. The report reveals that the base station that supports the fourth generation network will be deployed in the area of the State Flag.
As per the reports, LTE technology has been selected as the basic technology of the fourth generation. The 4G family includes technologies that allow data transfer in mobile networks at speeds above 100 Mbit/s for mobile users and 1 Gbit/ s fixed one which is 10 times more than in 3G networks.
Further, the company plans to introduce a Euro-package with special prices for the company’s services on the eve of Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku.
Nakhchivan’s 3G network to be boosted by Azerbaijan govt
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 21,000 mobile subscribers will be provided with 3G network coverage by May due to deployment of third-generation base stations in the autonomous republic of Nakhchivan. The revelation came from Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies (MCIT).
Broadband internet, mobile TV and video calling services will be promoted with the expansion of 3G infrastructure to towns and villages in the area.
The only 3G license in Azerbaijan was issued to Azerfon by MCIT to provide 3G services. Azerfon launched its 3G network in Baku, Sumgait, Ganja, Shirvan, Nakhchivan, Mingachevir, Tovuz and Shamkir, as well as in the Absheron Peninsula, shortly after receiving its concession in December 2009.
Azerfon plans to launch its 3G services in Azerbaijan by year- end
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Azeri mobile operator Azerfon will launch its 3G services by the end of 2009.
According to the general director of the company, Guido Helbich, the tests of the W-CDMA/HSPA network will be completed within 2 weeks after which the service will be made commercially available in the autonomous republic of Nakhchivan, Baku and Absheron. There are plans to extend the service in other regions too.
USD20 million has been invested so far by the telco in its 3 G network. Azerfon was awarded a 3 G license by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies, for AZN11, 000 (USD13,600), early this month.
Azerfon receives first 3G license in Azerbaijan Republic
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Azerfon became the first telecom operator of Azerbaijan Republic to receive 3G license. The service will be launched soon on the 2.1 Ghz frequency and will be available not only in Baku or Absheron peninsula but across the country. 11,000 manat (US$13,681) will be charged to all those operators granted with the license.
According to the Mobile World database, the country has three GSM operators and one CDMA operator. 8.1 million subscribers representing 78 percent of the population were recorded by the end of Q3 2009
