Azerbaijani leading mobile operator Azercell Telecom has extended the campaign for war veterans, launched on April this year, till 30 Noveber 2016. Azercell SimSim subscribers with war veteran status will receive 100 % bonus of the amount of first top-up in a calendar month. The bonus may be used for on-net calls, SMS and MMS within 7 days following the top-up.
It should be noted that for the past three years Azercell Telecom has regularly conducted special campaigns for veterans of Garabagh war, Afghanistan war and Great Civil War. More than 28 000 veterans benefitted from these discounts getting bonuses worth more than AZN 5,4 mln from Azercell.
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Azercell Telecom LLC was founded in 1996 and since the first years sustains a leading position on the market. Azercell introduced number of technological innovations in Azerbaijan: GSM technology, advance payment mobile services, GPRS/EDGE, 24/7 Customer Care,M2M,MobilBank, full-time operating Azercell Express offices, mobile e-service “ASAN imza” (ASAN signature) and others. With 48,12 % share of Azerbaijan’s mobile market Azercell’s network covers 99,8% of the country’s population. Currently, the number of Azercell’s subscribers reached 4,5 million people. In 2011 Azercell deployed 3G and in 2012 the fourth generation network – LTE in Azerbaijan. The Company is the leader of Azerbaijan’s mobile communication industry and the biggest investor in the non-oil sector. Azercell is a part of TeliaSonera Group of Companies serving 186 million subscribers in 17 countries worldwide with 27,000 employees.
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