Bakcell the largest and most robust network in the country

Bakcell, The First Mobile Operator and The Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan, is proud to announce that it has completed its major network renovation and unification project to provide better coverage, higher capacity for its customers and to become the most robust network in the country. This project was one of the most comphrensive and complicated modernization project of the mobile network in Azerbaijan and among worldwide wireless Industry. While delivering the project, Bakcell’s ultimate goal has been to provide customers with the best experience in terms of quality, speed and stability. Bakcell’s network will support new and innovative services with lower costs of operation. Our renewed network will support higher data speeds for customers (the highest of any network in Azerbaijan) and innovative services will be considered such as HD voice and video services.

Over the past 24 months, the company has modernized its mobile network by increasing the number of 3G sites 100% especially in regions. This has provided a 72 % growth of capacity and expanded 3G population coverage by 14% and geographical coverage by a huge 27%.

• Today Bakcell has the largest network in Azerbaijan with more than 5300 sites serving to Bakcell customers on 2G, 3G and 4G providing high quality mobile communication all around the country, including the very remote areas.

• Regional coverage is important for Bakcell, therefore the company has installed 275 3G sites specially dedicated to improve extended coverage penetration in rural areas and improve related customer experience.

• As part of the modernization project Bakcell has replaced 697 2G, 123 3G sites with new state-of-the art equipment supporting the latest technologies.

• The radio network spectrum was restructured and re-farmed in the most optimal way to support high-speed data rates with latest generation high-quality data services giving customers data speeds on 3G DC-HSPA up to 42 Mbps and LTE-A up to 225 Mbps – the fastest in Azerbaijan

“No other network provides such comprehensive coverage and speed to its customers. We have designed our network specifically to cater for the new world of high speed mobile internet on 3G and 4G+. Bakcell has more spectrum to deliver such services to customers to ensure higher speeds of data throughput for customers. Put simply our network is Faster and Better” said Richard Shearer, CEO of Bakcell 

“The project has been delivered using technologies and global experience of leading telecom service providers Nokia Solutions and Networks and Huawei Technologies. We believe that better coverage, higher capacity, stability and technologies brought by the project will result in significantly improved quality of experience for Bakcell customers together with being a solid and flexible base for delivering a new innovative services offered by Bakcell mobile network” , says Mr. Yigit Berktash, Chief Technical Officer of Bakcell.

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About Bakcell

Bakcell, The First Mobile Operator and the Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan, offers a variety of products for modern mobile communications customers. Bakcell provides class leading 3G and 4G mobile internet experience in the country under the Sür@ brand name.

As one of the largest national non-oil investors, Bakcell today continues making large investments in the economy of Azerbaijan through its investments in state-of-the-art telecommunication technology and its people who service our customers.

With more than 5300 base stations Bakcell’s network covers more than 99% of the population and 93% of the land area of the country (excluding occupied territories). Bakcell is a leader in innovation and it focuses on bringing the best of the mobile internet to Azerbaijanis through new partnerships and its Sür@ services. Bakcell 3G service is available in all regions and covers 93% of population. Around 250 retail outlets and 26 Customer Service Centers operating in the capital and regions are providing the best customer experience to Bakcell customers.

Following the success of 3G Sür@, the best mobile internet experience during last 4 years, Bakcell has announced the commercial launch of its 4G LTE service, on May 5, 2015, under the 4-cü Sür@ brand name. 4-cü Sür@ provides an essential increase in mobile data speeds and is designed especially for the users, who want to be mobile and have broadband internet everywhere.

For more information about Bakcell products and services, please visit www.bakcell.com or call 555.For press releases please see www.bakcell.com/az/news (or www.bakcell.com/en/news for press releases in English).

If you are not a Bakcell subscriber, but wish to find out about Bakcell and its services, please call 055 000 05 55