Baku Telephone Network excessively loaded
Excessive workload metropolitan telephone network led management of the production association "Baku Telephone Communications" (BTRIB) again reflect on the need to implement time-based payment system for telephone calls
In an interview with the newspaper "Respublika" (organ of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic) CEO Baitullah Huseinov on the Day of Communications Workers, 450 minutes (7.5 hours) per month - the normal limit, after which is "a counter" for fans of excesses.
Earlier, the union had such initiative, but the Tariff Council of the Government considered the measure unnecessary and requiring preparatory procedures, the adoption of appropriate documentation, monitoring and survey of the population, according to local experts and international organizations, including human rights organizations.
In any case, the idea has not been canceled. According to the first ("sparing") version, after exceeding the limit of the traditional two manats a month a subscriber pays one kopeck per minute. The second option ("voluntary") provides for AZN 5 monthly fee, which includes unlimited conversations and package of additional services, including broadband Internet. - 17D-
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