MCIT promises broadband Internet to every home
As part of the "Fiber to every home", developed jointly by the Ministry of Communication jointly with SOFAR, a republican network of broadband Internet is created and will be invested 103.6 million manat in 2013.
As he said in an interview to the party "Yeni Azerbaycan" Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan Iltimas Mamedov, to 2017, the percentage of users of the service will reach 85, as in the most developed countries with 30-35% of the total invested in the implementation of this model will be earned due to reinvestment.
The project "Fiber to every home" will bring the speed of broadband Internet (ADSL) in Baku for the period up to 2015 and in the years to 30-100 MB / s, in other major cities and district center - 10-30 MB / s, in villages and settlements - 5.10 Mb / s, - said a senior official.
The project will be implemented in three stages, after which the number of users of Internet services in the country will increase to 85%. Beginning in 2014, 30-35% of the total project cost will be provided through reinvestment. - 17D-
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