BAKU/23.12.13/TURAN : Already in 2014 can be reduced tariffs for Internet services .
According to local journalists today the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov , the rates for these services are not regulated by the state , but there are mechanisms for state regulation with direct participation of the leading providers . " In general, the cost of Internet access in the country has declined steadily. Prepared us a plan to reduce the cost of access to the Web will announce in the near future. This, in turn, will allow Internet service providers to make the end user even more affordable," he said.
The minister also touched on the issue of income for the first satellite program in Azerbaijan. According to him , the proceeds from the sale of the first telecommunications satellite resources Azerspace/Africasat-1a Azerbaijan for the first six months of on-orbit operation amounted to $ 10 million , and this figure is increasing. In the use of resources Azerbaijani satellite interested countries in North Africa , Central Asia and Eastern Europe, said Abbasov . - 17D-
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