International judges vote for Azercell again

The company won well-known Stevie award in 3 nominations 

Azercell Telecom - the leading mobile operator of Azerbaijan continues to extend the list of achievements in international business environment. The company had an honor of winning prestigious International Business Award Stevie in 3 nominations. Thus, Azercell was awarded bronze medals in “The Telecommunications Company of the Year” and “The Corporate Communications Department of the Year” nominations. At the same time, Sumax, the company established and operating under Barama Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of Azercell, received a silver award in “The startup of the Year” nomination.

The board of judges took into account a range of important projects and initiatives launched by Azercell. According to the statement by the Board: “Due to military situation in the west borders of the country Azercell worked hard to provide its subscribers with uninterrupted connection and was able to expand its 3G coverage by 30% in battle fields near the front line. This fact proves Azercell to be an exemplary mobile operator. Besides, the company provided 60 minutes of free on-net calls to to both military and civilians residing in areas along the front line, namely the regions of Fuzuli, Agdam and Tartar. For this examplary work, Azercell deserves to receive “The Telecommunications Company of the Year” award”.

The startup company of Sumax operating under Barama Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of Azercell won a silver medal for Innovative Automax project and the projects aimed for controlling various life processes. Automax, the first device of its kind in Azerbaijan, is designed to ensure safety of the vehicle and facilitate the work process through remote control.

The international board of judges includes over 200 world-known business experts, entrepreneurs and businessmen. Stieve is aimed to increase the profile of successful companies in different countries of the world. Back in 2011 Azercell received Stevie award in the nomination of "The PR Campaign of the Year" for its Corporate Social Responsibility projects, in 2012 in the nomination of "The Creative Team of the Year" for the environmental project entitled "Carbon Calculator". The Company received the prestigious award again in 2014 and 2015 in the nominations of “The best product of the Year” (Bolge tariff), “The Telecommunications Company of the Year” (for achievements in the field of telecommunications) and “The Best Customer Service of the Year” (Subscriber's Loyalty Index measurement project launch).

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Azercell Telecom LLC was founded in 1996 and since the first years sustains a leading position in the market. Azercell introduced number of technological innovations in Azerbaijan: GSM technology, advance payment mobile services, M2M,MobilBank, GPRS/EDGE (mobile internet), 24/7 Customer Care, full-time operating Azercell Express offices, mobile e-service “ASAN imza” (ASAN signature) and others. With 48,2% share of Azerbaijan’s mobile market Azercell’s network covers 99,8% of the country’s population. In 2015, 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 Telia Company  Group of Companies serving 186 million subscribers in 17 countries worldwide with 27,000 employees.