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CATEL and Azercell subscribers can now send SMS to each other

24 February 2009 09:20 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Aynur Veliyeva â€“ APA-Economics. Azerbaijanâ€™s first CDMA operator CATEL and its trade mark FONEXâ€™s subscribers can now exchange SMS with GSM operator Azercell Telecomâ€™s subscribers. For this CATEL/FONEX subscribers must enter 050/051 operator code and seven-digit subscriber number, but Azercell subscribers 040/012 operator code and seven-digit subscriber number to message cell, write short message and send it. For CATEL/FONEX subscribers one SMS costs 0,05 AZN (VAT included), for Azercell Postpaid subscribers 0,05 AZN (VAT excluded), AÃ§Ä±q XÉ™tt/BizdÉ™n BizÉ™ subscribers 11 units, GÉ™ncSim subscribers 8 units. CATEL company is also planning to realize SMS exchange with other GSM operators in the future.
Innovations of CATEL are not limited to this. Now Masalli is also in the coverage area of the operator, besides all Absheron peninsula, as well as, Baku, Sumgayit, Sangachal, Alat, Kurdamir, Udjar, Shirvan, Goychay, Mingechevir, Gandja, Shamkir, Agstafa, Balakan, Devechi, Nabran, Khudat, Guba, Gusar, Khachmaz, Lenkaran, Astara. The Company is planning to cover all Azerbaijanâ€™s territory by the end of year 2009.
It is important to note, that CATEL company which was established in 1997, offers wireless connection services to WLL telephone subscribers in FH-CDMA standards, also services to mobile connection subscribers in 3G CDMA standards. Since August 2004, for the first time in Azerbaijan, the company has started to apply 3rd generation technology to Azerbaijan, with the latest introduction of CDMA 2000 1x service based on the equipment of the Huawei company. This technology has several advantages compared to 2G mobile service standards: ecological safety, big network capacity, high speed data transmission, data and digital fax support etc.