MAP > Internet Providers in Azerbaijan

After the Oil sector, the telecommunications industry is the largest sector in this country and also the major contributor to this country’s economy. The fixed-line broadband markets penetration has been able to grow moderately over the past five years, with the penetration increasing from the relatively small base. In the coming five years to the year 2022, the development has been expected to continue to develop moderately. By the year 2018 on January, Baktelecom has grown its GPON fiber optic network in capital city Baku and the surrounding areas.

This country has been ranked position 13 out of the total 34 countries with the Telecoms Maturity Index score of about 43. This makes the county to rank position six in Market Challengers category. The Asian Telecoms Maturity Index, is usually, the index between 0 – 100 and it measures as well as ranks relative maturity of the telecoms industry in all the 34 countries in the Asian region. When compared to the other Asian nations, this country has a moderate mobile, fixed broadband penetration, and mobile broadband. The development has been very flat in this country mobile market over the last five years. Mobile subscriber development has been expected to develop slowly over the coming five years to the year 2022.

AzQtel went ahead and announced that it was going to build the nation’s first Pre-5G network operating on TD-LTE standard in the year 2018. The Mobile broadband subscribers have developed rapidly over the last five years, supported by the widespread rollouts of the 4G infrastructure as well as the release of the developing range of the mobile broadband packages by major mobile operators. The mobile broadband market is going to be driven by the increasingly fast speeds that are offered by mobile operators as they get to roll out their 4G as well as 5G networks and the declining prices due to the growing competition. Some of the companies that have been mentioned in this report include BakTelekom (BTRIB), Aztelekom, Vimpelcom (Beeline), Eurasiacom; Fintur, BakTelekom (BTRIB), Catel, AzEuroTel, Azercell, Bakcell, and Azerfon.

Some of the key developments in the report include:
• This country has been ranked position 13 out of the 34 countries with the Telecoms Maturity Index score of about 43.
• The fixed-line broadband markets penetration has developed moderately over the past five years.
• AzQtel has been able to build country’s debut Pre-5G network operating on TD-LTE standard.