Azercell - the first mobile operator joining the State Payment Portal, created by the Central Bank

Since the first days of its foundation Azercell – the absolute leader of Azerbaijan’s mobile communications market paying high priority to the convenience and efficiency of its services continues successful development in this direction. According to previous official information by the Company, guided by the growing demand for online services, the company introduced another innovation to ensure maximum comfort and reliability of online payments. So, starting from June, 6 Azercell has joined the State Payment Portal (SPP) of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan making this unique service possible for subscribers. This system allows subscribers of Azercell to make online payments for mobile communication via branch offices of banks and departments of Azerpoçt. In order to use SPP system a subscriber should, first of all, apply to www.apus.az page and sign up under "Registration in the online mode" of the "Payment services" option. In this page subscriber may register by entering the serial number of his identity card, also make payment without any registration.  It should be noted that Azercell is the first mobile operator joining this system, while so far only state institutions have been involved in the project. We should also mention that subscribers are not being charged an additional fee for services, when making online payments. The other, exceptional advantage of the system is that upon the online payment is being done, every subscriber will be issued an official receipt from the Central Bank – which is crucial requirement for businesses that pay their mobile bills.

We also would to inform that this system is part of projects, implemented by the government agencies to promote e-services in Azerbaijan. One of them is recently launched "ASAN Service", where Azercell has traditionally pioneered and became the first mobile operator to offer "Asan İmza" (ASAN signature) service.

Along with high-quality communications, Azercell Telecom will continue to provide its customers with various types of unique in Azerbaijan services, favorable tariff packages and attractive campaigns.

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Azercell Telecom LLC was founded in 1996 and since the first years sustains a leading position on the market. Azercell introduced number of technological innovations in Azerbaijan: GSM technology, GPRS/EDGE, 24/7 Customer Care, full-time operating Azercell Express offices, mobile e-service “ASAN imza” (ASAN signature) and others. With 51% share of Azerbaijan’s mobile market Azercell’s network covers 99,8% of the country’s population. By the end of 2013 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 the part of the TeliaSonera Group of Companies, which has subsidiaries in more than 17 countries with total number of 186 million subscribers and 27 thousand employees.