OREANDA-NEWS. November 25, 2009. About 20 journalists, representing prominent European mass media met Mr. Guido Helbich, Director General of Azerfon LLC, to discuss development of information and communication technologies in Azerbaijan.

During his meeting with journalists General Director of Azerfon has noted that based on the economic performance indicators Azerbaijan has been among the fastest developing countries of the world. He has emphasized that ICT had been declared the priority field of the non-oil sector, and Azerfon LLC has proved itself as a mobile oprator with the most dynamic growth.

"In spite of being the youngest company in the country's mobile communications market Azerfon has over 1,5 million subscribers. We do our best to provide Azerbaijani population with the high-quality services based on the latest technologies. For that purpose we have entered into strategic partnership with Vodafone - the world leader of the mobile communications market", stated G. Helbich during his meeting with European journalists.

Mr. Rashad Nabiyev, Head of Finance and Economic Analysis department of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies, noted that 85% of the private sector's share in the development of country's economy falls on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) field.

Journalists, representing 16 European countries (Italy, Greece, France, Austria, Spain, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Romania etc.), held different meetings with number of state bodies, international organizations and media agencies during their 4-day visit to Azerbaijan. This visit is organized within the framework of European Neighbourhood Policy of the European Union.