OREANDA-NEWS. September 07, 2010. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies refuses to forecast the terms of giving  of license for provision of services 3G to cellular operators Azercell and Bakcell.

Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Iltimas Mammadov said, the license for rendering of services of mobile communication of the third generation would  be given to the operators Bakcell and Azercell only if  they present all necessary documents, in particular, a document confirming availability of corresponding radio frequencies.

At  present, only the Azerfon company has the relevant  license and since December 2009 has been rendering  services 3нG. Required  frequency band for rendering of services of the third generation of mobile communication is 1.2-2.7 MHz. Cost of the license makes AZN 11,000.