OREANDA-NEWS. January 31, 2013. Bakcell, The First Mobile Operator and the Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the start of cooperation with “Hackathon Azerbaijan” Project.  Bakcell is the main sponsor of “Win Phone 2” contest, which is held within the frames of the project in the period from 21st to 10th March, 2013, reported the press-centre of Bakcell.

This is a contribution of Bakcell to development of young software developers in Azerbaijan. Mobile applications presented within the frames of the contest will be prepared on “Windows 8” platform.

All you need to do to participate is visit www.hackathonazerbaijan.org website in the period from 21st to 31st January 2013 and register. Registered persons will be selected for participation based on relevant criteria.

The first training for persons who gain the right to participate in the contest will take place on February 3.  Winners of the contest will receive valuable gifts.

The contest is organized by “Ilk Addimlar” (“First Steps”) Electronic Education Project with the main sponsorship of “Bakcell” and support of “Microsoft Azerbaijan”, “Nokia” and “Mobitel”.

It should be noted that this is a second this kind of project sponsored by Bakcell.  Bakcell is the partner of “Mobile Monday” - another project aimed at development of mobile applications in our country.

Hackathon – is a hacker neologism, and means the series of events where the programmers get together to solve various problems, design projects and compete with each other. The main purpose of Hackathon is to design various applications and tools, test the hackers’ and programmers’ knowledge in a competitive environment and gain new knowledge.