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Bakcell’s ultra-fast LTE network to support 225 Mbps!

Business Materials 15 October 2015 17:16 (UTC +04:00)
Bakcell is announcing 225 Mbps support in its ultra-fast LTE network by upgrading it with LTE-Advanced Carrier aggregation technology.
Bakcell’s ultra-fast LTE network to support 225 Mbps!

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 15

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Bakcell, The First Mobile Operator and The Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan, is announcing 225 Mbps support in its ultra-fast LTE network by upgrading it with LTE-Advanced Carrier aggregation technology. Bakcell is proud to be one of 73 networks (out of 422) worldwide using carrier aggregation technology and having LTE-Advance category 6 enabled.

Launched in May 2015, Bakcell LTE network provides a high quality and fastest mobile internet experience to all Bakcell customers operating in 1800 MHz band and supporting most advanced technologies being Category 4 (up to 150 Mbps) enabled.

Now, with the help of most advanced carrier aggregation technology Bakcell customers will experience 50% faster internet with up to 225 Mbps download speed capability.

Carrier aggregation: why it is important?

Carrier aggregation technology makes possible to use multiple radio channels (carriers) in different or the same frequency bands as if they were one. More carriers mean more speed and more capacity. This is similar to expanding the lanes on crowded motorway to multilane autobahn. As much lanes you have, as more cars can path with highest speed. Carrier aggregation category 6 technology level itself allows achieving up to 300 Mbps having 40MHz bandwidth on certain or across multiple frequency bands.

Having a right device means having the best experience

With LTE category 6 support device that can operate in 1800 MHz (Band 3), user will get a full benefit of having ultimate experience at Bakcell ultra-fast LTE-Advanced mobile network.

As of October 2015, such well known manufacturers like Apple, Samsung, HTC, LG, Huawei, Sony and others already released more than 80 devices that are commercially available on the market and supports LTE-A category 6 operation in 1800 band. Quantity of such devices is rapidly increasing.

Customer experience will change

Bakcell gives the first priority to providing of best customer experience. Today Bakcell customers experience in average 20-30 Mbps in LTE network that is mostly driven by device and apps need.

"We expect that performance having a Category 6 capable device will double and will reach 60 Mbps in average. This will provide Bakcell customer's with ultimate quality of experience. With doubled download speed, digital experience at Bakcell LTE network will enhance by means of reduced lag in content downloading, intensified real-time game play on mobile game apps and overall on-the-go productivity enhancement. With this incredible download speed battery life will last even longer than before as download time will reduce together with a need to load device radio transceiver and CPU", says says Mr. Yigit Berktash, Chief Technical Officer of Bakcell.

You can also get much more from ultra-fast mobile broadband while using your ordinary services:

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Technology

Theoretical maximum speed

Expected average speed

Music tracks (4MB)

Video clips (40MB)

Apps/Games (1GB)

LTE-A (20MHz)

150 Mbps

10-20 Mbps

225 track

23 clips

1 App

LTE-A (30 MHz)

220 Mbps

30-60 Mbps

675 track

68 clips

3 App

How users may benefit from LTE-Advanced technologies?

Demand in ultra-speed mobile broadband is growing. LTE Category 6 network will change our daily lives by opening a door to whole new world with watching high definition 4K videos, live video upstream in HD quality to share your precious moments in live action sports and concerts in real time via popular sharing portals, using more wearable technologies and increasingly sophisticated next generation mobile business applications with remote analyzing big data such as medical services, having all application and devices being connected in the Internet of things and bringing us to the era of true smart homes.

First LTE network will be upgraded in Baku city area to support 225 Mbps and then Absheron peninsula area will follow next shortly.

Bakcell will continue to invest best technology for our customers comfort. 4G network enables customers' devices with longer battery life than even 2G networks, higher quality and speeds in even very low coverage areas. It is possible to get 5-10 mbps speed even two bar sign on your phone. Our 4G coverage is extended wider than some operators 3G network in Baku alsready.

Bakcell invites everyone to join the privilege club of users to enjoy the cutting edge LTE-Advance technologies and innovations with Bakcell ultra-fast mobile broadband services.

Bakcell, The First Mobile Operator and the Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan, offers a variety of products for modern mobile communications customers. Bakcell provides class leading 3G and 4G mobile internet experience in the country under the Sür@ brand name.

As one of the largest national non-oil investors, Bakcell today continues making large investments in the economy of Azerbaijan through its investments in state-of-the-art telecommunication technology and its people who service our customers.

With more than 5300 base stations Bakcell's network covers more than 99% of the population and 93% of the land area of the country (excluding occupied territories). Bakcell is a leader in innovation and it focuses on bringing the best of the mobile internet to Azerbaijanis through new partnerships and its Sür@ services. Bakcell 3G service is available in all regions and covers 93% of population. Around 250 retail outlets and 26 Customer Service Centers operating in the capital and regions are providing the best customer experience to Bakcell customers.

Following the success of 3G Sür@, the best mobile internet experience during last 4 years, Bakcell has announced the commercial launch of its 4G LTE service, on May 5, 2015, under the 4-cü Sür@ brand name. 4-cü Sür@ provides an essential increase in mobile data speeds and is designed especially for the users, who want to be mobile and have broadband internet everywhere.

For more information about Bakcell products and services, please visit www.bakcell.com or call 555.For press releases please see www.bakcell.com/az/news (or www.bakcell.com/en/news for press releases in English).

If you are not a Bakcell subscriber, but wish to find out about Bakcell and its services, please call 055 000 05 55.

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