Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. S.Babayeva / Azerbaijani Communication and Information Technology Ministry appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers and Ministry of Finance to allocate funds to establishment of Universal Telecommunications Services (UTS) in Azerbaijan, Aliyar Tamirov, the head of the Regulation Department at the Ministry, said on 11 October.
Tamirov did not detail the requested sum. "State departments have been financed the activities themselves so far. However, due to shortage of necessary funds it was decided to appeal to the government to render finance assistance," Tamirov said.
Aztelecom and Communication and Information Technology Ministry of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic are responsible for UTS in Azerbaijan. They developed list of inhabited localities, distance between telecommunication equipments and number of facilities.
Tariffs and order of accounts of UTS are regulated on the base of the contract signed between the Executive Administration and operator which render service.