Azerbaijan, Baku/ Trend // The number of CDMA (Code Division Multiples Access) subscribers of Baktelekom PU of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies is increasing. The Deputy Director General of Baktelekom, Khankishi Kishiyev, said that the population show large interest in this technology and the number of subscribers exceeds 7.000.
He said that currently the technical possibility of Baktelekom allows to serve 10.000 CDMA subscribers. However, due to necessary, the capacity will be increased.
CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is a multiple access system with code division. This is a wireless technology designed after GSM. CDMA converts speech into digital information, which is then sent as a radio signal across the wireless network. Presented as a commercial product first in 1995, CDMA is one of the most rapidly developing wireless technologies in the World. In 1999, International Telecommunications Union chose CDMA as an industrial standard for new 3G wireless system.
In addition to the Ministry, the CDMA services in Azerbaijan are rendered by Catel, Aztrank и Ulduz Telecom (Ultel).