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Expert: Azerbaijani mobile operators must start manat tariffs

ICT Materials 13 July 2010 15:15 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, July 13 / Trend H.Valiyev /

Azerbaijani mobile operators will ultimately make the transition to manat tariffs, RCom Company CEO Seymur Mammadov told Trend.

He said the issue gained relevance after Turkish telecom operators made the transition to monetary billing.

"Today, subscribers use a point system not only to talk, but also for buying multimedia content and paying for public transportation in some countries," Mammadov said. "Airtime becomes a means of payment. Thus, the point system creates problems for micro-payments, as the caller has no idea how much he is spending on content or services. It is not clear when Azerbaijani operators will make the transition to monetary billing, but if the state does not bring about any strict requirements, then each operator can choose when to make the switch on its own."

The Azerbaijani Communications and IT Ministry has already given specific instructions to operators to transfer to manat tariffs. A decision was adopted by ministries and operators to undertake necessary activities in this direction.

Such a transfer requires technical readiness, as well as changes to contracts signed with subscribers, Deputy Communications and IT Iltimas Mammadov said earlier.

"After the network will be ready, operators will make the transition to manat tariffs," Mammadov said.

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