Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 2
By Huseyn Valiyev – Trend:
IMEI codes of about 79,300 mobile devices were registered in Azerbaijan in March 2018, which is 26.1 percent more than in March 2017, a source in the country’s telecommunications market told Trend Apr. 2.
In March 2017, more than 62,800 mobile devices were registered.
In total, more than 240,000 IMEI codes of mobile devices were registered in Azerbaijan in January-March 2018, which is 30.2 percent more than in the same period of 2017.
Total number of IMEI codes registered through the e-government portal has exceeded 2.43 million since the system was launched on May 1, 2013.
Mobile devices imported for private use (in the networks of mobile operators in Azerbaijan) must be registered within 30 days. Registration of mobile devices is available through the electronic government portal at e-gov.az as well as at the main office of Azerpost LLC.
The cost of registering IMEI code of a mobile device is five Azerbaijani manats for personal use and 1.6 manats for commercial sale.
(1 USD = 1.7 AZN on Apr. 2)