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New decision on “Bakcell Arena” from Bakcell and AFFA

ICT Materials 3 May 2018 18:23 (UTC +04:00)
Bakcell, the First Mobile Operator and Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan and “AFFA” (Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan) have agreed to prolong the agreement on naming the stadium located at Nizami district of Baku as “Bakcell Arena”
New decision on “Bakcell Arena” from Bakcell and AFFA

Bakcell, the First Mobile Operator and Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan and “AFFA” (Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan) have agreed to prolong the agreement on naming the stadium located at Nizami district of Baku as “Bakcell Arena”.

According to the new agreement, the stadium will be named “Bakcell Arena” during the next year.

Let us recall that the construction of this stadium, with a total area of 22 500 square meters, has started in May 2010, and the arena which complies with all the international standards has opened within a short period of time. In accordance with an agreement signed between Bakcell and AFFA in the year 2013, the stadium has been modernized and renamed as “Bakcell Arena”.

“Bakcell Arena” with a capacity of 11 thousand seats consists of a general, media and VIP entrances and a total of five sectors. The Arena has family viewing room and 17 VIP skyboxes, four dressing rooms under the stands for teams’ use, as well as conference halls and rooms for media representatives, doping control and etc. There is also a parking for over 300 vehicles.

Many significant projects aimed at development of football in Azerbaijan have been implemented within the frames of partnership between Bakcell and AFFA, foundation of which was laid in the year 2013. These joint activities have contributed considerably to development of Azerbaijani football in various directions.

After becoming the first telecommunications and broadcasting partner of “Manchester United” football club on the whole CIS region in the year 2012, Bakcell has further started to work together with AFFA on various large-scale and long term projects and even became the sponsor of Azerbaijani national football team. Within the frames of the “Football with Bakcell” project, implemented jointly by Bakcell and AFFA, the “Manchester United Football School” and “Manchester United Summer Football School” have been opened in Azerbaijan, where young talented players from all over the country had a chance to improve their knowledge and football skills. Moreover, Bakcell became the official sponsor and mobile communications partner of the “UEFA U-17 European Cup 2016”, held in Baku in May 2016, along with many other prestigious sporting events hosted by Azerbaijan.

Bakcell actively supports the Azerbaijani youth, and is pleased to continue cooperating with AFFA for the sake of contributing to development of sports in our country.

About Bakcell

Bakcell, the First Mobile Operator and Leading Mobile Internet Provider of Azerbaijan, offers a wide range of products and Services to users of modern mobile communications Services. The company provides its customers with the best-in-class 3G and 4G mobile internet.

With more than 6500 base stations, Bakcell network covers 99% of the population and 93% of the land area of the country (except for the occupied territories).

After proving itself to provide the best 3G mobile internet service in the country, Bakcell has announced the commercial launch of 4G LTE services on 5th of May 2015. 4G ensures a significant increase of mobile internet speed and is especially useful for those users who wish to stay mobile at all times, having an access to high-speed mobile internet at all locations. Currently, in addition to Baku and Absheron peninsula, residents of Ganja, Quba, Qusar, Khachmaz, Shabran and Siyazan regions are able to benefit from the high-speed 4G internet of Bakcell. In the year 2018, Bakcell continues to expand its LTE network to other regions of Azerbaijan. Bakcell became the first mobile operator in the country to launch 4G service in Baku subway. In the year 2017, Bakcell network has been recognized as the “Best in Test” in Azerbaijan by P3 Communications, being the international leader and most trusted independent authority in mobile benchmarking. According to tests, implemented in August 2017, Bakcell has the best score overall network experience in Azerbaijan and the best mobile internet network “in test” in Baku and other big cities.

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 products and services, please call 012 498 89 89

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