Azerbaijan News Service
July 28 2005

OFFICIAL BAKU CALLS FOREIGN OPERATORS TO SUSPEND COOPERATION WITH
ILLEGAL `QARABAQ TELECOM’ COMPANY
2005-07-28 20:30

One of four foreign companies cooperating with «Qarabaq Telecom»
company operating in occupied Daqliq Qarabaq illegally in
communication field has officially suspended cooperation, informed
Iltimas Mammadov, official of Ministry of Communications and
Information Technologies. Several operators including one Uzbek
operator ceased cooperation with the company after our addresses. We
will appeal to International Telecommunication Organization, GSM
Association that the other three foreign companies should stop
cooperation with «Qarabaq Telecom» company. As the territory where
«Qarabaq Telekom» company operates belongs to Azerbaijan and official
Baku didn’t give a license to operate in communication field the
company was deprived of membership of GSM Association since June 1
2004. But after this, `Qarabaq Telecom’ was given a license as a
mobile operator in the territory of Armenia. Appealing to GSM
Association as well as other international operators this company now
tries to cooperate with them as an Armenian company. Ministry of
Communications and Information Technologies is to appeal to GSM
Association regarding this issue.