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Azerbaijan's leading cellular provider Azercell which has already drawn millions of people has added two achievements to its long range of success. This time, Azercell Telecom Limited Liability Company has been granted the international prize called Caspian Energy Integration Award - 2008, the company said.
The award has been established by Caspian Integration Business Club (CIBC), which brings together companies from various countries. Just like in recent years, prize winners were determined based on a poll held among more than 7,000 respondents, the President of the Club Telman Aliyev told the presentation ceremony.
According to him, 1,500 company managers from 32 world countries, including those from the Caspian - Black Sea basins and the Baltic region participated in the poll. Respondents cited the names of companies that earned success in economic fields under various nominations.
The poll has revealed that Azercell won in two nominations - "Telecommunication Company of the Year" and "Leader of the Non-Oil Sector".
During the ceremony held in the International Trade Center, US Ambassador Anne Derse presented the Non-Oil Sector Leader Award to Azercell Telecom General Manager Halim Ates.
Derse highly valued the company's activity in the domestic market over more than a decade. "We do hope that you will continue this outstanding job in the future," she said.
In the past years, the nationwide leader, former President Heydar Aliyev, President Ilham Aliyev, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been awarded this prize in various nominations.
Azercell's subscribers amount to more than 3 million.