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Mobile Eye Clinic, the unique social project implemented by Azercell Telecom, the market leader in mobile technologies in Azerbaijan, successfully continues its operation.

Renewed after the rebranding activity for the new academic year, Mobile Eye Clinic intends to ensure prevention of eye diseases and complex examination of children deprived of parental care, also to cater for the elderly and the poor.

Mobile Eye Clinic's doctors who examined residents of Cardio-rheumatology Sanatorium number 39 in Lokbatan, as well as refugees from Lachin and Zengilan regions resided in Sumgait city and IDPs in Gala settlement in summer will continue their initiatives in September, as well. Thus, Mobile Eye Clinic team will visit refugees, resided in the shelters in Pirshagi and Zabrat districts, "UmidYeri" shelter and the boarding school in Sumgait city. The Clinic has already visited many boarding schools and orphanages in Baku. In addition, the doctors also examined children with visual impairment brought from the orphanages in the districts of Ganja, Lankaran, Gusar, as well as children living in the camps in the districts of Nabran, Guba and Khachmaz.

Mobile Eye Clinic was launched on June 1, 2011 on the International Children's Day. Up to date, some 2 thousand children have benefited from the project that has gained immense popularity in our country. The organization is responsible for the supply of service bus, selection of doctors, designing routes and destinations of the clinic. The project is implemented by Caspian Compassion Project. Azercell's initiative has become so popular that later some other companies also launched similar mobile clinics and began site visits with check-ups.

The company has repeatedly won local and international awards for social projects. Azercell was the first company that received "Company of the Year" award in the sphere of corporate social responsibility in 2007.

Azercell Telecom LLC was founded in 1996 and since the first years sustains a leading position on the market. Azercell introduced number of technological innovations in Azerbaijan: GSM technology, GPRS/EDGE, 24/7 Customer Care, full-time operating Azercell Express offices, mobile e-service "ASAN imza" (ASAN signature) and others. With 51% share of Azerbaijan's mobile market Azercell's network covers 99,8% of the country's population. By the end of 2013 the number of Azercell's subscribers reached 4,5 million people. In 2011 Azercell deployed 3G and in 2012 the fourth generation network - LTE in Azerbaijan. The Company is the leader of Azerbaijan's mobile communication industry and the biggest investor in the non-oil sector. Azercell is the part of the TeliaSonera Group of Companies, which has subsidiaries in 17 countries with total number of 186 million subscribers and 27 thousand employees.