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    Baku Today

    GSM IMOA Dismisses Karabakh Telecom From Its Membership

    21/10/2004 07:52

    After the address of the Ministry of Communication and Information
    Technologies, GSM International Mobile Operators Association (IMOA) deprived
    Karabakh Telecom from membership.

    The Ministry several times appealed to this organization protesting that
    Karabakh Telecom was illegaly operating without any license from the minstry
    and operated in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan by Armenia.
    According to Ali Abbasov, Minister of Communication and Information
    Technologies of Azerbaijan, if the company can make 70 percent of the
    members of the association support Karabakh Telecom then its membership can
    be discussed again.

    "But this is far from reality," Abbasov said. "We proposed them to hold
    discussions with us and told them that we are ready to cooperate with the
    association members. We promised that they won't have any problem with the
    service in the terriotory of Azerbaijan."

    There are names of five companies in the list of companies operating in the
    former Nagorno Karabakh of Azerbaijan, which under control of Armenian
    troops.

    Except French `Perno Richard' company, the others are telecommunication
    companies. According to Ali Abbasov, all these companies are members of GSM
    Association.

    "Under the regulation of the association, there must be roaming service
    among the members. As Karabakh Telecom was a member of the association,
    these companies cooperated with it," he said.

    Armenia occupied former autonomous Nagorno-Karabakh region and also seven
    other Azerbaijani districts in 1991-94 war, forcing over 700,000
    Azerbaijanis to leave their homes. Despite an armistice signed in May 1994,
    no final solution has been achieved to the conflict between the two
    countries.

    Photo and some information for this report provided by ANS TV.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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