Baku, Azerbaijan — On December 2-5, the representatives of Tecom Group took part in the 21th Azerbaijan International Exhibition “Telecommunications and Information Technologies” Bakutel 2015. The exhibition was organized with the support of the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies, ITU and the World Economic Forum. President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev visited the exhibition on December, 2. This year the exhibition brought together more than 200 companies from 21 countries: leading IT companies, mobile operators of Azerbaijan, telecom operators, internet providers, system integrators and distributors of famous brands attended the exhibition.
During the exhibition, the delegates of Tecom Group, Andrey Burashnikov, Vice President, Telecommunications and Kseniya Mukhina, Head of Sales Department, held business meetings with potential customers during which both sides determined strategies for future collaboration. Biggest telecom operators and regulation authorities showed particular interest in Q’ligent product family, which allows monitoring all critical aspects of media distribution from acquisition to consumption across any combined Terrestrial, Cable, Satellite, IPTV or OTT platform.
Our colleagues share their experience and dwell on the key trends of the IT industry, discussed during Bakutel 2015.
“It was the first time we took part in the international exhibition and conference Bakutel 2015. In accordance with the strategy of business development, we established in Tecom Group, CIS region is considered to be one of the most promising ones from the point of view of market entry and Tecom Group’s products promotion. Even though conditions in the IT market in Azerbaijan are not quite up to scratch, the country still ranks among dynamically developing countries in the field of IT and makes huge steps towards digitalization of public broadcasting. These tendencies lead to an increasing necessity for software solutions that allow monitoring of media services delivery.
What’s more, the participation in the exhibition is a good opportunity for us to better perceive the needs of Azerbaijan’s companies and to offer them effective solutions.“ – Kseniya Mukhina commented.
“Being the largest exhibition in the field of broadcasting and telecommunications in the Caspian Sea region, Bakutel offers huge possibilities for exhibiting the latest technologies in the industry, sharing experience and establishing new business contacts. We hope that Azerbaijan will become a good starting point when it comes to entering the market of the Eastern region and will open up new opportunities for international collaboration. During the exhibition, we entered into an agreement with several Azerbaijan’s companies. That will let us expand the geographical coverage of Tecom Group’s presence in the international market” – says Andrey Burashnikov.