Azerbaijan

1. Country: Azerbaijan
Country suffix: .az

Population: 8 million
Area: 86 600 sq km
Capital: Baku

2. Estimated number of hosts in the local Internet
Approx.100 hosts (December 1999)

3. Estimated number of users in theeducational/commercial/governmental sectors:
educational 5000
commercial 3000
governmental 500

4. List of major commercial ISP's
1. AzEuroTel
2. ADaNet (Azerbaijan Data Networks)
3. AIS (Azerbijan Internet Service)
4. IntraNS (Intranet Network Systems)
5. Artel
6. Azerin
7. AzCom
8. BakNet
9. Inteko

5. List of major non-commercial ISP's
1. AZNET
2. Academy of Science

6. Internet Service Providers operating their ownbackbone networks:

I. AzEurotel
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed:
X25, FRAME RELAY, 2 MB FiberOptical link between 3 POP, hosts the peer exchnge point in Baku, 128KB copper leased lines in Baku, 1.5MB microwave to Ganja, 500KB microwave to Migachevir
Names of major cities connected to the backbone: Baku, Ganja, Mingachevir
Links out of the country: Satellite link 128KB to Sovam Teleport, Russia
Character of the ISP: Commercial

II. AdaNet
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed:
2MB FiberOptics, peer connection to other ISP, 128KB copper leased lines in Baku
Names of major cities connected to the backbone: Baku
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology: Satellite link 256 KB to GlasNet, Russia
Character of the ISP: Commercial

III Artel
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed
X25, MicroWave, peer connection to other ISP, 128KB copper leased lines in Baku
Names of major cities connected to the backbone: Baku
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology: Satellite link 128KB to Sovam Teleport, Russia, X25 Satellite link 512KB to Turkey
Character of the ISP: Commercial

AIS
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed:
2MB FiberOptics between 2 POP, peer connection to other ISP, 128KB copper leased lines in Baku
Names of major cities connected to the backbone Baku
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology: Satellite link 512 KB to British Telecom, UK
2.4. Character of the ISP: Commercial

AZNET
2.1. Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed:
HDSL lines 256KB-1MB, 128KB copper leased lines in Baku, 33KB Microwave to Ganja
Names of major cities connected to the backbone: Baku, Ganja
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology: RO Satellite link 400KB to NetSat, USA
Character of the ISP: non-commercial

Azerin
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed
128KB copper leased lines in Baku
Names of major cities connected to the backbone: Baku
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology: Satellite link 128 KB to Dominet, Turkey
Character of the ISP: Commercial

IntraNS
Technology used to operate the backbone network and its speed:
HDSL 700KB link between 2 POP, peer connection to other ISP, 128KB copper leased lines in Baku
Names of major cities connected to the backbone Baku
Links out of the country: how many, their speed and technology: AIS subprovider
2.4. Character of the ISP: Commercial

7. Country specific search Web-sites:

8. More information about country:

Sites with azerbaijan directory:

Sites with general information about Azerbajan.

Date: 17.I.2000

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