Bakutel 2016 brings together about 200 companies representing 18 countries from across the world.The Azerbaijan International Telecommunications and Information Technologies Exhibition and Conference, Bakutel 2016, will open its doors in the Azerbaijani capital Baku on November 29, officially launching ICTs Week. Every year for over 20 years, Bakutel, the largest exhibition in the region, has been bringing together leading players of the communications market.

This year the exhibition brings together over 200 companies from 18 countries, with 40% of the total number of participants being returning exhibitors at Bakutel. Among the participants are leading ICT companies, mobile operators, telecom operators, internet service providers, system integrators, and distributors of world-famous brands. This year the Registration Sponsor of Bakutel is the Azerfon, and the Technology Sponsor is the Eurodesign company, which will provide the entire exhibition area with free WI-Fi for the duration of the exhibition.

This year the exhibition’s debutants comprise 30% of the total number of exhibitors. Among those who are making their first appearance at the exhibition in Baku are the French company Vivaction, the Russian company Balt-Energo, the Belarusian government agency Beltelecom, Croatian companies Banksoft, Sekom and Span, DELL EMC (USA), the Ukrainian company MUK, Chinese companies FEC and BBT Telecom, as well as local companies CBC sport TV, GSS, and many others.

The active participation of national pavilions organized with the support of the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, has already become a tradition at Bakutel. This year, 9 countries - Austria, Belarus, Croatia, France, Iran, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Turkey will present at their national stands leading companies from their respective countries and innovative projects not only for Azerbaijan, but for the entire Caspian region, in addition to presenting various products and ICT services. Among the debutants to the national pavilions is the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
 Over the four days, the exhibition will cover the following segments: Telecommunications and networks, cable and wireless communications, satellite communications and technologies, IT and office technologies, 4-5G mobile technology, services in the field of fibber optic technology and cloud computing, E-government, information security, and space technology.