OREANDA-NEWS. On 25 May 2009 was announced, that 15th Azerbaijan International Exhibition and Conference "Telecommunications and Information Technologies" BakuTel will be held on 04.11.2009 — 07.11.2009 in Azerbaijan, Baku, Sport and exhibition complex named by H.Aliev.

The exhibition BakuTel is held annually since 1995. In 2009 the exhibition area will make 1559 sq.m.  105 exhibitors from 21 countries (Germany, Russia, Austria, the USA, Kazakhstan, Canada, China, Japan, Korea) will take part at the exhibition. The quantity of visitors makes to 14 000 persons from all countries of the world. Azerbaijan with the population of 8,6 million and territory of 86,6 thousand in km І, remains one of the priority countries in region for direct foreign investments and business development. In Azerbaijan the information-communicative technologies  sector occures placing the second branch of the national economy after power sector on rates of the development industry. Annual growth of information-communicative technologies  sector  for last 3 years has made 30-35 %.

According to The Global Information Technology Report on global information technologies for 2007-2008   Azerbaijan has occupied 67 place among leaders of 127 countries on the  level of Networked Readiness Index.

Azerbaijan acts as the initiator of creation of a network of a high-speed information data highway uniting in a uniform network such countries as  Eastern Europe , the Near East and the Central Asia. According to the state program "Electronic Azerbaijan" for 2008-2012 which main objectives is development in the country of the space industry, maintenance to the coutry the exit on the world space markets in telecommunication sphere, the volume of  information-communicative technologies  sector      increasing it more to five times to 2012, and in 2018-2020 the profit achievement of the given sector is expected to be on the same level as the oil sector profit.

The participation  in the leading exhibition BakuTel of the Caucasus and the Caspian region will give an opportunity to present  a new company on the  intensively and emerging market, to meet the qualified and active buyers, to strengthen relations with existing buyers and partners, to present advantages of  a new productions, technologies and services, to strengthen  the positions in the market, participating in specialised key event and to meet more than 15 000 professional visitors within 4 exhibition days.