The Director General of CATEL JV Sadig Humbatov said the provider is planning to enlarge its coverage and attract more customers by importing more low-priced CDMA phones to offer customers free.

He said there are some 60 types of CDMA-supported handsets on Azerbaijan's market and their prices range from $100 to $700.

Caspian American Telecommunications, LLC (CATEL), one of the first Azerbaijan-American joint ventures in the telecommunications industry, is a joint venture between the Government of Azerbaijan and a United States consortium, Omni-Metromedia Caspian Ltd. (OMCL) which is majority owned by the US-based Omni Communications Inc. and includes AIG, Verbena, and WorldTel.

CATEL is the only mobile provider in Azerbaijan with the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) services. APA-Economics