Free Wi-Fi to reach two more parks in Baku

Free Wi-Fi will soon be available in two more parks of Baku, Baku Telephone Communication Ltd informed on October 12.

Inhabitants of the capital city and its guests will be able to connect to the Internet for free in the Narimanov and Izmir parks of Baku.

The project has been implemented in Baku since March 2017 in order to expand the coverage of the wireless network of the capital city. The goal of the project is to provide residents and guests of Baku with access to the Internet in places of mass congestion.

Currently, the free Wi-Fi project covers the territory of the National Seaside Park, Icherisheher, Sahil Park, Sabir Park and Khagani Park, Heydar Aliyev Center, Winter Park, Park of Officers, Huseyn Javid, Akhundov, Samad Vurgun, Dede Gorgud, Mugan and Fashion Avenue Parks.

Since the launch of the service, over a million connections have been recorded in these territories.

To use the service, one will need to enable the option of Wi-Fi networks detection on his/her mobile device, select ‘Baku loves you’ network and pass through authentication process via the phone number.

Azerbaijan ranks first among the countries of Post-Soviet region for the level of broadband internet penetration. Moreover, Azerbaijan is the 58th country in the world over number of its Internet users.

The number of Azerbaijani Internet users exceeded 6 million, accounting for 61.1 percent of the country’s population, in 2016, according to Statistical project Internet Live Stats.