FIRST INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL INTERNET CHANNEL LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 12. ARMINFO. The first independent commercial Internet communication channel has been put into operation in Armenia.

The company WEB (Internet Service Provider) told ARMINFO that maintaining the Internet-communication channel through ArmenTel, the company leases an independent optic-fiber Internet channel with carrying capacity of 2 Mbps. The channel is laid through the optic-fiber network of ArmenTel up to the border with Georgia, then it passes via the territory of Georgia on the system FOPTNET. The cable is brought to Poti-Novorossiysk by Georgia-Russian company. It reaches Novorossiysk-Stockholm due to “Rostelecom.” The first days of exploitation showed that the cable is reliable and high quality. The leasing price allows its commercial exploitation. The existence of this channel puts an end to the factual monopoly of ArmenTel in the sphere of Internet-communication. “Now we have got an opportunity to wage an independent policy in the sphere. We intend to use it to raise the quality and diversity of services. This progress has become possible due to the help of many privates, organizations and ministries,” the company leadership says. Besides, the provisions of a new license of ArmenTel were used when implementing the project. The license provides for ArmenTel leasing the digital stations. Relevant services and their prices were determined and approved by the Ministry of Transport and Communication in cooperation with ArmenTel, the Prime Minister’s Council for Information Technologies and Internet providers.