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ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE RELIABLE FIBER-OPTIC, SATELLITE COMMUNICATION IN 15% OF VILLAGES IN 2009
ARKA
June 3, 2008
YEREVAN, June 3. /ARKA/. Armenian Government is planning to provide
reliable fiber-optic and satellite communication in 15% of the
country's villages in 2009, Armenian Deputy Minister of Transport and
Communication Vruyr Arakelian said during the ceremony of launching of
the joint project by Microsoft Office in Armenia and ArmenTel company
(Beeline brand) "Education without Frontiers".
Fiber-optic cables will be laid down in most of the villages and
satellite communication will be established in regions difficult of
access, Arakelian said.
The Deputy Minister said that currently negotiations are held with
ArmenTel and other operators of fixed-line communication on investments
in the project. Arakelian pointed out that the profitability of
establishing fiber-optic communication leaves to be desired.
The number of communities in Armenia is 926, 866 of them are rural
communities.
The "Education without frontiers" joint project of ArmenTel (Beeline
brand) and Microsoft Office in Armenia is a pilot project and provides
for introduction of distance-learning system and fast Internet
connection in 10 schools by September 1.
Another 50 schools are expected to get connected to the network by
the end of 2009.
ARKA
June 3, 2008
YEREVAN, June 3. /ARKA/. Armenian Government is planning to provide
reliable fiber-optic and satellite communication in 15% of the
country's villages in 2009, Armenian Deputy Minister of Transport and
Communication Vruyr Arakelian said during the ceremony of launching of
the joint project by Microsoft Office in Armenia and ArmenTel company
(Beeline brand) "Education without Frontiers".
Fiber-optic cables will be laid down in most of the villages and
satellite communication will be established in regions difficult of
access, Arakelian said.
The Deputy Minister said that currently negotiations are held with
ArmenTel and other operators of fixed-line communication on investments
in the project. Arakelian pointed out that the profitability of
establishing fiber-optic communication leaves to be desired.
The number of communities in Armenia is 926, 866 of them are rural
communities.
The "Education without frontiers" joint project of ArmenTel (Beeline
brand) and Microsoft Office in Armenia is a pilot project and provides
for introduction of distance-learning system and fast Internet
connection in 10 schools by September 1.
Another 50 schools are expected to get connected to the network by
the end of 2009.