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ARMENTEL GIVEN 15 DAYS TO SOLVE PROBLEM OF RENTING PUBLIC TELEPHOPNE NETWORK TO PROVIDERS
NOYAN TAPAN
http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=114667
JUNE 18
The RA State Commission on Protection of Economic Competition on June
18 discussed the applications of Internet service providers - Web,
Arminco and Crossnet companies against ArmenTel company.
According to these applications, having a monopoly position in the
market of services on the rental of connection to the public telephone
network, ArmenTel provides, through this network, "Hi- Line" Internet
access services with high speed and at a low price to users, but it
refuses to provide such services to other licensed providers, not
renting the public phone network (distribution network) to them. At
the same time, the providers propose conducting a study of the market
of external channels through fiber-optic communication.
The providers claim that ArmenTel has a technical possibility to rent
phone lines. In their opinion, these steps of ArmenTel are aimed
at gaining a monopoly in the sector of Internet access services as
well. To recap, a memorandum on implementation of measures had been
signed between representatives of ArmenTel and 7 providers, which was
to be implemented within 10 days. According to the providers, ArmenTel
has not taken any steps on implementation of the memorandum provisions.
At the sitting, the Commission has given ArmenTel 15 days to solve
the indicated problem with providers, only after which the Commission
will take the respective measures.
NOYAN TAPAN
http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=114667
JUNE 18
The RA State Commission on Protection of Economic Competition on June
18 discussed the applications of Internet service providers - Web,
Arminco and Crossnet companies against ArmenTel company.
According to these applications, having a monopoly position in the
market of services on the rental of connection to the public telephone
network, ArmenTel provides, through this network, "Hi- Line" Internet
access services with high speed and at a low price to users, but it
refuses to provide such services to other licensed providers, not
renting the public phone network (distribution network) to them. At
the same time, the providers propose conducting a study of the market
of external channels through fiber-optic communication.
The providers claim that ArmenTel has a technical possibility to rent
phone lines. In their opinion, these steps of ArmenTel are aimed
at gaining a monopoly in the sector of Internet access services as
well. To recap, a memorandum on implementation of measures had been
signed between representatives of ArmenTel and 7 providers, which was
to be implemented within 10 days. According to the providers, ArmenTel
has not taken any steps on implementation of the memorandum provisions.
At the sitting, the Commission has given ArmenTel 15 days to solve
the indicated problem with providers, only after which the Commission
will take the respective measures.