'VIVACELL - MTS' MANAGER GENERAL RALPH YIRIKIAN HOSTED BY GYUMRI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES CENTRE
ArmInfo
2009-05-27 11:54:00
ArmInfo. VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian hosted by Gyumri
Information Technology Center as a guest speaker. Ralph Yirikian
met with students and faculty of several universities of Gyumri with
engineering and scientific backgrounds, and delivered a public lecture
on mobile communication technology and Corporate Responsibility May
25, 2009, Gyumri, Armenia - VivaCell-MTS, a ubsidiary of Mobile
TeleSystems OJSC (NYSE: MBT), announces that today, at Gyumri
Information Technology Center (GITC), the Company General Manager
Ralph Yirikian delivered a public lecture "VivaCell-MTS - A Business
with a Mission". Ralph Yirikian met with the students and the faculty
of Gyumri Information Technology Center (GITC), State Pedagogical
University of Gyumri and State Engineering University. The purpose of
the lecture was to provide the engineering and science students with
an opportunity to experience at first-hand the operational processes
and managerial culture in Armenia's leading mobile operator company,
and also to learn more about mobile communications technology. In the
course of the meeting VivaCell-MTS General Manager taught the students
about how mobile communication is set up, how the signal is transmitted
and how connection is made between subscriber's phone and base station.
After the lecture was over, Ralph Yirikian answered a variety of
questions regarding 3G, broadband Internet, MMS, WAP and GPRS/EDGE
technologies.
"Business should above all be the supporting tool of education;
any evolution is strictly connected to the level of education we
procure. Securing the synchronous development of IT education across
the whole country, and especially Gyumri, where there is a strong
potential already, is the right way to do it",- said VivaCell-MTS
General Manager opening up the lecture. "This is one of the means to
create job opportunities and utilize local human potential to keep our
young generation in our country and stop "brain drain" from Armenia",
- he said.
ArmInfo
2009-05-27 11:54:00
ArmInfo. VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian hosted by Gyumri
Information Technology Center as a guest speaker. Ralph Yirikian
met with students and faculty of several universities of Gyumri with
engineering and scientific backgrounds, and delivered a public lecture
on mobile communication technology and Corporate Responsibility May
25, 2009, Gyumri, Armenia - VivaCell-MTS, a ubsidiary of Mobile
TeleSystems OJSC (NYSE: MBT), announces that today, at Gyumri
Information Technology Center (GITC), the Company General Manager
Ralph Yirikian delivered a public lecture "VivaCell-MTS - A Business
with a Mission". Ralph Yirikian met with the students and the faculty
of Gyumri Information Technology Center (GITC), State Pedagogical
University of Gyumri and State Engineering University. The purpose of
the lecture was to provide the engineering and science students with
an opportunity to experience at first-hand the operational processes
and managerial culture in Armenia's leading mobile operator company,
and also to learn more about mobile communications technology. In the
course of the meeting VivaCell-MTS General Manager taught the students
about how mobile communication is set up, how the signal is transmitted
and how connection is made between subscriber's phone and base station.
After the lecture was over, Ralph Yirikian answered a variety of
questions regarding 3G, broadband Internet, MMS, WAP and GPRS/EDGE
technologies.
"Business should above all be the supporting tool of education;
any evolution is strictly connected to the level of education we
procure. Securing the synchronous development of IT education across
the whole country, and especially Gyumri, where there is a strong
potential already, is the right way to do it",- said VivaCell-MTS
General Manager opening up the lecture. "This is one of the means to
create job opportunities and utilize local human potential to keep our
young generation in our country and stop "brain drain" from Armenia",
- he said.