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    SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILWAY AND GNC ALFA SIGN AN AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION

    ArmInfo
    2010-03-12 19:01:00

    ArmInfo. The South Caucasus Railway (SCR) CJSC and GNC Alfa CJSC have
    signed an agreement on cooperation.

    The parties have agreed to build a fiber-optical cable along a number
    of sections of the Armenian railway, particularly, from Yerevan to
    Yeraskh on the border with Azerbaijan, as well as from Sevan to Sotk.

    Chief Engineer of the company Sergey Haroutyunyan said that
    installation of the communication infrastructure in the specified
    directions was not envisaged by the investment program of SCR, however,
    as a result of the agreement with GNC, it was taken a decision to
    carry out the work in the given sections.

    GNC Alfa will lay the cable at its own expense, however, we can provide
    them with specialists: the cable will be laid along our supporting
    network",- said the chief engineer of SCR. As regards the Sevan-Sotk
    (Zod) direction, Haroutyunyan said that transportations from Sotk to
    Ararat (of gold ore to the gold recovery plant) make up 40% of the
    total volume of domestic transportations of SCR. "It was this section
    that lacked high-quality communication, and now we are going to remove
    this shortcoming with joint efforts",- said Haroutyunyan. When signing
    the agreement, Directors General of SCR Shevket Shaydullin and GNC Alfa
    Hayk Faramazyan pointed out the probability of joint service of the
    SCR information system (with possible further outsourcing transmission
    of these functions to GNC Alfa company) in the joint venture format.

    SCR CJSC is the 100% subsidiary of the Russian Railways OJSC. The
    company is the concessional manager of the Armenian railway system
    in accordance with the agreement signed with the Armenian Government
    on 13 Feb 2008. The concession term is 30 years with a right of
    prolongation for 10 more years.

    GNC-Alfa is a licensed network services operator in Armenia. Our
    network is based on Fiber-Optic Cable (FOC) infrastructure and
    designed to satisfy growing needs of fixed and mobile operators,
    Internet Service Providers and large enterprises in transport network
    services and high speed Internet. The Southern Segment of our network
    between Yerevan and Armenia-Iran border has been put into operation
    in September 2009. The Network is interconnected with the FOC in Iran
    having access to the worldwide telecommunications networks.

    Construction of the Northern Segment between Yerevan and
    Armenia-Georgia border is in progress and is expected to be completed
    in Q1 2010. In the North, the Network will be interconnected at least
    with two FOC systems in Georgia providing high- capacity transit
    services via Armenia. Within Armenia, the Network will be extended
    to the main towns of the country.
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