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ARMENIA SEES FAST ICT DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS
By Thomas Whittle
NZ Week
Oct 9 2012
YEREVAN, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) - Armenia has seen noticeable development
of information communication technology (ICT) in recent years, the
local media Armenpress quoted an official as saying on Monday.
Bagrat Yengibaryan, chairman of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation,
said the ICT sector has maintained an average annual growth rate of
20 percent to 30 percent in recent years, and there are plenty of
related programs being developed in the country.
According to the reports of Armenpress, 47 percent of Armenians were
Internet users in 2010, while the figure was only 0.1 percent back
in 2001.
The country now has 400 ICT firms, with altogether 10,000 employees.
Some 80 percent of these companies are export-oriented, and are mainly
operating in the capital city. Their annual turnover is close to 200
million U.S. dollars, said the reports.
Armenpress also said Armenia is well ahead of Azerbaijan and Georgia
in the ICT industry.
Currently, Georgia only has some 10 ICT companies, while Azerbaijan
produces no high-tech products at all.
Meanwhile, the reports also indicated that the country's ICT
accomplishment so far has been investment-driven, and the lack of
experts and specialists would hamper the sector's future development.
The country's ministry of science and education and the U.S. Agency
for International Development have been working together to inject
6 million dollars into a specialist-grooming program, Armenpress said.
If the program could help train some 2,000 specialists per year,
Armenia's ICT industries would witness an even more remarkable boost.
http://www.nzweek.com/world/armenia-sees-fast-ict-development-in-recent-years-10626/
By Thomas Whittle
NZ Week
Oct 9 2012
YEREVAN, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) - Armenia has seen noticeable development
of information communication technology (ICT) in recent years, the
local media Armenpress quoted an official as saying on Monday.
Bagrat Yengibaryan, chairman of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation,
said the ICT sector has maintained an average annual growth rate of
20 percent to 30 percent in recent years, and there are plenty of
related programs being developed in the country.
According to the reports of Armenpress, 47 percent of Armenians were
Internet users in 2010, while the figure was only 0.1 percent back
in 2001.
The country now has 400 ICT firms, with altogether 10,000 employees.
Some 80 percent of these companies are export-oriented, and are mainly
operating in the capital city. Their annual turnover is close to 200
million U.S. dollars, said the reports.
Armenpress also said Armenia is well ahead of Azerbaijan and Georgia
in the ICT industry.
Currently, Georgia only has some 10 ICT companies, while Azerbaijan
produces no high-tech products at all.
Meanwhile, the reports also indicated that the country's ICT
accomplishment so far has been investment-driven, and the lack of
experts and specialists would hamper the sector's future development.
The country's ministry of science and education and the U.S. Agency
for International Development have been working together to inject
6 million dollars into a specialist-grooming program, Armenpress said.
If the program could help train some 2,000 specialists per year,
Armenia's ICT industries would witness an even more remarkable boost.
http://www.nzweek.com/world/armenia-sees-fast-ict-development-in-recent-years-10626/