GNC-ALFA invests $2 in laying FOCs along Armenian railroads

YEREVAN, September 4, /ARKA/. GNC-Alfa, a licensed network services operator in Armenia, said it will invest $2 million in laying fiber optic cable (FOC) systems along Armenia’s railroads. Speaking at a ceremony today for soldering the last cable at a section of the railroad from Yerevan to Masis, its chief manager Hayk Farmanian said the program is being implemented as part of an agreement signed earlier with the South Caucasus Railways.

‘The cabling began in July and the fist 50.5 km long section is ready. It will provide FOC systems to Yerevan, Ararat, Masis and Vedi,’ he said.

He said implementation of this project will allow the company to extend an unprecedented 10 gigabit/sec speed Internet services to the southern regions of Armenia.

He said the company will then extend the network in the northern direction to Charentsavan, Sevan , Hrazdan. Dilijan and then to south-western Etchmiadizn and Armavir. These directions will be put into operation before 2010 November.

Overall, the company will put into operation 270 km FOC systems this year and another 200-250 in 2011.

GNC-Alfa’s network is based on Fiber-Optic Cable (FOC) infrastructure and designed to satisfy the growing needs of fixed and mobile operators, Internet Service Providers and large enterprises in transport network services and high speed Internet. The goal of the company is to become a major Fiber Optic Backbone operator.

The Southern Segment of its network between Yerevan and Armenia-Iran border was put into operation in September 2009. The Network is interconnected with the FOC in Iran having access to the worldwide telecommunications networks. In the North, the Network is interconnected at least with two FOC systems in Georgia providing high-capacity transit services via Armenia M.M. -0-.