GNC-Alfa to Complete Construction Of Optical Fibre Cable Line From Armenia To Nagorno-Karabakh In Late November

YEREVAN, November 9, /ARKA/. Hayk Farmazian, chief executive director of GNC-Alfa licensed network services operator, said in an interview with ARKA that the company plans to complete construction of an optical fibre cable line from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh in late November.

He said the southern segment of the company’s network between Yerevan and Armenia-Iran border was put into operation in September 2009. In the south, the network is interconnected with the FOC in Iran having access to the worldwide telecommunications networks. The two northern segments of the network between Yerevan and Armenia-Georgia border are operational since March 2010 and interconnected with three FOC systems in Georgia through two independent routes. Construction of the network extensions to the main towns of Armenia is in progress.

Hayk Farmazyan said the company is ready to extend the network to neighboring Turkey once the border is opened. Over one year of the company’s operation its prices dropped from 3 to 4 times. Today the price for one gigabit is 65,000 Drams. The company was founded in 2007 to satisfy growing needs of fixed and mobile operators, Internet service providers and large enterprises in transport network services and high speed Internet. ($1 – 362.99 Drams). –0--