Third player in the Armenian communication market to create healthy competition
The appearance of the third player in the mobile and fiber-optic networks market will create healthy competition f Armenia, the minister of transport and communications Gurgen Sargsyan said.
"I think its major part of activities will be launched in 2010, and we will feel its impact on the mobile market then," he said a press conference in Yerevan.
The minister informed, that another player - GNC Alfa has appeared in the fiber-optic communication market. The company has paved the optical cable from the Iranian border to Yerevan and now, according to the government decision, the organization can stretch the cable - from Yerevan to the Georgian border. "It will be a third service provider, which will deliver the Internet in Armenia, and I think that this will lead to healthy competition and soon have positive impact on prices and quality of services in Armenia," Gurgen Sargsyan said.
"I think its major part of activities will be launched in 2010, and we will feel its impact on the mobile market then," he said a press conference in Yerevan.
The minister informed, that another player - GNC Alfa has appeared in the fiber-optic communication market. The company has paved the optical cable from the Iranian border to Yerevan and now, according to the government decision, the organization can stretch the cable - from Yerevan to the Georgian border. "It will be a third service provider, which will deliver the Internet in Armenia, and I think that this will lead to healthy competition and soon have positive impact on prices and quality of services in Armenia," Gurgen Sargsyan said.
