NATO to offer superhigh-speed Internet to South Caucasus

PanARMENIAN.Net - NATO will allocate 1.9 mln. euro to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia for leasing an optic fibrous cable providing a superhigh-speed Internet for educational and scientific institutions, said Jacek Gajewski, Secretary General of the Central and Eastern European Networking Association, NATO adviser on South Caucasus.



The decision was made upon the outcomes of "Research and educational networks of Armenia: achievements, tasks, solutions" conference held in Yerevan 12-14.



The project will be co-financed by the three republics, which will add 20% (some 150 thousand euro) to the sum assigned by NATO.



The projects will be implemented in two stages, Gajewski said. The first stage is meant for 2 years and supposes cable lease, the second stage supposes own cable laying and will cost some 20 mln. euro. "It means that Armenia will have to accumulate some 3 mln. euro by that time," he said, Novosti Armenia reports.