July 23, 2005 - 10:49 AMT
80-100KM OPTIC FIBER LINE TO BE BUILT IN YEREVAN BEFORE YEAREND
Before the end of the year Arminco Company will built optic fiber line of 80-100km in Yerevan, Arminco Provider Company Director Andranik Aleksanyan told .am edition of PanARMENIAN.Net. In his words, this will allow the company providing qualitative Internet connection. Besides, the Director reported the company works to establish Internet wireless access points in the territory of the Ring Park of the capital. The Wi-Fi point will be the seventh one installed by Arminco specialists, A. Aleksanyan added. Speaking of the development of the Wi-Fi infrastructure in Armenia in general, the Company Director said a Wi-Fi point operates in the territory of the Medical Center of the Institute of Child and Youth Health. Wireless Internet additional appliances are planned to be placed in one of the blocks of the Shengavit community. Arminco works to introduce Internet technologies outsides Yerevan. Specifically Aleksanyan reported that a Wi-Fi network will be organized in one of the Armenian towns in the near future. The Arminco head did not name the location referring to a commercial classified information. "5-10 thousand citizens live in that town. In 10-15 days they will have an opportunity to access the Internet without using a telephone line. Within the framework of the pilot project the town territory is planned to be covered by 8-10 points. It should be noted a similar network is already put into operation in Artashat town. Matters of illegal Internet provision were also touched in the course of the conversation. Thus, in A. Aleksanyan's words, one can get Internet access from "shadow" providers today. According to some estimates, there are some 50 illegal satellite aerials in Armenia today, he reported.