Digitec 2006 Exhibition to be held in Yerevan on Oct 6-8

"DIGITEC 2006" EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN ON OCT 6-8, 2006

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Sept 22 2006

YEREVAN, September 22. /ARKA/. The 6th international exhibition of
information and communication technologies "DigiTec 2006" is to be
held in Yerevan on October 6-8, 2006.

At his press conference, Executive Director of the Union of
Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) Karen Vardanyan reported
that the exhibition will be dedicated to present-day information and
communication technologies and their practical application.

According to him, the main goal of the exhibition is forming a business
atmosphere between IT producers and consumers.

Vardanyan pointed out that computers, wireless networks, software,
financial and banking systems, e-management, e-business and IT
education will be displayed at the exhibition.

Among the participants will be such well-known companies Mitsubishi
Electric, National Instruments, Festo, Sun,Microsoft.

"The year 2006 saw an increase in the number of companies wishing to
carry out activities in Armenia," he said.

The exhibition has been organized by the UITE and the Enterprises
Incubator Fund.

Armenia’s IT sector comprises 110 companies, 30% of them shared in
by foreign capital. A total of 5,000 people are employed in the sphere.

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