OYP AGAINST ARMENTEL

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[03:19 pm] 05 October, 2006

Today a group of members of Orinats Yerkir Party organised a rally
opposite the government premises against the increase of telephone
tariffs by "ArmenTel".

They condemn "AmenTel" for violating human rights and qualify their
decision as groundless. The participants of the rally claim that the
Greece operator "which provides low-quality connection" hasn’t got the
right to increase the telephone tariffs for a number of reasons. First
of all, they breech the provisions of License 60 and don’t provide
many remote dwelling places with telephone. Besides, the quality of
the connection doesn’t meet the lowest criteria existing all over
the world.

The quality of the Internet connection "seriously hinders the
development of informative technologies" whereas the Internet tariff
in Armenia are the highest in the region. The strikers call on the
government to prevent "ArmenTel" from implementing its subsequent
whim and turn down their decision to increase the tariffs. Otherwise,
they claim to involve large masses into the rally of protest.