ON JANUARY 25 "ARMENTEL" TO START DISCONNECTING FROM ITS NET THE COMPANIES, INVOLVED IN IP-TELEPHONY

Mediamax, Armenia
Jan 16 2007

Yerevan, January 16 /Mediamax/. From January 25 "ArmenTel" will start
to disconnect from its net the companies, involved in IP-Telephony, the
General Director of the Company Oleg Bliznyuk stated in Yerevan today.

Mediamax reports that speaking at a news conference in Yerevan today,
Oleg Bliznyuk stressed that not a single company, providing services
of IP-Telephony, has a corresponding license.

"They steal traffic from us, and we are not going to accept it",
the General Director of "ArmenTel" stated.

He stated that today there are about 300 illegal providers of
IP-Telephony, functioning on the market; however, it is impossible
to calculate their exact number, as they are not registered.

The meeting with the leadership of "ArmenTel", which took place in
Yerevan last week, was visited by only 8 companies, in particular,
Avrora, MediaLink, and "Dashink". Oleg Bliznyuk stated that during
that meeting the providers were proposed to become the dealers of
"ArmenTel". According to him, negotiations are already held with some
companies, and all the other providers will be disconnected.

"If we want others to treat Armenia as a civilized country, we should
act in a civilized manner on the market", Oleg Bliznyuk stated.

Concerning the refusal from monopoly for this kind of services by
"ArmenTel", Oleg Bliznyuk stated, that "this cannot happen in a day,
as the legal documents and the technical basis should be prepared
for that".

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress