IP TELEPHONES ARE NOT DISCONNECTED YET

A1+
[12:45 pm] 25 January, 2007

Under the January 8 decision of the Commission For Regulating Public
Services (CRPS) the telephones of all the providers transferring more
than 400 millisecond voice via the Internet were to be disconnected
on January 25.

Reminder: Robert Nazaryan, head of CRPS, promised that the decision
will spread over the providers breaching the monopoly of "ArmenTel"
according to which the Armenian Commission for Regulating Public
Services secured the ArmenTel CJSC’s exclusive right to voice data
communication services

Artyom Khachatryan, head of Dashink cadre center, informed us that
Mr.Nazaryan’s words have nothing to do with the reality, as the
"commission regulates a sphere they have no notion of".

Currently none of the telephones has been disconnected but they will
likely be disconnected at 5-6 p.m. as it is like "ArmenTel".

Hasmik Chutilyan, head of ArmenTel’s press service, informed A1+
that the company isn’t going to disconnect the telephones of IP
companies. "We have special equipment with the help of which we make
checks from time to time. Only the telephones of the providers which
will attempt to transfer voice will be disconnected", assured Hasmik
Chutilyan.