STATE DUTY FOR OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS TO BE REDUCED

Noyan Tapan
Mar 07 2007

YEREVAN, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN. At the March 7 sitting, the Armenian
government approved the bill on making an amendment to the RA Law
on State Duty. The bill proposes reducing the rates of state duty
for operation of public electronic communication networks. It was
noted that this will create favorable conditions especially for small
and medium enterprises of the sector, as well as promote the use of
Internet connection and the establishment of the electronic society
in Armenia. Zhenja Azizian, Head of the IT Development Department
of the RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development, told reporters
after the sitting that by the proposed amendment, a company will pay
500 thousand drams instead of 3 mln drams (about 8.5 thousand USD)
a year for operation of the Internet network in Yerevan and one or
several marzes. Payment for Internet network operation in Yerevan
will make 300 thousand drams instead of 2 mln drams, in more than one
marze – 200 thousand drams instead of 1 mln drams, and in one marz –
100 thousand drams instead of 500 thousand drams.