IT-SECTOR IS ARMENIA HAS BEEN GROWING BOTH QUALITATIVELY AND QUANTITATIVELY LATELY: RA DEPUTY MINISTER OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Arminfo Agency
2007-05-03 13:33:00
IT-sector in Armenia has been growing both qualitatively and
quantitatively lately, RA deputy Minister of Trade and Economic
Development Tigran Davtyan said at today’s Conference on the
competitiveness of Information Technologies in Yerevan.
According to him, a tendency of development of the servicing sectors,
the telecommunications, in particular, has been recently marked
in IT-sphere, especially after entry of the new communication and
demonopolization operator in the market. T. Davtyan said it is
scheduled to develop a new concept and new approaches to assure the
continuance of the development stage and rise of competitiveness of IT-
sector. According to the Chief Advisor of RA President on economic
issues Vahram Nersisyants, presently, the IT-sector provides 2%
of GDP and has good development prospects. The development of this
sector contributes to the growth of economy in general, he said.
To note, the "Competitive Armenian Private Sector" Programme, financed
by USAID, has become the Conference initiator.