EXPENDITURE OF PHYSICAL PERSONS FOR TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION IS HIGHER IN ARMENIA THAN IN THE USA AND MOSCOW

arminfo
2007-08-30 13:08:00

Arminfo. Expenditure of physical persons for telephone communication
is higher in Armenia than in the USA, Moscow and Azerbaijan, web
administrator and web-designer of the Armenian Centre for Strategic and
National Research [ACFSANR] Ashot Turjan said when making a report
at the seminar-discussion on the topic "Effectiveness of modern
communication system in Armenia".

He also added that stemming from the data of the open Internet
sources and mass media information, one can suppose that payment for
the monthly fixed telephone communication is 19,5% or $38,4 from the
monthly salary of an average Armenian citizens that amounts to $197,
whereas in Moscow, where the monthly salary is $500, they pay 4%
($20) for the fixed telephone communication; and in the USA – 0,7%
($23) out of $3120 monthly salary. At the same time in the neighbouring
Georgia they pay 22% ($25,3) out of the average monthly salary $115,
and in Azerbaijan – 8,9% ($17,4) out of $196.

Economist Tatul Manaseryan said in connection with it, that if, for
instance, local calls are free in the USA, there is no principle
difference between the external and local telephone calls in
Armenia. ‘One can say in this context that in Armenia they don’t take
into account the paying capacity of citizens, whereas this factor is
important in other states.

Moreover, in the USA the socially vulnerable groups are given
privileges in the matter of paying for the telephone calls’, –
he emphasized.