PER MINUTE PAY FOR TELEPHONE

KarabakhOpen
21-05-2008 11:44:44

>From June 1 there will be new tariffs of telephone. The only telephone
operator Karabakh Telecom proposed to introduce per minute pay. This
and other issues relating to communication services were affirmed in
the meeting of the Public Services and Economic Competition Regulatory
Commission.

The subscribers will have 500 minutes, about 16 minutes a day, for
free. The pay per minute will be 5 drams in case of 1000 minutes a
month, 7 drams for up to 1500 drams and 9 drams for more than 1500
minutes.

The representative of Karabakh Telecom says 500 minutes a month is
enough for an average citizen of Karabakh. The company conducted
monitoring for several months and found out that the average length
of telephone conversations a month is 450 minute per subscriber. In
Armenia the limit of free telephone usage is 360 minutes.

The monthly fee is the same 840 drams, although the representative
of Karabakh Telecom said earlier the subscription fee was 3000 drams.

After the introduction of the new tariffs call waiting and call
diverting will be free. Voice mail to mobile telephones will also
be free.

The monthly fee for internet will be 500 hundred drams and the fee
per minute will be 1 dram.

During the meeting of the Regulatory Commission the connection speed
was also discussed which is 24.4 – 33.6 Kbps now. The spokesman of
Karabakh Telecom said: "Soon the company will provide high-speed
internet but over the past few months the number of users has increased
by 700, which has caused some problems. Investments are needed for
their solution."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress