ARMENIAN PUBLIC SERVICES REGULATORY COMMISSION SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNET IN REGIONS
ARKA
June 11, 2008
YEREVAN, June 11. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Public Services Regulatory
Commission intends to support to development of Internet and
e-communication in the country’s regions, the Deputy Head of
Telecommunications Department of the Commission Hamlet Tsaturian said.
The Commission decided to amend the procedure for issuing licenses
for radio frequencies in the country’s regions as the population of
Yerevan is ten times as big as that of each of the regions alone,
Tsaturian said. He suggested that commission reduces the license
price bys several times.
Under the Commission’s decision the following fees for radiomodem
network licenses are set: 150,000 drams in Yerevan and 15,000 drams
in the regions. For operation 115,000drams and 17,250 drams are to
be paid respectively.
Within time, when the sector will be formed the commission will
set specific conditions for each region depending on the number of
population and other factors, Tsaturian said.