ARMENTEL PLEDGES TO DIGITIZE 80 PERCENT FIXED-LINE TEL STATIONS THIS YEAR

ARKA
July 24

Eighty percent of analog stations of fixed-line
telephone network will have been digitized by the end of this year, Director
General of ArmenTel (Beeline trademark) Neicho Velichkov said at the Novosti
International Press Centre. Currently, only 58 percent stations are
digitized in Armenia.

The remaining part will be digitized via the CDMA (Code Division Multiple
Acces) system. The stationary communication will be totally digitized next
year making Armenia the first ever country in the world with 100-percent
digitized fixed-line communication, Mr. Velichkov said.

The number of the company’s subscribers has increased by 30,000 this
year to reach 650,000. Mr. Velichkov said they are expecting another
30,000-35,000 users to join the company by the end of this year. N.H.