EIF DIRECTOR: FREQUENCY USAGE CHARGE MUST BE REDUCED AND PROCEDURE OF FREQUENCY PROVISION MUST BE FACILITATED

Arminfo
2008-09-23 17:50:00

ArmInfo. Frequency usage charge must be reduced and the procedure of
frequency provision must be facilitated as well, Enterprise Incubator
Foundation (EIF) Director Bagrat Yengibaryan told ArmInfo. He
said ‘one window’ approach is necessary to all the procedures for
getting the right to frequency. ‘It will considerably facilitate
the process. To get a frequency at present one must apply to the
Public Service Regulatory Commission and to some other instances’,
B. Yesayan said. He mentioned that EIF had already raised the issue
of ‘one window’ at July session of the Information Technologies
Development Support Council (ITDSC) headed by Prime Minister of
Armenia. The proposal was generally approved, he said.

In addition, B. Yengibaryan is sure that the frequency usage
charge must be serious reduced. ‘This proposal will first of all
contribute to Internet penetrating into the regions especially into
rural settlements. Many rural settlements or privates would install
a satellite in their villages to access Internet, but the charge
for frequency is too high for them. As almost all the frequencies
in regions are free unlike in Yerevan, no problems will be with
overloading’, B. Yengibaryan said.