OVER 100-KM ARMENIAN SECTION OF ARMENIA-IRAN FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATION LINE COMPLETED

Noyan Tapan
Oct 21, 2008

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The construction of over 100-km
Armenian section of Armenia-Iran fiber-optic communication line
has been completed by an international consortium. Victor Koresh,
the vice president for regional development of Komstar Obyedinennye
TeleSistemy OJSC (Russia), which launched WiMAX network in Armenia,
announced this on October 21.

According to him, it is envisaged finishing the construction of 600-km
fiber-optic line in 2009. Komstar has reached an agreement to use
part of the commuication line’s carrying capacity.

To recap, Armenia is now connected to the outside world by fiber-optic
communication lines (which pass through Georgia) of ArmenTel and
Fibernet companies. Armenian-Norwegian company ADC also expressed an
intention to build a communication line of this kind.