"BUSINESS SHOULD ABOVE ALL BE THE SUPPORTING TOOL OF EDUCATION’
LRAGIR.AM
10:11:42 – 27/05/2009
Today, at Gyumri Information Technology Center (GITC), VivaCell-MTS
General Manager Ralph Yirikian delivered a public lecture
"VivaCell-MTS – A Business with a Mission". Ralph Yirikian met with
the students and the faculty of Gyumri Information Technology Center
(GITC), State Pedagogical University of Gyumri and State Engineering
University. The purpose of the lecture was to provide the engineering
and science students with an opportunity to experience at first-hand
the operational processes and managerial culture in Armenia’s
leading mobile operator company, and also to learn more about mobile
communications technology. Gyumri is one of Armenia’s three cities,
where VivaCell-MTS’ 3G network was launched.
The choice of the institution was not random. GITC was established in
August 2005. The program offers a post graduate study to graduates
from higher technical educational institutions with engineering and
scientific backgrounds. The major focus of courses in the Center
is IT-related subjects. The Research and Development Laboratories
Center aim to grow the research potential of the Center and create
a basis for sustainable operations in the future. The main focus of
the Center is to develop the IT potential in rural areas, and major
cities other than Yerevan, as a means to create job opportunities
and utilize local human potential for growing economy.
In the course of the meeting VivaCell-MTS General Manager taught the
students about how mobile communication is set up, how the signal is
transmitted and how connection is made between subscriber’s phone and
base station. Ralph Yirikian also presented the Company’s successful
strategy of technical development of the network, billing system,
Value Added Services (VAS), customer development and Corporate
Responsibility agenda. After the lecture was over, Ralph Yirikian
answered a variety of questions regarding 3G, broadband Internet,
MMS, WAP and GPRS/EDGE technologies.
"Business should above all be the supporting tool of education;
any evolution is strictly connected to the level of education we
procure. Securing the synchronous development of IT education across
the whole country, and especially Gyumri, where there is a strong
potential already, is the right way to do it- said VivaCell-MTS
General Manager opening up the lecture. This is one of the means to
create job opportunities and utilize local human potential to keep our
young generation in our country and stop "brain drain" from Armenia."