ICON COMMUNICATIONS ISP REDUCES TARIFFS AND LAUNCHES NEW SERVICES
PanARMENIAN.Net
30.09.2009 16:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ iCON Communications ISP reduced tariffs and launched
new services, Raffi Kassarjian iCON Communications commercial
director told press conference on September 30. ICON is the first
ISP in Armenia which revised its prices after ArmenTel had reduced
the price of wholesale Internet for Armenian providers.
The updated tariff plans of the company, coming into force on
October 1:
iCON optima (1024 kb/sec down/ 256 kb/s up) 33,000 drams per month
iCON media (512 kb/sec down/ 128 kb/s up) – 22,000 drams per month
iCON connect (256 kb/sec down/ 64 kb/s up) -12,000 drams per month
iCON entry (128 kb/sec down/ 64 kb/s up) – 8,000 drams per month.
According to Raffi Kassarjian, the company is going to offer two
new services. One of them is designed for organizations seeking to
provide virtual access to employees or link various offices of the
organization, as well as to ATM networks, sales shops and network
of kiosks. iCON offers either symmetrical or asymmetrical data
transmission channels between 64 kb/s and 4 Mb/s.
The second one, iCON stream service implies a temporary access
to the Internet at a high speed (1024 down/256 up). It is intended
primarily for tourists and people who need high-speed Internet access
for several days. The service cost is delivered through a USB modem
or internal WiMAX modem.