UNION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES ENTERPRISES IS 10

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 14, 2010 – 17:16 AMT 12:16 GMT

A jubilee congress of Union of Information Technologies Enterprises
(UITE), dedicated to the organization’s 10th anniversary, takes place
in Yerevan. Congratulating the Union on behalf of the government,
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan noted that UITE is a serious
partner of the state, with which a dialogue can be established. "2009
turned to be a critical year – despite a reduction in GDP, a 17% growth
was recorded in the IT field. And it referred not only to the scope of
services, but also to the growth in companies’ number. This means that
our joint efforts already yield results. It is important that we enjoy
international organizations’ support as well," said Tigran Sargsyan.

He noted that despite a significant growth in the IT field over recent
years, the field representatives are unhappy with the low rate of
reforms. Mr. Sargsyan promised that the existing problems will be
overcome due to cooperation with the government. Specifically, he
referred to the Law on Control over Export of Dual-Purpose Goods,
which was amended recently and caused discontent of UITE. According
to the Prime Minister, the government jointly with representatives of
the field will try to do so that the security regime does not hamper
IT development in the country.

UITE CEO Karen Vardanyan stated that primary goals of the organization
include assistance to the newly established organizations, enlargement
of the Union’s services, introduction of a center on Internet-traffic
exchange, as well as education in the IT field. He noted that in
2010 they plan to develop a concept on the IT field development and
to improve the organizational level of ArmTech exhibition.

Around 150 representatives of the Armenian government, ministries
and agencies, as well as international organizations and IT-companies
participate in the congress.

Union of Information Technologies Enterprises NGO has been
representing interests of enterprises in the field of information and
telecommunication technologies since 2000. The Union has been founded
by private IT-companies of Armenia. According to most recent data,
it unites 40 companies.