Government Approves Concept Of Formation Of E-Society In Armenia

GOVERNMENT APPROVES CONCEPT OF FORMATION OF E-SOCIETY IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Feb 25, 2010

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. During the February 25 sitting, the
Armenian government approved the concept of the formation of e-society
in Armenia. According to RA Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsian,
by the concept, a network with a capacity of 100 megabit/sec will
be built under an investment scheme involving state-private sector
cooperation in order to ensure connection among citizens, enterprises
and state servants throughout Armenia.

The minister said that negotiations are being conducted on the World
Bank’s E-Society and Innovation for Competitiveness Project. He
assured those present that the construction of the network will bring
the government revenues of 97 billion drams over 15 years.

It was mentioned that the network will be built in 4 stages: the
preliminary stage in 2010, the operation stage in 2011, and the
development and establishment stages will start in 2012.