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    Armenian opposition MP urges protest against telecom giant's monopoly

    Arminfo
    2 Nov 04

    YEREVAN

    "I call on everyone who is concerned about the country's fate to
    gather on Republic Square outside the government building at 1100
    [0700 gmt] next Thursday [4 November]. Armenian citizens have the
    right to demand that a resolution of the Armenian Constitutional Court
    be fulfilled, Arshak Sadoyan, MP and leader of the National Democrats
    bloc, which is part of the opposition Justice bloc, has said.

    By making a decision to grant the ArmenTel company a monopoly in the
    field of IP-telephony on this day, the government intends ''to sell
    the future of our children'', he said. "With the current extremely low
    living standards and mass emigration, it is impossible to allow a hike
    in the price of Internet telephone communications, which will be
    caused by the handover of the monopoly on this sphere to ArmenTel. I
    have repeatedly said that it is high time to deprive this company of
    its monopoly in all spheres. In early 1999, the Armenian
    Constitutional Court made a decision obliging the country's leadership
    to deprive ArmenTel of its monopoly within five year after the
    investment. As the contract on the sale of ArmenTel to Greece's
    Telecommunications Organization (OTE) clearly says that its activity
    should be only in line with the laws of our country, all talks about
    possible sanctions against Armenia, if the monopoly is taken away, is
    a simple bluff," Sadoyan said.

    [Passage omitted: A reminder of a statement by IP companies that
    ArmenTel should not be given more rights]
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