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Noyan Tapan news agency, Yerevan, in Russian
17 Nov 04
Armenian companies says telecom firm's monopoly affecting their
business
Yerevan, 17 November: As a result of changes to licence No 60 of
ArmenTel Armenian Telecom , 250 IT-telephony companies, which have
signed contracts with relevant international organizations, have
licences to operate, have borrowed loans from banks and have
encountered a financial crisis now, are losing their jobs, 10
authorized representatives of the companies providing the mentioned
services and the Labour Analysis and Research Centre public
association said at a meeting with Armenia Speaker Artur Bagdasaryan
on 16 November.
Bagdasaryan said that the government had been acting within its
power, the press service of the Armenian National Assembly told Noyan
Tapan. At the same time, he proposed studying international
experience in this type of communications and prepare a bulletin
containing legal and specialized technical information.
After that, parliamentary hearings may be organized in order to find
answers to questions of concern, to discuss issues of protecting the
interests of the companies and the high-tech sphere in Armenia and to
apply innovations in this sphere in the future, the chairman of the
National Assembly said.
17 Nov 04
Armenian companies says telecom firm's monopoly affecting their
business
Yerevan, 17 November: As a result of changes to licence No 60 of
ArmenTel Armenian Telecom , 250 IT-telephony companies, which have
signed contracts with relevant international organizations, have
licences to operate, have borrowed loans from banks and have
encountered a financial crisis now, are losing their jobs, 10
authorized representatives of the companies providing the mentioned
services and the Labour Analysis and Research Centre public
association said at a meeting with Armenia Speaker Artur Bagdasaryan
on 16 November.
Bagdasaryan said that the government had been acting within its
power, the press service of the Armenian National Assembly told Noyan
Tapan. At the same time, he proposed studying international
experience in this type of communications and prepare a bulletin
containing legal and specialized technical information.
After that, parliamentary hearings may be organized in order to find
answers to questions of concern, to discuss issues of protecting the
interests of the companies and the high-tech sphere in Armenia and to
apply innovations in this sphere in the future, the chairman of the
National Assembly said.