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ARMENIA AHEAD OF AZERBAIJAN IN IT SECTOR'S COMPETITION
Noyan Tapan
Aug 07 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, NOYAN TAPAN. Although Azerbaijan suspasses Armenia
in terms of accessibility of telecommunication resources, the latter
is ahead by IT sector's technological potential and the presence
of the world's leading IT companies in Armenia. The director of
Synopsys Armenia company Hovik Musaelian stated this at the August
7 press conference.
In the opinion of the USAID Competitive Armenian Private Sector (CAPS)
Program IT cluster head, IT Foundation's chairman G. Chugaszian,
Armenia has some advantages in this competition: the activities of
Diasporan Armenians in the IT sector, as well as the traditions of
developing IT sector in Armenia which have formed over the past 50
years. According to him, Azerbaijan incurs considerable expenses,
particularly in the telecommunication sector, but Armenia surpasses
Azerbaijan in terms of production capacities of its IT industry. But
this advantage may disappear because free economic zones have been
cretaed in Azerbaijan, and Armenia should also take steps in this
direction.
G. Chugaszian said that Eastern European, in particular South Caucasian
countries are competing in the IT sector. Steps aimed at promoting
this sector are being taken in Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland,
Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Azerbaijan has become such a country
in recent years, starting to make substantial investments in IT at
the expense of oil revenues.
Noyan Tapan
Aug 07 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, NOYAN TAPAN. Although Azerbaijan suspasses Armenia
in terms of accessibility of telecommunication resources, the latter
is ahead by IT sector's technological potential and the presence
of the world's leading IT companies in Armenia. The director of
Synopsys Armenia company Hovik Musaelian stated this at the August
7 press conference.
In the opinion of the USAID Competitive Armenian Private Sector (CAPS)
Program IT cluster head, IT Foundation's chairman G. Chugaszian,
Armenia has some advantages in this competition: the activities of
Diasporan Armenians in the IT sector, as well as the traditions of
developing IT sector in Armenia which have formed over the past 50
years. According to him, Azerbaijan incurs considerable expenses,
particularly in the telecommunication sector, but Armenia surpasses
Azerbaijan in terms of production capacities of its IT industry. But
this advantage may disappear because free economic zones have been
cretaed in Azerbaijan, and Armenia should also take steps in this
direction.
G. Chugaszian said that Eastern European, in particular South Caucasian
countries are competing in the IT sector. Steps aimed at promoting
this sector are being taken in Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland,
Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Azerbaijan has become such a country
in recent years, starting to make substantial investments in IT at
the expense of oil revenues.