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    PanArmenian News Network
    July 23 2005

    HIGH PRICES FOR INTERNET IN ARMENIA SCARE INVESTORS AWAY


    23.07.2005 06:41

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ APG Enterprise Canadian company does not establish
    a branch in Armenia due to the high price for Internet, Executive
    Director Andranik Grigorian told «.am» PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. As
    result the staff of the new company will be sent to other branches.
    He noted that the process of establishing a branch in Armenia was a
    complicated one, since it was rather hard to convince Canadians to
    set up business in the republic. After meeting with the Armenian IT
    specialists APG Enterprise representative gave consent to launch
    business in Armenia. However after carrying out a great deal of work
    such as high rent and employing of high-paid specialists the company
    representatives came across another problem - the price for internet
    20 times exceeded that in Canada. `For securing normal functioning we
    needed a channel with 1.5 Mg speed, however, over the exorbitant
    prices we had to obtain a 1/3 lower one. As result, the company
    representatives say they will have either to send the staff of 100
    specialists to Cyprus, where the organization has recently founded a
    representation, or to increase the number of employees in Vancouver.
    Andranik Grigorian considers it to be the fault of the Armenian
    government, which speaking of the priority of the sphere `impedes its
    development'.
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