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    SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILWAYS SIGNS COOPERATION MEMORANDUM WITH GNC ALFA WHOLESALE INTERNET PROVIDER

    ARKA
    March 15, 2010

    YEREVAN, March 15. /ARKA/. On Friday, the South Caucasus Railways
    signed a cooperation memorandum with GNC Alfa wholesale Internet
    provider.

    The memorandum implies joint construction and usage of fiber-optic
    cable and other communication systems along the railway in Armenia
    and neighboring countries' territories.

    Shevket Shaidullin, director general of the South Caucasus Railway,
    said at this memorandum signing ceremony that the two companies
    decided to cooperate not only on functioning infrastructures, but
    also underdeveloped infrastructures in need of improvement.

    He said that the companies have similar strategies - both companies
    are national and try to be leaders in their areas.

    Shaidullin pointed out fiber-optic cable to be laid in direction of
    Vardenis, from which ore is transported to Sevan, as very important
    part of the memorandum.

    He also stressed the importance of Ararat direction development
    implied in the memorandum.

    "Our goals coincide. They are development of information technologies
    and the two companies' communication systems. I think both companies
    will benefit from this cooperation," Hayk Farmazyan, director general
    of GNC-Alfa, said in return.

    He said that the company intended to lay fiber-optic cable to all large
    cities in Armenia, and this agreement with the South Caucasus Railways
    will bring the company closer to fulfillment of this objective.

    Farmazyan also said that if Armenian-Turkish border opens, the company
    can establish ties with Turkish providers through the South Caucasus
    Railways' infrastructure.

    South Caucasus Railways, a 100-percent subsidiary of Russian Railways,
    runs Armenian Railway.

    Armenian Railways was handed over to the South Caucasus Railways on
    February 13, 2008 for 30-year concession management with a right to
    prolong the management term for other 10 years.

    CNC-Alfa Company was established in 2007. The company focuses its
    activity on construction and exploitation of backbone telecommunication
    networks.

    The company has already laid fiber-optic cable from Iran to Yerevan
    and got permission to prolong it up to Armenia's border with Georgia.
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