South Caucasus railways signs cooperation memorandum with GNC ALFA wholesale internet provider
16.03.2010,
01:01
On Friday, the South Caucasus Railways signed a cooperation memorandum with GNC Alfa wholesale Internet provider.
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. ---0---
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. ---0---
