“ARMINCO” COMPANY RECOGNIZED ONE HAVING PREDOMINANT POSITION IN INTERNET SERVICES MARKET
Noyan Tapan
Apr 13 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA State Committee on Economic
Competition Protection recongized the “Arminco” company the one having
predominant position in the market of providing internet services. As
they informed from the committee’s Press Service, such a decision
was made at the April 12 sitting of the committee during which the
application got from “ArmenTel” on the occasion of that issue was
discussed. The committee researches found out that more than 1.9 bln
drams service was provided by 10 big internet providers during 2005,
37.1% of what falls to lot of “Arminco”. According to shares, the
“Netsys” (18.1%), “Kornet-AM” (15.6%), “Exolt” (14.5%), “Web” (9.8%)
companies follow “Arminco.” 454.6 mln drams service was provided by
21 economy entities acting in the market of international services of
satellite getting of data (getting of data with the help of satellite
to provide internet service to user). But none of them, according to
the research, occupies more than 33.3% of the market, though there
is no economy entity having predominant position in this market. It
was also found out, that only “ArmenTel” provides services of line
rented for exchanging data, just which was considered the one having
a predominant position in that market.