FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION SET IN SELF-DECLARED "NAGORNO KARABAKH REPUBLIC"
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May 20 2008
Azerbaijan
Affiliate of Arminco company in "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" got access
to digital networks on basis of fiber optic communication, existing
in Armenia, bypassing satellite technologies, technical director of
the affiliate Samwell Mailian said in Khankendi.
"We have built a digital network on a new level, which allowed us to
connect two segments of the Armenian Internet-in Armenia and "Nagorno
Karabakh Republic". This is a great progress, ensuring outlet to the
fiber optic lines, communicating Armenia with Georgia and Russia.
This means that we already can have two independent fiber optic
channels, while before that we had had to use satellite communication
channels for over six years", noted Samwell Mailyan.
He said this also allowed to settle the issue of Internet overloading
in "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" and, on the whole, meet the needs of
the population.
"Today, we can fully provide organizations of Armenia and "Nagorno
Karabakh Republic" with corporate communication. Thus, owing to
the efforts of the mother enterprise, we have done a necessary
thing. This is the first precedent of the kind in the self-declared
"Nagorno Karabakh Republic".
We have the only network with direct access to Armenian nets, and we
have fully integrated into the Internet space of Armenia. Moreover, we
have obtained an additional channel to the external world. This means
that in case of any sabotage regarding the self-declared "Nagorno
Karabakh Republic" we will still have a direct outlet to Armenia",
said the technical director of the affiliate of Arminco company in
"Nagorno Karabakh Republic".
According to Mailyan, new tariffs on broadband access, satisfying
separate categories of population will be applied in the next half
of the year.