ECONOMY MINISTRY: ONLY 5.8% OF ARMENIA’S POPULATION USE INTERNET
ARKA
June 24
YEREVAN
Only 5.8% of Armenia’s population use Internet, Armenian Deputy
Economy Minister Vahram Ghukasyan.
"The situation in Armenia worse than in the majority of Asian
countries, where 13% Internet users were recorded", he said at the
seminar on advanced international experience in tourism, information
technologies and business services areas.
He also said that Armenia lags behind its neighbors. In particular,
either Azerbaijan or Georgia has twice greater number of Internet
users than Armenia.
The deputy minister pointed out that 13-percent economic growth
was recorded in Armenia amid sluggish development of information
technologies.
He thinks that vigorous development of telecommunication technologies
will spur the country’s development. Ghukasyan said that Armenian
Government intends to take certain steps.
"First of all, the Government will create the network of Internet
communications all over the country. The network will ensure reliable
and available communication", he said.
Armenian Government intends to develop e-government document
circulation to 50%.
The Government considers information technologies among its
top-priority focuses.
Armenian Economy Ministry says annual foreign investments in IT area
total $10 million and output grows 30%.
Some 190 organizations function in this area. According to statistical
data, 3.2 million people live in Armenia.