http://telecom.arka.am Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:59:56 +0400 60 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/business/orange_implements_new_sales_tools_to_improve_customer_service_/ Orange Armenia, a 100&#37; subsidiary of France Teleocm, said from today new sales and service tools will be implemented in several Orange shops, aimed at improving customer service, facilitating and systemizing understanding of customers’ needs and consulting by sales consultants. <br /> Business/ <div>YEREVAN, February 4. /ARKA/. Orange Armenia, a 100% subsidiary of France Teleocm, said from today new sales and service tools will be implemented in several Orange shops, aimed at improving customer service, facilitating and systemizing understanding of customers&rsquo; needs and consulting by sales consultants. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>The new electronic tool, which has already been implemented in 10 Orange shops, will be applied in all Orange shops in coming weeks, providing the same opportunities of servicing and consulting Orange shops in all regions of Armenia.</div> <div> </div> <div>Bruno Duthoit, Orange Armenia CEO, said: &ldquo;One of the most important target for our company is that of quality in terms of network, billing, charging and servicing. Lots of work have been done in all these respects in 2011, and our customers feel the result of that work in their everyday life, their feedbacks come to prove my words. But as we say, we should not stop on the top. One of our priorities for 2012 is to perfect the quality of customer service and consulting, do and offer more than our customers expect from us. Implementation of this new sales tool is only one of the steps made in this respect&rdquo;.</div> <div> </div> <div>The new electronic tool, which will be applied by Orange sales and service agents, enables them to explore customers’ needs through short and quick questions-and-answers, having in view the latter’s telecom habits, main contacts, anticipated average monthly spending and other factors. After filling in these data the system offers the best option for the customer, as well as finds the handset model which better suits the customer’s needs.-0- </div> <div> <br /> </div> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:09:37 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/business/ceo_sale_of_75_of_gnc_alfa_s_shares_to_rostelecom_due_to_necessity_of_more_dynamic_development_/ GNC-Alfa, the largest independent Internet and data provider in Armenia, has sold 75&#37; minus one share to Rostelecom OJSC, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, to spur its development, GNC-Alfa CEO Hayk Farmazyan said in an interview with ARKA News Agency. Business/ <div>YEREVAN, February 3. /АРКА/. GNC-Alfa, the largest independent Internet and data provider in Armenia, has sold 75% minus one share to Rostelecom OJSC, Russia&rsquo;s national telecommunications operator, to spur its development, GNC-Alfa CEO Hayk Farmazyan said in an interview with ARKA News Agency. &ldquo;We had long negotiations with various foreign investors, and our approaches to business development were in tune with those of Rostelecom,&rdquo; he said in his interview. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>He said that the company needed a strategic investor for implementation of its development program. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Farmazyan, however, refrained from commenting on media reports according to which Rostelecom has got an option for the remaining 25% plus one share. </div> <div>Rostelecom has acquired 75% of GNC-ALFA’s shares for US$ 22.5 million (approximately RUB 682 million).</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>As the company’s press office said, shares were bought by Teleset Networks LTD, a subsidiary of Rostelecom. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>GNC-ALFA operates a modern fibre-optic network spanning approximately 1,500 km, which passes through 70% of the territory of the Republic of Armenia. GNC-ALFA’s network is interconnected with the region’s major backbone networks and major MMR (“meet-me-room”) centres, as well as with international gateways with Iran and Georgia. GNC-ALFA is the largest independent aggregator of national IP-traffic, and its subsequent transit, in Armenia. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>In 2012, GNC-ALFA plans to actively develop its broadband Internet and pay-TV services for individuals in Armenia. This will stimulate growth in its business and it will enable the company to capitalise on high demand from end-users in the Armenian market which also has strong potential for increases in penetration.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>GNC-ALFA reported revenues of approximately US$ 12 million with an EBITDA margin of 48% for the full year of 2011. The company’s current net debt stands at less than US$ 1 million.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Provorotov spoke about Rostelecom’s intention to purchase assets from CIS member countries yet in October 2011. He meant then acquisition of mobile assets. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>In January, Rostelecom’s directorial board was considering the company’s foreign policy. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Rostelecom is Russia’s national telecommunications operator and now also includes the regional incumbent telecommunications operators - CentreTelecom, SibirTelecom, Dalsvyaz, Uralsvyazinform, VolgaTelecom, North-West Telecom and Southern Telecommunications Company and Dagsvyazinform. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Rostelecom’s largest investor is Svyazinvest state-owned holding - 40.07% of the national telecommunication operator’s authorized capital and 43.37% of equities belong to it. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Rosimushestvo owns 6.86% and 7.43% respectively, and 2.26% and 2.45% voting non-equity shares belong to WEB. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Other 3.44% of the authorized capital and 2.69% equities were bought out from shareholders opposed to reorganization of shareholders and handed over to Mobiltel. A part of Mobiltel’s package is set into operation in Rostelecom’s enlarged operational program. -0- </div> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:26:55 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/technique/television_and_society_conference_to_be_held_soon_in_yerevan/ Television and Society scientific conference will be held in Yerevan on February 21, Diaspora Ministry’s press office reported on Thursday. Technique/ <div>YEREVAN, February 3. /ARKA/. Television and Society scientific conference will be held in Yerevan on February 21, Diaspora Ministry&rsquo;s press office reported on Thursday. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Issued related to purity of Armenian language on television, violation of ethic norms in TV programs and shoddy TV products will be discussed at this conference. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Heads of Armenian TV companies and journalists will attend the event. </div> <div>The conference is organized by the Ministry of Diaspora and Yerevan State University’s journalism department. -0- </div> <div> <br /> </div> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:01:39 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/internet/vivacell_mts_continues_providing_10_gb_instead_of_former_5gb_at_same_price/ Subscribers to VivaCell-MTS mobile communication operator’s MTS Unlimited Connect will have 10 GB high-speed Internet instead of former 5 GB at the same price from February till May 2012, the company’s press office told ARKA News Agency. Internet/ <div>YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. Subscribers to VivaCell-MTS mobile communication operator&rsquo;s MTS Unlimited Connect will have 10 GB high-speed Internet instead of former 5 GB at the same price fr om February till May 2012, the company’s press office told ARKA News Agency. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Subscribers to MTS Unlim ited Connect + will have 20 GB of high-speed Internet instead of former 10 GB. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC), mobile telecommunication company, started operating in Armenia in 2005. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>The company’s activity embraces the entire territory of Armenia.</div> <div>Mobile Telesystems (MTS), the largest mobile telecommunication operator in Russia and the CIS, holds 80% of the company’s shares, and the remaining 20% belong to Lebanese Fattouch Group. -0-</div> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:48:33 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/telecom/orange_offers_a_special_45amd_min_rate_to_call_friends_in_georgia_/ Orange Armenia a subsidiary of France Telecom, announced a new offer to all its voice customers to call their friends and relatives in Georgia till March 31 a special 45AMD rate. Telecom/ <div>YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. Orange Armenia a subsidiary of France Telecom, announced a new offer to all its voice customers to call their friends and relatives in Georgia till March 31 a special 45AMD rate. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Customers do not need to dial any additional code to benefit from this special tariff, but can directly dial +995 and the desired phone number. The offer is not available for Orange customers in roaming.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Orange Armenia, 100% subsidiary of France Telecom, launched its mobile voice and internet services on November 5, 2009 on the whole territory of the Republic of Armenia. Now the company provides a full range of voice and data services in 500 cities and villages of Armenia. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Orange has the widest 3G+ network in Armenia which covers more than 85% of the population. -0-</div> <div> <br /> </div> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:33:06 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/business/government_of_armenia_reduces_taxes_for_representatives_of_it_sphere/ Government of Armenia in the meeting on Thursday approved a decision, according to which profit tax of IT companies will be reduced in the amount of money spent on the implementation of research and design activity. Business/ <div>YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. Government of Armenia in the meeting on Thursday approved a decision, according to which profit tax of IT companies will be reduced in the amount of money spent on the implementation of research and design activity.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>&ldquo;This issue was raised in the Support Board of IT development in private sector and we met their requirements&rdquo;, said Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>IT Board regularly discusses opportunities of government support to the maintenance of progressive development of IT sphere.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>“During the last three years we achieved unprecedented successes in this sphere, which were mainly conditioned by the implementation of projects by the principle of cooperation with state and private sector”, said Sargsyan. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Government of Armenia is entitled to define concepts of scientific-research and design activities. -0- </div> <div> <br /> </div> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:24:34 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/telecom/subscribers_of_the_package_home_zone_turbo_of_vivacell_mts_can_talk_more_for_the_same_cost/ Subscriber package “Home-Zone Turbo” of Armenian mobile operator VivaCell-MTS from February 1 will get ten times more talking time for the same monthly payment, press-service of the company informed ARKA News Agency. Telecom/ <div>YEREVAN, February 1. /ARKA/. Subscriber package &ldquo;Home-Zone Turbo&rdquo; of Armenian mobile operator VivaCell-MTS from February 1 will get ten times more talking time for the same monthly payment, press-service of the company informed ARKA News Agency.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>“Now talking time within the network included in the package will be 1000 minutes instead of former 100. Incoming Internet speed is 4 MB/sec. Instead of former 2 MB/sec.”, states the message.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>VivaCell-MTS (CJSC K-Telecom) operates since 2005 in the Armenian market. Shareholder of 80% shares of VivaCell-MTS are the largest operator of mobile connection in Russia and NIS &ndash; Open JSC “Mobile Telesystems” (MTS), other 20% belong to Lebanese investment group Fattouch Group. –0-</div> <div> <br /> </div> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:32:38 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/business/earnings_from_communications_services_in_armenia_in_2011_amounted_to_over_158_billion_drams_/ Earnings from communications services in Armenia in 2011 amounted to 158 billion Drams, as much as in 2010, the country’s National Statistical Service reported today. Business/ <p> <p>YEREVAN, February 1. /ARKA/. Earnings from communications services in Armenia in 2011 amounted to 158 billion Drams, as much as in 2010, the country&rsquo;s National Statistical Service reported today.</p> <p>It said earnings from fixed telephony services contracted last year by 14.6% from the previous year to about 29.3 billion drams, while earnings from cellular phone services fell by 2.6% to 96.1 billion drams.</p> <p>Overall, revenues from telecommunications services and television and radio broadcasting increased by 0.5% in 2011 compared to 2010 to over 172.2 billion drams.</p> <p>According to the National Statistical Service, the revenue from communications services in 2010 increased by 0.2% from 2009 to about 166 billion drams. The largest growth was reported by TV programs broadcasting with earning more than doubling to 159 billion Drams. The largest portion of 58.7% in telecommunications earnings (97.47 billion Drams) in 2010 was secured by cellular phone, 3.6% down from the previous year.  ($1 &ndash; 386.81 drams). -0-</p> </p> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:18:09 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/business/introduction_of_mnp_should_be_preceded_by_study_of_international_experience_armentel_/ Introduction of Mobile Number Portability &#40;MNP&#41;- shifting to another mobile operator with preservation of old number should be preceded by a study of international experience, ArmenTel telecom CEO, Igor Klimko, said to ARKA in an exclusive interview. Business/ <div>YEREVAN, February 1. /ARKA/. Introduction of Mobile Number Portability (MNP)- shifting to another mobile operator with preservation of old number should be preceded by a study of international experience, ArmenTel telecom CEO, Igor Klimko, said to ARKA in an exclusive interview. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>"The first step is to study the international experience to see whether MNP is effective and how it works in other countries," said Klimko. According to him, this system was recently introduced in Georgia.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>"I can not say it has produced excellent results, because the operators have spent a lot of money on maintenance of the system, but in reality the number of subscribers who use the system is not large, " said Klimko.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Despite this, he said ArmenTel&rsquo;s experts are willing to present their vision of this issue.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>ArmenTel is a 100% a subsidiary of Russian VimpelCom (trading as Beeline), providing fixed and mobile communications, as well as high-speed Internet access. -0-</div> <div> <br /> </div> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:54:58 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/telecom/more_than_24_7_million_intercity_and_international_telephone_calls_made_in_armenia_last_year/ More than 24.7 million intercity and international telephone calls were made in Armenia last year, by 25.6&#37; less than in 2010, according to the numbers released by the National Statistical Service &#40;NSS&#41; of Armenia.<br /> Telecom/ <div>YEREVAN, February 1. /ARKA/. More than 24.7 million intercity and international telephone calls were made in Armenia last year, by 25.6% less than in 2010, according to the numbers released by the National Statistical Service (NSS) of Armenia.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>According to NSS, more than 19.3 million intercity and 5.4 million international telephone calls were made last year, of which 4.2 million calls were made to the CIS countries and about 1.2 million to other countries</div> <div>Also during that period over 35,500 telegrams were sent of which 9,900 within the country and 15,600 to other countries. The number of telegrams sent last year contracted by 2.8% from 2010. -0-</div> <div> <br /> </div> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:16:48 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/internet/the_company_armentel_jointly_with_the_fund_children_of_armenia_organizes_courses_on_computer_literac/ The company “ArmenTel” jointly with the Fund “Children of Armenia” organizes courses on computer literacy in six rural schools of Armenia in 2012, said on Tuesday CEO “ArmenTel” Igor Klimko during signing memorandum on cooperation between two organizations. Internet/ YEREVAN, January 31. /ARKA/. The company &ldquo;ArmenTel&rdquo; jointly with the Fund &ldquo;Children of Armenia&rdquo; organizes courses on computer literacy in six rural schools of Armenia in 2012, said on Tuesday CEO &ldquo;ArmenTel&rdquo; Igor Klimko during signing memorandum on cooperation between two organizations. <br /> <br /> He said that though the work and business is concentrated mainly in the large cities of the country and in Yerevan, however it is necessary to pay attention to the development of remote regions and villages of Armenia. <br /> <br /> &ldquo;We start cooperation with the Fund which is working in different regions of Armenia for a long time. The program will allow more than 100 teachers to get introduced to the principles, main computer technologies and principles of work in Internet&rdquo;, he said. <br /> <br /> The main task is that &ldquo;teachers understand the principles of using information resources in educational process&rdquo;. <br /> <br /> The Fund &ldquo;Children of Armenia&rdquo; is a charity organization, the activity of which is targeted at the achievement of bright future of children living in rural regions of Armenia providing qualified education, healthcare, active life and economically favorable conditions for children and youth. <br /> <br /> At present, the Fund is implementing the program &ldquo;Development of rural communities in Armenia&rdquo;. <br /> <br /> &ldquo;ArmenTel&rdquo; is a subsidiary of VimpelCom (trade mark Beeline), since April 2007, 100% of &ldquo;ArmenTel&rdquo; owned Russian company. &ldquo;ArmenTel&rdquo; provides fixed and mobile communication services, as well as high-speed Internet access. - 0 - <br /> <br /> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:50:12 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/business/ceo_armentel_s_servers_properly_shielded_from_hacker_attacks_/ On Tuesday, ArmenTel CEO Igor Klimko, commenting on yesterday’s hacker attacks on Armenian websites, told ARKA News Agency that no the company’s websites were among broken Internet sites. Business/ YEREVAN, January 31. /ARKA/. On Tuesday, ArmenTel CEO Igor Klimko, commenting on yesterday&rsquo;s hacker attacks on Armenian websites, told ARKA News Agency that no the company&rsquo;s websites were among broken Internet sites. <br /> <br /> He said that the company has no problem with hacking, since severs in the company&rsquo;s hosting are properly protected. <br /> <br /> At the same time, he said that the current vigorous development of information technologies makes it difficult to shield websites from targeted hacker attacks. <br />   <br /> &ldquo;Unfortunately, such a practice has become commonplace all over the world,&rdquo; Klimko said. &ldquo;As you now, hackers break even Pentagon&rsquo;s websites. In any case, any provide should secure own servers by installing software and hardware tools to secure own clients.&rdquo; -0- <br /> <br /> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:45:04 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/development/minister_unified_electronic_pension_database_to_be_introduced_in_july_in_armenia/ Unified electronic pension database will be introduced in July in Armenia, said Armenian Social Welfare Minister Artur Grigoryan on Tuesday to the journalists. Development/ <div>YEREVAN, January 31. /ARKA/. Unified electronic pension database will be introduced in July in Armenia, said Armenian Social Welfare Minister Artur Grigoryan on Tuesday to the journalists.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>In its result, the opportunity of transferring pensions on the account of dead people or people who had left the country will be excluded.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>&ldquo;If a person dies in Armenia, who received a pension, after registration of relevant certificate to the registrar, the data in the online mode will fall into a single database&rdquo;, said Grigoryan.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>After crossing the borders of the country, this information will be immediately registered in the database and pension payment will be suspended.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>“Parallel to the development of the new database, we calculated the old database, in the result of which the number of registered pensioners reduced fr om 520 thousand to 509 thousand. In the previous years 11 thousand “extra” people were registered in the database, pensions were not given, in the result of which in 2011, 10 billion 227 million drams was returned to the state budget.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Grigoryan said that everything was done to avoid interference of officials in certain processes, thus excluding the factor of subjectivity. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>“Pension assignment, suspension of its payment and other issues will be determined with the help of computer program, and interference in these processes is practically impossible. The program will determine which type of pension will be assigned and what payments will be made”, he said.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>The process of pension reforms started on January 1, 2011 by the introduction of volunteer accumulative pension system. From January 1, 2014 mandatory accumulative pension system will be introduced in the country, wh ere all the citizens born after January 1, 1974 will be included. -0-</div> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:25:53 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/internet/hacker_attacks_on_armenian_websites_continue/ Hacker attacks on Armenian websites, which began the previous day, still continue, Samvel Martirosyan, an expert in cyber security, said to ARKA. Internet/ <div>YEREVAN, January 31. /ARKA/. Hacker attacks on Armenian websites, which began the previous day, still continue, Samvel Martirosyan, an expert in cyber security, said to ARKA. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>"At this point we have revealed 13 websites, hacked by a hacker or hacker group acting under the pseudonym Dr-x, he said.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Among the hacked websites are those of universities and political organizations, including the official website of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. According to Martirosian, the main problem most likely lies in the hosting, on which the hacked websites are located. He said it is impossible yet to determine the nationality of a hacker or hacker group.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>"We have got accustomed to being hacked by Azerbaijani or Turkish hackers, but in this case no identity can be seen," said Martirosyan. -0-</div> <div> <br /> </div> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:19:28 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/internet/stepanakert_municipality_launches_its_official_website_/ The municipality of Nagorno-Karabakh capital Stepanakert launched Monday its official website at www.stepanakert.am. <br /> Internet/ <div>STEPANAKERT, January 31. /ARKA/. The municipality of Nagorno-Karabakh capital Stepanakert launched Monday its official website at www.stepanakert.am. </div> <div>Stepanakert mayor Suren Grigoryan told journalists that the website was launched to ensure transparency of the municipality&rsquo;s work  and a daily touch with the public.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>The website currently contains information relating to the activities of the City Hall, its structure, as well as the city’s history and a map of Stepanakert, photos of old and present-day city and the honorable citizens of the capital. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>The mayor said the website is currently available in Armenian only, but in the near future it will have also a Russian version. The mayor also stated that the citizens of the city may turn to the mayor's office through the feedback section of the website. -0-</div> <div> <br /> </div> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:07:36 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/internet/national_news_aggregator_mediagid_am_provided_about_249_3_thousand_transfers_to_the_site_of_the_part/ The first national news aggregator of Armenia MediaGid.am &#40;www.mediagid.am&#41; provided 249 307 transfers to the sites of the partners in a year, said the head of the project MediaGid, Director of “All Media” cjsc Armen Martirosyan on Monday in the international center “Novosti”. Internet/ <div>YEREVAN, January 30. /ARKA/. The first national news aggregator of Armenia MediaGid.am (www.mediagid.am) provided 249 307 transfers to the sites of the partners in a year, said the head of the project MediaGid, Director of &ldquo;All Media&rdquo; cjsc Armen Martirosyan on Monday in the international center “Novosti”.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>The majority of transfers &ndash; 21.4% were made to the site Panorama.am, the site PanARMENIAN.Net (19.5%) is in the second place, then come information agency “Armenpress” (Armenpress.am – 12.2%), “Novosti-Armenia” (Newsarmenia.ru – 10.9%) and the resource Aysor.am (9,6%). Transfers to the other sources make 26.5%.</div> <div>The company “All Media” launched fr om November 30, 2010 new Internet project – the first news aggregator www.mediagid.am in Armenia. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>MediaGid is a system of automated development and systemization of news wh ere the data received on the resource are being analyzed by special program which combines similar by content news in stories divided into categories. Information in the site www.mediagid.am is provided by the partners of the system – Armenian media. The main principles of the system are efficiency, timeliness, accessibility, fairness to the sources.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>In one year MediaGid.am developed 283 899 pieces of information.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>“MediaGid is the analog of “Yandex News” and “Google News”. It is unique not only in Armenia but throughout the region. Today, from CIS countries only in Ukraine and Russia such projects are operating. At present, MediaGid is the only aggregator which collects and analyses information in Armenian language”, said Martirosayan.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>He said that today MediaGid.am reflects 60% of electronic media-field in Armenia. </div> <div>Currently, the aggregator www.mediagid.am on working days receives in average 1300 pieces of information in three languages – Armenian, Russian and English. Information is renewed on daily basis in real time regime. Here materials of 21 media in Armenia are presented, including Panarmenian.net, Panorama, “Novosti-Armenia”, “ARKA”, Armenpress. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Soon the second version of news aggregator Mediagid.am will be launched. It will be multi-functional and envisages rather broad range of instruments for the partners and users of the system”, he said. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>“All Media” cjsc was established in 2010 aiming at the implementation of venture investments in Internet projects in Armenia. The interests of “All Media” include Internet marketing, Internet advertisement, PR in Internet, development and advancement of the sites, context advertisement,, audit of the sites and consulting. -0-</div> <div> <br /> </div> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:25:07 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/technique/fourth_general_education_international_festival_digitec_2012_to_start_on_february_1_in_yerevan/ Forth annual general education international festival DigiTec 2012 “Digital technical instruments of productive education” will take place from February 1-10, said Director of Education Complex Mkhitar Sebastatsi Ashot Bleyan on Monday. Technique/ <div>YEREVAN, January 30. /ARKA/. Forth annual general education international festival DigiTec 2012 &ldquo;Digital technical instruments of productive education&rdquo; will take place from February 1-10, said Director of Education Complex Mkhitar Sebastatsi Ashot Bleyan on Monday.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>“The festival has been conducted for already forth years and each year the number of participants increases”, said Bleyan.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>The goal of the festival is to introduce the experience of productive use of digital instruments, results and projects, as well as information technologies in education.</div> <div>Bleyan said that participants of the festival can become attendants and teachers of general education schools of Armenia and abroad, individuals and working groups, as well as companies of ICT sphere.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>For participation in the festival it is necessary to present the work or works in the sphere of innovative technologies in any social network from January 15 to February 8 by sending a message to e-mail address digitec@mskh. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Then, the professional jury will carry out decision regarding the winners and on February 10 award ceremony will take place. From February 1-10 open lessons, presentations of the projects, master-classes and discussions of the selected material by jury will be conducted in the classrooms, groups, as well as award of prizes.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>14 different nominations were presented in the festival. During the event three presentations from Armenia, Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh republic will be introduced. He said that these presentations will be as experience exchange between three states.</div> <div>Last year about 700 people participated in the festival. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>“In 2011 we introduced a nomination in the sphere of game development which had a great success among the participants of the festival. All the events in the frames of the festival are aimed at the increase of media-literacy of Armenian population”, said Bleyan.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Official partners of the festival are representation of “Microsoft” in Armenia, Foundation “Incubator of Enterprises, “Unicomp”, the company “Alfa”, Union of Information Technologies KTAK MON RA”. --0-</div> <div> <br /> </div> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:24:01 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/development/ipad_is_two_years_old_/ The iPad turned two years old on Friday. Despite a persistent onslaught of would-be rivals, the Apple tablet still dominates the market, and it doesn’t show any signs of losing momentum any time soon. Development/ <p><b> </b></p> <p>YEREVAN, January 30. /ARKA/. The iPad turned two years old on Friday. Despite a persistent onslaught of would-be rivals, the Apple tablet still dominates the market, and it doesn&rsquo;t show any signs of losing momentum any time soon. </p> <p>The innovative device was introduced two years ago by Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs producing a kind of revolution. Even before the presentation of the first iPad on January 27, 2010, experts and journalists wrote that the new product would be a merge of a smartphone, netbook and reader, RIA Novosti reports.</p> <p>The innovative device actually created a separate niche at mobile electronics market- a segment of tablet PC. In 2011, according to Strategy Analytics, 66.9 million devices were shipped that was a 260% increase over the previous year. Analysts point out that more and more consumers prefer tablets to personal computers.</p> <p>In spite of the tablet "boom" of the past two years - Samsung, RIM, Motorola and others are selling their devices as well, but Apple continues to dominate this market. In the fourth quarter of 2011, Apple sold a record number of 15.43 billion iPad devices, 58% of the market, according to the Strategy Analytics.</p> <p>Sale of first iPads began in the United States on April 3, 2010. On the first day Apple sold more than 300 thousand pieces. In one month sales reached one million in the U.S. and by the end of 2010, the company managed to sell nearly 15 million devices. </p> <p>Second generation iPad devices were introduced in March 2011, for the sake of this presentation, Steve Jobs, who died in October last year, broke off his vacation. In just two years Apple has sold more than 55 million iPad devices of both generations.</p> <p>Analysts predict that in future the popular tablet will gradually cede market share to competing devices, in particular, to low-cost tablets, like Amazon Kindle Fire. But Apple will be able to partially restore the lost market share due to the third generation iPad, which is expected in the coming months. </p> <p>According to unofficial data, the device will have a powerful processor, a high-resolution screen and the support for cellular LTE networks. According to the forecast of Apple CEO, Tim Cook, tablets will sooner or later overtake traditional computers. -0- </p> <b> </b> <p></p> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:17:01 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/internet/armenian_film_autumn_sun_won_in_the_film_festival_web_aprocot_/ The film “Autumn sun” became the winner of Armenian film festival “Web Apricot” organized from November 15 to December 25, 2011. Internet/ <div>YEREVAN, January 27. /ARKA/. The film &ldquo;Autumn sun&rdquo; became the winner of Armenian film festival “Web Apricot” organized from November 15 to December 25, 2011.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>International film festival “Golden apricot” and Internet-TV Webtv.am with the support of mobile operator VivaCell-MTS (affiliate of Russian “MTS”) have founded Armenian film festival “Web Apricot”. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>“I think the film shows the fading feminine beauty. This film is very poetic and it is a mood. One expert familiar to me, after watching the film said that I create drama in the film by mood. In my opinion, the ability to create mood is my trump card”, said Film Director Diana Kardumyan to ARKA News Agency during the awarding ceremony. </div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>The film received Grand Prix which cost $1 thousand in dram equivalent. Arsen Hayrapetyan&rsquo;s film “Harbor of crossing fates” received the special prize in $500 (in dram equivalent).</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Encouragement prizes were awarded to the films “A light touch”, “School Nakhsho”, “That other Frunzik”, “Help them now” and “Bye-bye”.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>In the festival’s program participated 42 films. Duration of the films should not have exceeded 20 minutes. Photography genre, quality and format remained on the filmmakers.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>Primarily it was envisaged to determine the winner through Internet-voting, but then, due to certain technical reasons the organizers rejected this idea deciding to establish a panel of jury who selected the winner.</div> <div> <br /> </div> <div>The films demonstrated in the festival were broadcasted only by Internet-TV Webtv.am.  ---0-</div> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:07:06 +0400 http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/telecom/armenian_film_autumn_sun_won_in_the_film_festival_web_aprocot/ The film “Autumn sun” became the winner of Armenian film festival “Web Apricot” organized from November 15 to December 25, 2011. Telecom/ <p> <p><b>YEREVAN, January 27. /ARKA/.</b> The film &ldquo;Autumn sun&rdquo; became the winner of Armenian film festival “Web Apricot” organized from November 15 to December 25, 2011.</p> <p>International film festival “Golden apricot” and Internet-TV Webtv.am with the support of mobile operator VivaCell-MTS (affiliate of Russian “MTS”) have founded Armenian film festival “Web Apricot”. </p> <p>“I think the film shows the fading feminine beauty. This film is very poetic and it is a mood. One expert familiar to me, after watching the film said that I create drama in the film by mood. In my opinion, the ability to create mood is my trump card”, said Film Director Diana Kardumyan to ARKA News Agency during the awarding ceremony.</p> <p>The film received Grand Prix which cost $1 thousand in dram equivalent. Arsen Hayrapetyan&rsquo;s film “Harbor of crossing fates” received the special prize in $500 (in dram equivalent).</p> <p>Encouragement prizes were awarded to the films “A light touch”, “School Nakhsho”, “That other Frunzik”, “Help them now” and “Bye-bye”.</p> <p>In the festival’s program participated 42 films. Duration of the films should not have exceeded 20 minutes. Photography genre, quality and format remained on the filmmakers.</p> <p>Primarily it was envisaged to determine the winner through Internet-voting, but then, due to certain technical reasons the organizers rejected this idea deciding to establish a panel of jury who selected the winner.</p> <p>The films demonstrated in the festival were broadcasted only by Internet-TV Webtv.am.  -0-</p> </p> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:10:59 +0400