Archive for the ‘Telecommunication’ Category

The Armenian Economist

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Via Bekaisa, news of another Armenian blog, but this time on a specialist theme — the economy. Personally, I’d like to see more specialists blogging from all walks of life in Armenia more often so I’m glad to see what looks an interesting and unique blog like this emerge.
The Armenian Economist is a new blog […]

Armenian Energy Dependence on Russia

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

Eurasianet has yet another insightful analysis on the situation in Armenia by RFE/RL’s Emil Danielyan. This time the focus is on the energy sector and Armenia’s dependence on Russia. However, there’s a twist. The article doesn’t deal with the import of power from abroad, but rather the way in which Yerevan appears happy in handing […]

Internet Still Lousy

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

Following the breakdown in Internet connectivity from Friday through to Sunday, what does now exist is getting worse again. Yesterday was okay, but today is lousy and I can see from my ICQ contact list that most people I know are having an even tougher time connecting.
That even includes those working in international NGOs […]

Internet Back to Normal

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

After this weekend’s lack of Internet in Armenia, some good news. According to PanArmenian.net reports that “normal” service has been fully resumed. Sure enough, it seems okay today.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The capacity of Internet communication in Armenia is fully restored, reported Spokesperson of ArmenTel Telecommunication Company Hasmik Chutilyan. “The capacity is restored to the rate we had […]

Armentel Strikes Again — No Internet in Armenia

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Once again, Armenia has been cut off from the information superhighway because of the damn ArmenTel monopoly. The connection went out on Friday at about mid-day and was restored early evening, but went down again in the early hours of Saturday morning. Although those few companies and international organizations with satellite connections were fortunate enough […]