GNC-Alfa CJSC is pleased to announce that its country-wide 10 Gbt/s bandwidth IP/MPLS network is now available also in 12 cities of Armenia. Below is the list of cities. Ararat, Vedi, Artashat, Armavir, Charentsavan Hrazdan, Sevan, Yeghegnadzor, Sisian, Goris, Kapan, Dilijan. Network aggregation nodes of the company have been put into operation in the above-mentioned areas. The nodes are based upon modern US equipment supplied by Juniper Networks which enables GNC-Alfa CJSC to provide IP transit, Internet access, data communication, virtual private network (VPN) and other services to telecommunication operators, Internet Service Providers and corporate customers from these nodes. The current complete list of regions and cities connected to GNC-Alfa CJSC network is the following: Yerevan, Kotayk (Abovyan, Nor Hachn, Charentsavan, Hrazdan), Ararat (Ararat, Masis, Vedi, Artashat), Vayots Dzor (Jermuk, Yeghegnadzor), Syunik (Kajaran, Agarak, Sisian, Goris, Kapan, Aragatsotn (Ashtarak, Aparan), Shirak (Gyumri), Lori (Spitak, Vanadzor, Stepanavan, Alaverdi, Tashir), Tavush (Bagratashen, Dilijan), Armavir(Armavir), Gegharkunik (Sevan). Investments aimed to network expansion, construction and technical operations are in progress, and during the next 6 months 5 more cities of 3 regions will also be connected to the GNC-Alfa CJSC network. These cities are: Echmiadzin, Ijevan, Noyemberyan, Gavar, Martuni. Implementation of this project will greatly contribute to the Internet penetration rate in the country, to the growth of access to information resources for population and organizations, as well as to the availability of modern network technologies services in RA provided by the company. Information about GNC-Alfa CJSC GNC-Alfa was founded in 2007 and is the leader in the Armenian market of international and long distance transmission, data communication and Internet services. The main mission of the company is the creation of carrier-grade nationwide SDH (b/o Cisco) and IP/MPLS backbone network (supplied by Juniper Networks), which is aimed to satisfy the growing needs of international transit carriers, local fixed and mobile operators, Internet Service Providers, large international organizations and enterprises in data transmission networks and high speed Internet services.

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