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publié le mercredi 16 décembre 2009

ARMENIA TO OPEN OFFICE IN SILICON VALLEY
/NOV 23/News.am/
Armenia will open the office in Silicon Valley till March 2010, Enterprise Incubator Foundation Director Bagrat Yengibaryan told NEWS.am, adding that office will be engaged in representation of Armenia’s achievements in the High tech sphere. "We cannot represent our production without that office," he said, underlining Armenia already has two successfully operating offices in Canada and Austria.

3RD ANNUAL ARMENIAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE KICKS OFF IN YEREVAN
/NOV 24/"Radiolur"/Lilit Muradyan/
The 3rd Annual Armenian Information Technology (IT) Conference kicked off in Yerevan today. In light of the latest political and economic developments, the conference aims to analyze the current opportunities and challenges and define IT industry priorities for the future.
The conference will raise and seek solutions to Armenia’s telecommunication sector development, will highlight how academic partnerships can result in competitive educational curricula, and how the creation of venture capital funds can support the development and expansion of high tech businesses.
"Our IT sphere is in the stage of formation. The experience of the countries in crisis has showed that the service sector is the most steadfast. The fields of tourism and Information Technologies managed to resist the crisis better than others. I hope no decline will be registered in the IT sphere. The most challenging in the sphere is the issue of preparing high-quality specialists," said Nerses Yeritsyan, Armenian minister of Economy.

UITE BECOMES MEMBER OF MANAGEMENT BOARD OF ICT FORUM FOR SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE
/NOV 25/NOYAN TAPAN/
A meeting of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Forum for South-Eastern Europe took place in Macedonia on November 19. At the organization’s meeting, the Union of IT Enterprises of Armenia (UITE) was announced a member of the ICT Forum’s management board.

’BEELINE ARMENIA ADDS 16,000 MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS IN Q3’
/NOV 25/Digital Media Asia/

’ARMENTEL INTRODUCES ADSL2+ STANDARD’
/NOV 25/Digital Media Asia/
Armenian operator Armentel is introducing ADSL2+ technology, offering download speeds up to 24 Mbps.

EIF CHAIRMAN PROPOSES TAX EXEMPTION FOR COMPUTER SALE
/NOV 30/news.am/
Armenian IT companies are among leaders on the world market, while Armenia is among outsiders in terms of computer users, Bargat Yengibaryan, Director of the Enterprises Incubator Foundation (EIF), stated at the forum "IT leaders’ casual meeting" in Aghveran, Armenia, on November 28-29.
This is evidence of the Government’s erroneous steps in developing the Armenian IT sector, Yengibaryan said. He pointed out that the gaps can yet be filled. Specifically, he proposes exemption of computer sale from the value-added tax (VAT). "The measure will stimulate demand and make computers affordable for socially vulnerable sections," Yengibaryan said.
He also reported the commencement of a pilot program "Computers for everyone" in Armenia, which has already produced impressive results - 1,000 computers on average are sold a month.
Greater achievements can be expected if computers are exempted from VAT. Yengibaryan proposed two ways of resolving the problem : exempting computer sale from the VAT or channeling the tax revenues to social problems in this field. The latter option will enable the Government to provide more effective selective aid to socially vulnerable families. "Our aims is to bring the percentage computer-literate population from the current 5% up to 70% by 2018. It is an ambitious task, which is impossible to accomplish without radical changes," Yengibaryan said.

VENTURE CONFERENCE TO HELP TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY ARMENIA
/NOV 11/PanARMENIAN.Net/
Press conference devoted to the program "Integration of Science, Technology and Business" held in Yerevan today. As a part of the program the Venture conference will be held on December 2 this year. According to Bagrat Yengibaryan, EIF director, 14 projects have been selected out of 22 applications submitted to the contest this year. The purpose of the program is to identify the best projects of Armenian scientists elaborated with private companies’ support. This year 5 projects will receive investment of USD 15 thousand.
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