Wednesday, October 29 2014

VivaCell-MTS provides continuous support to the development of key national infrastructure, and in particular, to the Ministry of Emergency, in the area of the prevention and protection of information security, data protection and functioning of key state infrastructure in disaster situations, the press service of VivaCell-MTS has told ArmInfo.  

Today, the Ministry of Emergency Situations was presented with a powerful diesel generator set to be used as a source of alternative electrical energy for supporting the uninterrupted operation of the backup server (BSC) center worth AMD 50 million for the government of RA, provided by VivaCell-MTS to the Ministry of Emergency

Situations earlier this year. The creation of the backup server center (BSC) is aimed at increasing the viability of Armenia's system of state governance in emergency situations. The BSC, which is situated In the administrative building of the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations was designed for providing timely organization of civil protection emergency activities in peacetime and civil defense management in wartime; for keeping the information secure and using it in a safe and efficient way; as well as for centralizing the backup information systems of state offices and facilitating their operation.

Designed to the highest quality, fuel-efficiency, reliability and environmental standards, the 3-phase Perkins P440E 400-Volt generator diesel generator set is capable of producing 360kW (kilowatt) of electrical energy within an hour.

"No matter in business or state infrastructure, full readiness to preventing and managing disaster situations efficiently is a priority. Priority presupposes availability and allocation of proper resources, including critical equipment. This is especially critical in case of our country, having multiple challenges we are all aware of. Here from comes our readiness to share with the Ministry of Emergency with an analogue of the highest quality equipment used by VivaCell-MTS for supporting key infrastructure in the case of extraordinary and emergency situations. We spare no effort at supporting the state when it comes to creating effective mechanisms of preventing and managing disaster situations," VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian noted. 

VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is Armenia's leading mobile operator, having the widest 2G/3.75G/4G network reach and spreading a wide range of Voice and Data services all across Armenia. Having the best of the Armenian people interest at heart since its launch on 1st July 2005 and in a short period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to build a nationwide network and a considerable customer base.  VivaCell-MTS drives innovation and aims at always being at the forefront of any development serving the Armenian mobile communications market.  The company follows the guidance provided by ISO 26000 (International Standard of Social Responsibility). 

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia and the CIS, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 100 million mobile subscribers. The Group has been awarded GSM licenses in Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 200 million. Since June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT).