Armenian winner of Rostelecom's contest of journalists participates in award ceremony in Moscow

The Armenian winner of Rostelecom's "Technologies for Life - Internet at the Speed of Light" journalists' contest, Haykuhi Asatryan, took part in the final event and award ceremony held in Moscow on June 10.   

The press office of the company reports that the winning six journalists' names who will leave for Shenzhen, China, were announced at the award ceremony.  
The event comprised a visit to the Rostelecom headquarters, meetings at the Russian Ministry of Telecommunications and the Moscow exhibition hall of the main partner of the contest - Huawei company.

The contest among the Russian journalists has a 4-year-old history. The Armenian journalists' participation in 2015 gave an international status to the contest.  
In autumn, the delegation of the winning journalists will visit the Huawei head office in Shenzhen, China.

The contest kicked off in Armenia in December 2014.  

During the visit to Moscow, the journalists were informed of Rostelecom's mission, its capacities, marketing policy, as well as the purchase transparency tools. 
GNC-ALFA CJSC was founded in 2007. In February 2012 the company became a member of Rostelecom OJSC group of companies.  Starting from December 18, 2012 GNC-ALFA CJSC provides telecommunication services in RA under the brand of "Rostelecom"  as a subsidiary company. As one of the leading telecommunications companies Rostelecom Armenia provides Internet access, Fixed telephony and new generation IP TV services to both physical bodies and corporate clients. During the period of 2012-2013 the company made large- scale investments in  network development and expansion. Investments resulted with successful implementation of new "Fiber to the home" (GPON) technology in a number of  cities of RA. Starting from 2014 the company provides services in cities Yerevan (Center, Erebuni, Nubarashen, Ajapnyak, Avan, Nor Nork, Davitshen, Malatia-Sebastia, Arabkir districts), Abovyan, Charentsavan, Hrazdan, Vanadzor, Gyumri, Ashtarak, Metsamor, Armavir, Masis, Artashat, Ararat, Sevan, Dilijan, Ijevan, Kapan, Martuni, Alaverdi and Kajaran.  Sales and support offices and shop-in-shops are operating in all cities mentioned. The network of Rostelecom Armenia is solely based on fiber-optic cable (FOC) infrastructure covering 80% of the territory of RA and spreading for over 3000km. It is connected to region's main terrestrial networks and largest traffic exchange nodes as well as international channels of Iran and Georgia. Rostelecom has built 40Gb/s network covering all municipalities of Yerevan and providing high-speed internet connection to all customers. The Government of Republic of Armenia, State institutions and International organizations, Corporations, local Commercial Banks and Financial institutions, operators are listed as Corporate clients of GNC-ALFA CJSC.

OJSC Rostelecom (www.rostelecom.ru) is one of the biggest national telecommunications companies in Russia and Europe, with a presence in every segment of the telecommunications services market and coverage of more than 34 million households in Russia.  The Company holds a leading position on the Russian broadband and pay TV markets, with over 11.2 million fixed-line broadband subscribers and more than 8.1 million pay TV customers, of which more than 2.9 million use the unique nationwide "Interactive TV" product. The Group generated RUB 71.7 billion of consolidated revenues, RUB 24.5 billion of OIBDA (34.2% of revenue) and RUB 2.1 billion of net income in the first quarter of 2015. Rostelecom is an absolute market leader in providing the telecommunications services to Russian government departments and corporate users at every level. It is also a recognized technological leader in innovative solutions in the fields of E- government, cloud computing, healthcare, education, security and housing & utility services. Its stable financial status is confirmed by credit ratings of BBB- from Fitch Ratings and BB+ from Standard & Poor's. -n-