Rostelecom Company has deployed a Content Delivery
Network (CDN) for Mail.ru Group resources in Armenia via its Armenian
subsidiary GNC- ALFA.
GNC-ALFA Director General Hayk Faramazyan told media,
Wednesday, the company's users will now enjoy much faster (7-fold) access to
Mail.ru resources, namely, mail, odnoklassniki.ru and others.
"Mail.ru Group is among top five biggest Internet
companies in the world and we are very happy to become the first operator to
localize their content," Faramazyan said. Localization will allow
providing high-speed and reliable Internet connection. Rostelecom operates
systems to speed-up content delivery to Google and Rutube.
Deputy Technical Director of Mail.ru Group Pavel
Zavyalov, in turn, said cooperation with GNC- ALFA is a result of good
partnerships with Rostelecom Moscow as well as operativiness and willingness of
the Armenian party.
"Armenia is so far the first country we have CDN
in. The pilot project was launched in Irkutsk in summer," Zavyalov said. He
said that Rostelecom deploys network that will allow providing 100Mbit/sec
Internet connection.
By data of Liveinternet for August 2013, the average
daily coverage of Mail.ru projects in Armenia is over 865,000 users. "Heavy"
multimedia content (photo, video, games) is popular among users.
To recall, in late 2012 Rostelecom OJSC (Russia)
launched promotion and retail sales of telecommunication services throughout
Armenia via its Armenian subsidiary GNC-ALFA CJSC. GNC-ALFA CJSC provides fixed telephony and Internet services to
individuals under the Rostelecom brand. It has launched television services
quiet lately. GNC- ALFA operates modern fibre optical lines with total length
of over 2,500 kilometres that cover 80% of Armenia. The company's network is interconnected with the region's major
backbone networks, as well as sharing international gateways with Iran and
Georgia. Fitch agency has assigned BBB- rating to Rostelecom OJSC. Standard&Poor's
has assigned BB+ rating to the company.
(The exchange rate of the Armenian Central Bank for 23 September was 406.71AMD/1USD).