VivaCell-MTS provides Wi-Fi at Avetik Isahakyan Central Library

VivaCell-MTS and the Center of Management Technologies of Yerevan provided Internet in the branches of the City Central library after Avetik Isahakyan.

Armenia’s leading telecommunications operator VivaCell-MTS provided a number of libraries in Yerevan with modern information infrastructures. Wi-Fi corners were created in all branches of City Central Library after Avetik Isahakyan managed by the Yerevan Municipality. 13 3G-compatible Wi-Fi routers with “Home Zone Turbo” Internet package were donated to the branches of the library.

The wish to encourage reading lies in the core of this initiative implemented jointly by the state and private sectors. The project makes the use of innovative technologies easier for the young generation, its target group. The number of users of the rich information available on the Internet grows year by year. According to statistics, within the last year alone the number of patrons of the above-mentioned libraries has grown by around 13 000 people. The cost of the project is over AMD2.4 million per year. In general, AMD 4.8 million has been allocated for the implementation of the whole project.

Taking into account the efficiency of the program, the cooperating sides have decided to expand it.

It is planned to provide Internet access to four more cultural centers in the current year: the Museum of History of Yerevan, the Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Karen Demirchyan Museum and the Erebuni Historical and Archeological Museum-Reserve.