YEREVAN. – There is no process of monopolization in the data transfer market of Armenia, General Manager Ralph Yirikian of VivaCell-MTS company told Armenian News-NEWS.am.  

In his words, this market has two important segments—wired and wireless—which rules out monopoly. 

“The wired has already started competing with the wireless. In its turn, the wired communication market is becoming more network-oriented and competitive,” Yirikian said.    

As for the small providers being pushed out of the market, or forming “clans,” Yirikian stated that in vigorously developing markets it is normal for some small companies to lose their positions, or to “dissolve” into the big companies.   

“That is one of the phenomena of free competition, which is clear for all capitalist economies. But there are rules, boundaries, [and] regulations,” Yirikian noted.     

In his view, the wireless technology will not lose its share in the market and be pushed out by the wired technology. As per Ralph Yirikian, Armenia has all the types of data transfer technology, and this bespeaks a healthy competition in the country.