VivaCell-MTS and GNC Alfa ink backbone network

Armenian mobile operator VivaCell-MTS has inked a deal with domestic wholesale internet provider GNC Alfa that will enable the former to build its own high speed fibre-optic backbone network in the country, VivaCell announced in a press release. As a result of the contract the cellco will be able to purchase fibre-optic cable capacity owned by GNC Alfa, which stretches from the Armenian-Iranian border to the capital, Yerevan.