"OLVIA-PRESS"

 

"INTERDNESTRCOM": NO LIMITS FOR PERFECNESS!"

 

"Techniques are on verge of fantastic". This was the very appreciation that the Dniestrian authority, local, and foreign specialists had given to presentation of novelties of the company "Interdnestrcom" - the communication operator in ÑDMÀ standard, which had taken place on September 24th in the Palace of Republic in Tiraspol.

At the presentation, there were invited the DMR Supreme Council Chairman Grigory Marakutsa, the DMR President representative in Ukraine Boris Akulov, the minister of information and telecommunications Vladimir Belyaev, deputies of all levels, and representatives of communication companies from Ukraine and Moldova.

Besides the videophone and modern mobile terminals, specialists of the company presented new types of services: a wireless transmission of data and access to the Internet via cellular net of the company "Interdnestrcom".

Except the above-mentioned services, there were demonstrated capacities of the digital network ISDN. ISDN is a new generation of wire net, giving new large possibilities to abonents: from high-speed transmission of data and access to the Internet to holding of videoconferences on line between participants who are far from each other by the distance of thousands of kilometers. Due to that net, on one line you can talk by phone, can transmit data, send and receive facsimile messages, as well as hold videoconferences. Such a net was installed in the "Agroprombank". The bank's specialists are content. By their words, it saves much time. And as we know, time is money.

One more novelty of the company - transmission of video information on line via cellular nets of the company - made a true furor. By the way, such a séance of wireless video connection was carried out not only in Dniestria but also in the CIS countries.

All of that became possible due to the fact that "Interdnestrcom" was the first communication company among the CIS and some European countries to pass to a new technology of the 3rd generation: the standard IS-2000.

What are its advantages? For example, each abonents, having a notebook and a cellular terminal of the company, has a perfect opportunity to receive or send a facsimile message, to receive data from another computer, and to enter the Internet, being situated in any point of the cover zone. Businessmen have got a possibility to organize their office, provided with all necessary mass media in a place suitable for him, no matter if the telephone line is situated there or not. Specialists of the company give firm guarantee that in case of installing cellular terminals and connection of simple faxes and PC, abonents will be provided with full-scale and qualitative connection. And what's more, contact telephone numbers will not be changed even in case of moving of the office to a new address.

Citizens of the Dniester Moldavian Republic will be thus first in the CIS to get an opportunity to use brand-new communication services. As a proof to that, there are words of representatives of communication service in Ukraine, who have said with some envy, "While big Ukraine is thinking, little Dniestria already has it and use it". Our state, by their words, "is on the highest level of wireless communication service". Representatives of Moldova were more reserved in their words but they had to agree with these facts.

The same day, the visitors turned to be the first listeners of the radio station "Inter FM" created by the company; its frequency is 107,7 FM, that is in ultra short diapason. 

And here is one more important feature. The day of presentation nearly coincided with the 3rd anniversary of foundation of the company "Interdnestrcom". Because of that, its leader Serghey Ganja remarked that during such a short period of time "Interdnestrcom" had made a real breakthrough into future on the basis of new technologies. Concerning the history of "Interdnestrcom", Serghey Ganja remarked that before foundation of the company in the republic, equipment of phone station had been an outdated communication, which negatively influenced upon quality of communication. In 1998, within frames of the Presidential program on urgent development of modern communication devices, it was decided to found the Dniestrian communication company with attraction of investments for reorganization of the old network and construction of a new one. By the way, it was the first case in Dniestria when construction of interurban and international network had been given to a private company.

Within extremely short terms, there were finished works on montage, testing, and examination of the first Automatic Telephone Station for 1000 wired abonents in Tiraspol. Services on access to the Internet were introduced. And what's the main thing, there is installed the interstate telephone connection between living areas of Dniestria without exit to the Automatic Interstate Telephone Station of Kishinev. Now the company gives services of mobile and fixed cellular connection, of interurban and international connection, local wired connection, system of service telephone cards, Internet, and many other things. For that time, 2500 telephones of local wired net have been put into action. Channels of international and interurban line (with total length over 100 thousand channel-kilometers) have been built. Such an important problem as provision of reliable connection for bodies of power and government of the Dniester Moldavian Republic has been successfully. For 3 years, investments to the branches of communications, including the given presentation project, have comprised about $12 million. The number of abonents of the company has exceeded 15 thousand.

It is also important to mention participation of the company in resolution of social problems. On the eve of 55th anniversary of the Great Victory (in the Great Patriotic war of 1941-1945 - note of the translator), employees of "Interdnestrcom" installed telephones to 48 veterans of war and DMR defenders who live in areas where problems of telephonization are resolved with difficulties. Besides, over 70 telephones were installed for different categories of privileged people. By its essence, actions of the company in domain of tariff policy were directed to accessibility of the world-level connection for maximal number of users.

Making his speech, Serghey Ganja marked with gratitude the permanent attention, assistance, and support from the republican authority. Particular gratitude was expressed in address of the DMR ex-minister of information and telecommunications Boris Akulov. By words of the speaker, his role in foundation of the company was "hard to be overestimated".

The Supreme Council Chairman, who attended the presentation, remarked that Dniestria might hence be proud that in some positions in communications' domain it was not only ahead of the CIS but also of some European countries. Boris Akulov also highly appreciated the role of the company in living activity of our republic. In his brief speech, he emphasized, "The republic has proved that it's ready to accept and apply in practice the newest achievements in science and techniques. This fact once again confirms sureness of our state in future".

The award corresponds to deals. For great merits for the state, Serghey Ganja was awarded with high governmental reward: the Badge of Labor Glory. 

In perspectives, the company plans to enlarge the volume of wired telephone net in Tiraspol and of cellular net throughout Dniestria. Within next months, construction of the republican pathway of optic-fiber cables will be finished. The republican network of transmitting data, television, and radio broadcasting will be organized on its basis. One more perspective directions of the company's activity is construction of radio broadcasting network in the ultra short diapason.

 

T.Gheorghiu.