The telecommunication sector in all the communities in the Khashtarak cluster is outdated and obsolete. The Soviet era telephone inner network is still in place, making it virtually impossible to make intra and inter communal calls. Instead, members of the community are heavily dependent on the cellular service, which, with its unstable coverage is also unproductive.
As a part of the Government’s plan to bring in the IT technology into the educational centers, each school in the cluster villages has been given several computers. There is no internet connection present. As a part of the program, one public internet access point is to be assured and the schools are the most likely places for such points. It will also be necessary to conduct computer skills trainings to offer the members of the community a potential for a varied employment.
Most households in the Khashtarak cluster communities own a television set. Because of the distance from the broadcasting center, they receive only two Armenian and one Russian channel. As all the villages are close to the Azeri border, they also receive several Azeri channels. Some households have installed satellites, which bring the quantity of the received channels roughly to the urban level. The satellite service is pricy and unaffordable for most of the population.
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