Orange Armenia receives more frequencies from regulator
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In order to improve the quality of communications between the base stations, additional radio frequencies have been provided to start-up mobile operator Orange Armenia by the country’s regulator, the Public Services Regulation Commission (PSRC).
PSRC has also announced to have established tariffs for interconnection between fixed line telecoms operators in the country. A business model concerning interconnection between former monopoly ArmenTel (Beeline) and alternative operators has been approved by the committee.
PSRC has set rates independently for the capital at AMD2.5 and AMD10f or other region.
Orange Armenia reaches 200K subscribers in three months
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 200,000 subscriber marks has been crossed by Orange Armenia in less than three months after launching commercial services on 5 November 2009.The Company is owned by France telecom and hit the 100,000 subscriber mark in early December itself.
EUR100 million (USD148.5 million) has already been invested by Orange and is going forward to provide necessary expertise and investment to ensure the development of a high-quality 2G and 3G+ network offering nationwide coverage.
Before Orange’s entry in Armenia, the market was previously a duopoly of VivaCell-MTS and ArmenTel (Beeline).
However, a population of around 3.2 million people, including 1.1 million in the capital Yerevan, Armenia offered the FT group significant growth potential.
Orange Armenia to invest $80 Mn in 2009
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange Armenia has revealed its plans to make an investment of $80 million in 2009 as a part of its $200 million investment plan in over 2 years. Orange Armenia, in 2008, received a 15 year licence.
