Orange Armenia offers unique roaming discount in USA (Armenia, USA)
Telecom operator Orange has reshuffled the list of Orange Zone countries which will from now on include the USA. Now, while roaming on AT&T USA network, Orange customers can enjoy a unique $0.64 rate for all outgoing and incoming calls, SMS and GPRS. This is great news for those who travel to the USA.
The same tariff is available for other Orange Zone countries where customers can join the following networks: Orange France, Orange Spain, Orange United Kingdom, Orange Slovakia, Orange Austria, Orange Poland, Orange Romania, Orange Moldova, Orange Luxembourg, Orange Liechtenstein, Orange Switzerland as well as Mobistar Belgium.
To activate roaming customers just need to dial *121# before leaving the country.
Orange Armenia partners with MegaFon for revolutionary roaming service (Middle East)
Orange Armenia, subsidiary of France Telecom, together with MegaFon, one of the three largest Russian operators announced the start of a strategic partnership between two companies. Thanks to this new partnership Orange customers will benefit from unprecedented tariffs when roaming in Russia. In particular, when using the roaming service in MegaFon network, Orange Armenia customers will make and receive calls to and from Orange Armenia and MegaFon customers at a rate of only US$ 0.08.
Bruno Duthoit, Orange Armenia CEO, said that Orange is a powerful international player, and they are keen to provide customers with the best deals not only in Armenia, but also in roaming, specially for those countries they travel the most. Russia is one of the most popular destinations for Armenians, and they are happy today to offer the same tariff as for local calls in Armenia. Many Armenians, when they go to Russia, buy a SIM card of a local operator which generally has a very short lifetime, from several days to several weeks. From now on, customers will not need it and when leaving to Russia, they will feel themselves almost like home.
Konstantin Solodukhin, Deputy CEO for Development of National and International Long-Distance Communications, said on this occasion that for operators, the main factor for a successful roaming policy is having effective relationships with foreign partners, which will allow them to offer low rates for using mobile services abroad.
On MegaFon network Orange Armenia customers will have other advantages as well. The minute rate for all other incoming calls and for outgoing calls to other Russian operators will be $ 0.15, while calls to other operators’ customers in Armenia will be charged at $0.31 per min. Orange Armenia customers will also have an exclusive tariff for GPRS roaming charged at $0.23 per MB.
The exclusive roaming rates are available from April 1 to June 30.
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.
