Official says Armenia’s 2d mobile co to start operations Aug ’05

Official says Armenia’s 2d mobile co to start operations Aug ’05

Prime-Tass English-language Business Newswire, Russia
November 11, 2004

YEREVAN, Nov 11 (Prime-Tass) — A second Armenian mobile operator,
K-Telecom, would start its operations in Armenia in late August 2005,
Armenia’s Justice Minister David Arutyunyan told reporters Thursday.

Arutyunyan said that K-Telecom would receive its frequency over the
next two to three months.

He said that at present the Armenian national telecom company ArmenTel
had the licenses for the frequencies, and that this situation could
not be changed overnight.

“We estimate that K-Telecom will receive the 10MHz frequency in
about seven months, which will enable the company to start commercial
operations a few months after that,” Arutyunyan said.

On November 4, Arutyunyan said that the Armenian government had awarded
a license to K-Telecom to become the country’s second mobile operator.

Arutyunyan said that the Armenian government had approved the removal
of ArmenTel’s exclusive right to provide GSM, mobile satellite
and mobile radio communication services by amending the company’s
license. End