Armentel Telecomm. Co. announces new “summer” tariffs on mobile comm

ARKA News Agency
July 1 2005

ARMENTEL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY ANNOUNCES OF NEW “SUMMER” TARIFFS
ON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

YEREVAN, July 1. /ARKA/. ArmenTel Telecommunications Company
announces of new “summer” tariffs on mobile communications services.
According to the Press Service of the Company, from July 5
subscribers for Easy Card will pay AMD 79.2 for one- minute local
call to subscribers of ArmenTel and “K-Telecom” (all prices include
VAT) versus AMD 118,8 paid before. Meantime, tariffs on all kinds of
local calls for subscribers of SIM-cards will be AMD 43.2 from July
1versus AMD 54 per minute.
To note, before the company has already declared of reducing tariffs
on mobile communications from July 1, 2005. In particular, it was
planned that subscribers for Easy Card will pay AMD 99 (without VAT)
for one -minute local call to subscribers for ArmenTel or K-Telecom
from July 1 versus AMD 134. local calls for subscribers of SIM-cards
were sat at AMD 45 versus 56 for 1 minute of call.
In the end of 1997 OTE Greek Company purchased 90% of ArmenTel shares
for $142.47 mln through the international tender.
Before Nov 4, 2004 ArmenTel was a monopolist on the mobile
communications market of Armenia.
>From July 1, 2005, K-Telecom with the trademark of VivaCell entered
the Armenian market. ($1 = AMD 441,26). A.H. -0–

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