ORANGE NOT PLANNING ANY PRICE DUMPING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION IN ARMENIA
/ARKA/
September 23, 2009
YEREVAN
Orange company is not planning any damping of prices for mobile
communication services in Armenia, Orange Vice-President for Europe
Olaf Swantee said in responding to ARKA Agency.
"We respect our competitors and we are not planning a dumping policy.
Our main principle is price-quality matching," Swantee said. Experience
proves that clients benefit from sound competition when 3 or 4
operators are available on the market, he said.
Yet, the company is ready to offer interesting prices for international
communication to Armenian consumers using its wide network and
international partners, Swantee said.
Head of Orange Personal LoB and Group Devices Anne Bouverot, in her
turn, said that the company studied its competitors’ price policies and
may use a different approach to be more interesting for its customers.
Orange Armenia fully owned by France Telecom (Orange brand) received
its 15-year final license on November 19 2008. The company has the
right to use radio frequencies during 10 years. The company is also
allowed to use numbers with 374(0)55 and +374(0)95 codes.
On October 7 2008 Armenian tender commission awarded the country’s
third mobile operator contract to France Telecom that submitted the
highest bid (51.5m euros) for a GSM license.
Before the coming of Orange there were two mobile comm unication
companies operating in the Armenian market – ArmenTel fully owned
by Russian VimpelCom and VivaCell-MTS with its control stock held by
Russian MTS.