ARKA News Agency
Aug 23 2005

VIVACELL COMPANY PROVIDES MOBILE COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN VARDENIS
(GEGHARKUNIK REGION, ARMENIA)

YEREVAN, August 23. /ARKA/. The VivaCell Company provides mobile
communication services in Vardenis (Gegharkunik region, Armenia),
VivaCell Company reported ARKA News Agency. The Company states that
it realizes the necessity to provide mobile communication service of
high quality in remote regions of Armenia, and Vardenis was deprived
of such communication for a long time.
During his visit to Gavar (regional center of Gegharkunik) Executive
Director of VivaCell Ralf Yirikyan stated that the Company started
work in Gegharkunik region and it will try to cover the entire
territory of this region with mobile communication by the end of
September, 2005. He said that the Company will cover all territory of
Armenia with mobile communication of high quality by the end of
October, 2005.
Currently the mobile communication of VivaCell Company covers the
territory of Yerevan, Armavir, Ararat and partially Gegharkunik
regions of Armenia.
The “K-Telecom” Company with VivaCell trade mark entered the Armenian
market of mobile communication on July 1, 2005 and become the second
mobile communication operator in Armenia. The Company shares the
Armenian market with “ArmenTel” Telecommunication Company, which was
a monopolist on the Armenian market of mobile communication since
1997. A.A. -0–