MTS Unaware of ArmenTel Tender Outcomes

PanARMENIAN.Net
03.11.2006 16:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ MTS Russian company doesn’t possess information
on the outcomes of the tender on 90% of ArmenTel’s stocks. "We are
waiting for the official results of the tender," MTS Spokesman Kirill
Alyavdin said. When asked to comment on MTS’s chances, he said the
company ‘refrains from any comments before the announcement of the
formal outcomes of the tender.’ ArmenTel and the RA Ministry of
Transport and Communications also refrain from comments.

Meanwhile yesterday the Armenian government resigned its commission of
10% of ArmenTel’s stocks to Minister of Transport and Communications
Andranik Manukian.

Russian companies MTS and Vympelcom as well as VTEL-Holding are
participating in the tender.

Earlier it was reported that ArmenTel can be sold to Arab Emirates
Telecommunications Corporation (ETISALAT)/ Istithmar PJSC/Emergent
Telecom Ventures (ETV) for $600 million, however Andranik Manukian
refuted the information, reports newsarmenia.ru.