ARMENTEL CLIENTS TO USE NEW MMS

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
June 15 2007

YEREVAN, June 15. /ARKA/. The ArmenTel telecommunication company
intends to start rendering a new 3G service to its clients before
the end of 2007.

Director for Regulation, ArmenTel, Hayk Faramazyan reported that the
G3 system is a mobile technology of the 3rd generation designed for
the transmission of multimedia images and melodies by by means of
mobile communication (MMS service).

Farmazyan said that the company intends to apply to the RA Public
Services Regulatory Commission for a license for rendering the 3G
services.

He did not report on the cost of the new service, pointing out the
prices are being calculated. Farmazyan added that MMS service are
rather expensive abroad compared to other GSM services.