GENNADY KALGASHKIN TO BECOME DIRECTOR OF "ARMENTEL" ON MOBILE COMMUNICATION
ARKA
Nov 8, 2007
YEREVAN, November 8. /ARKA/. Gennady Kalgashkin is to fill the post of
the Director on Mobile Communication of "ArmenTel" telecommunication
company on October 22, the Press Service of "ArmenTel" Closed Joint
Stock Company reported.
Kalgashkin has worked in "Vimpelkom" Russian company (owner of 100%
of ArmenTel’s shares) since 2004. In February he was appointed to the
post of Director of Commercial Directorate on trade with CIS countries,
"Vimpelkom" Open Joint Stock Company.
At the new post Kalgashkin will be responsible for application of
technologies, criteria and standards of quality of "Vimpelkom" mobile
communication in "ArmenTel", ensuring the accessibility of mobile
communication for the subscribers of "ArmenTel" throughout Armenia.
Under the direction of Kalgashkin a unique system of sales and
direct deliveries of express-paid cards was developed in Russia for
successful application of which he received "Achievement of Year"
award in 2005, says the press release of "ArmenTel" referring to
the General Director of "ArmenTel" Oleg Blizniuk. According to him,
the introduction of the new system allowed doubling the coverage of
circulation of the card on the territory of Russia within a year.
"Vimpelkom" Open Joint Stock Company (Bee Line trademark) is a
transnational company operating in Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Georgia. The total number of the company’s
subscribers reaches 54mln people. The principle shareholders are
Russian "Alfa Group" and Norwegian "Telenor" companies. The shares of
"Vimpelkom" have been rated at New-York Stock Exchange for 10 years.
Since April the company has been 100% owner of Armenian ArmenTel
telecommunication company with 608,500 subscribers of stationary
communication and 452,000 mobile subscribers as of the end of
2006.