ARMENTEL TO INTRODUCE NEW BILLING SYSTEM

Noyan Tapan
Jan 30, 2008

YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. ArmenTel company intends to introduce
a new payment system in late January, which will allow subscribers of
the postpaid mobile communication system to make on-line payments, the
company’s IT unit head Ruslan Shiryaev told reporters on January 29.

According to him, after the introduction of the new system, subscribers
will receive their bills and decipherments by electronic post. In 2008,
a new service will be introduced for post-payment subscribers of the
mobile system, thanks to which they can manage, via the Internet,
services provided to them, see decipherments and control expenses of
each mobile number. If necessary, the subscriber may enter the maximum
amount of the account determined by him/her, and the phone line will
be disconnected in case of exceeding this amount. In case of making
payments and paying the debt, the phone number will be automatically
reconnected – immediately after a payment has been made. The
introduction of a centralized billing system throughout Armenia will
allow to receive a united account for mobile and fixed-line phone
communication and Internet services in the near future.

The transfer to the new billing system will be made in the period
from January 31 to March 2. R. Shiryaev assured reporters that the
new system’s introduction will not cause any inconvenience for mobile
communication subscribers. "The only problem that subscribers of the
indicated system may encounter is delay in receiving information about
the payments made," he said. In order to avoid phone disconnection
because of such delay, R. Shiryaev advised subscribers to make payments
in advance.

In response to NT correspondent’s question, R. Shiryaev said that
the new payment system for fixed-line phone suscribers has already
been introduced, and subscribers may start receiving services by this
system within the next few months.