ARMENIA TO OFFER A 3RD GSM LICENSE

Cellular-News
March 28 2008
UK

Armenia is expected to launch a tender for the country’s third GSM
license this coming May – reports local newspaper, Panorama. The
newspaper reports that the the tender details are still being
confirmed, but will include spectrum in both the GSM900 and GSM1800
bands.

According to some rumors cited by the newspaper, the tender results
will be announced in August and Russia’s Megafon is likely to win
the tender – which rather suggests that it might not be an open
competition.

Armenia currently has two mobile networks, Armentel (majority owned
by Russia’s VimpelCom) and VivaCell (majority owned by Russia’s MTS).

Figures from the Mobile World show that the country ended last year
with a shade under 3 million subscribers – representing a population
penetration level of 61%.