INTERNATIONAL TENDER ON LICENSING THIRD MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATOR TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
ARKA
April 8, 2008
YEREVAN, April 8. /ARKA/. International tender on licensing the third
mobile telecommunication operator is to be announced before May 1,
2008, Armenian Public Services Regulatory Commission Chairman Robert
Nazaryan said on Tuesday at a press conference.
Nazaryan said that the results of the tender will be announced by
late August.
He said that preparation for the tender is under way now.
Earlier, Nazaryan said that the commission will start accepting
applications from license aspirants on May 1.
The application submission will last 90 days.
Nazaryan says the third mobile telecommunication operator will be
known no earlier than August or September while Andranik Manukyan,
the communication minister, who is the head of the tender commission,
says the results will be unveiled in June.
There are two mobile telecommunication operators – ArmenTel and
Vivacell – in Armenia now.