MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION: ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES NECESSARY FUNDS TO PUBLISH TENDER FOR THIRD MOBILE OPERATOR IN ARMENIA
ArmInfo
2008-06-23 12:49:00
Armenian Government allocates necessary funds to publish tender
for third mobile operator in Armenia, Minister of Transport and
Communication of Armenia Gurgen Sargsyan told media Monday.
He said the funds will be provided to one of the subjects that will
announce the tender. Afterwards, applications will be admitted within
10 days. The necessary packages of documents are to be prepared
within 90 days and submitted to the tender commission. The documents
are to be published in October. The minister said that both European
and Asian companies take interest in the tender including Iranian
companies. G. Sargsyan is sure that the tender will be transparent and
meeting international standards. ‘No one will be disappointed with
the selection of the third operator that will offer good quality,
good price and good image’, he said.
At present there are two mobile operators in the Armenian cellular
communication market: ArmenTel (trade mark Beeline) and VivaCell,
the subsidiary of the Russian Mobile TeleSystems (MTS). Earlier,
Russian Megafon Company representative told ArmInfo the company might
participate in the tender.