THIRD MOBILE OPERATOR OF ARMENIA IS RECRUITING SPECIALISTS

ArmInfo
2009-01-09 04:08:00

ArmInfo. France Telecom, which was granted a mobile operator license
last year, is recruiting specialists for maintaining the network,
ensuring its power supply, concluding leasing and land purchase
contracts, reports Career Center company.

To remind, France Telecom will be the third mobile operator in Armenia
along with ArmenTel and VivaCell-MTS, the respective subsidiaries
of VimpelCom and MTS. For this purpose, that company has set up a
subsidiary – FTA Telecom. The license was granted in Nov 2008 for
which the company paid 51.5mln EUR. In 15 years France Telecom is
supposed to invest no less than 200mln EUR. In 2 years it is planning
to cover the whole territory of Yerevan, in 3 years – 200 villages and
85% of the territory along the roads connecting Armenia with Georgia
and Iran. In 3 years the company will start providing 3G services in
Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor.

To note, in late Sept 2008 Armentel had 784,000 subscribers,
VivaCell-MTS – 1.78mln. The population of Armenia is 3.2mln.