VIVACELL-MTS TO STRENGTHEN POSITIONS ON 2009

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.01.2009 14:47 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems
OJSC, held a news conference presided by Company General Manager
Palph Yirikyan and the Head of MTS Foreign Subsidiaries’ Business
Unit, Vice President Oleg Raspopov to highlight the company’s major
accomplishments in 2008 and its plans for 2009.

"Armenia’s leading mobile operator maintained its position in 2008,
which was marked by a significant market share that reached more than
78 percent with over 2 million subscribers. The company extensively
increased the number of products and services and registered higher
volumes of sales. VivaCell-MTS became much closer to its customers
with its 95 service centers across the country including 2 flagships
offering 24/7 operation in Yerevan," Mr. Yirikyan said.

Emphasizing that challenges are leader’s best friend, he said that 2009
will be very challenging year on more than one level. "VivaCell-MTS is
ready and confident: our team is aligned and motivated, we have strong
position in the market, and we will continue to outperform having in
mind one objective, Customer Satisfaction," Mr. Yirikyan said.

"Core values unite us and will make us faster, more efficient,
more focused, more responsible, more transparent and closer to our
customers," he added. "VivaCell-MTS is closely aligning its business
performance with its commitments to society. For 2009 the company
adopted very rigorous, highly focused, corporate responsibility
programs: VivaCell-MTS to Children, VivaCell-MTS is Culture’s Friend
and VivaCell-MTS is Sports’ Partner."

He also stressed that the company is the republic’s major tax
payer. "In 2008 we replenished the national budget with 30.8 million
AMD. "Besides, our company has 1200 employees and this figure will not
decrease because of the global financial crisis," Mr. Yirikyan said.

For his part, Mr. Raspopov said that VivaCell-MTS is a success model
for healthy operations and will proceed on being as such. "The company
delivers top performance and excellent results. Even more competitive
services will be offered to the Armenian market in 2009 with the
launch of 3G network," he said.