8 TELECOMS COMPANIES OF ARMENIA GRANTED FIXED TELEPHONY CODES

ArmInfo
2009-02-25 19:26:00

ArmInfo. 8 telecoms companies of Armenia have been granted fixed
telephony codes

The companies are: Icon Communications (6030, 6031, 6032, 6033,
6034), Cornet-AM (6021, 6022, 6023, 6024, 6025, 6026), Arminco (6027),
Dzoraghbyur-Hamalir (6028), Bionet (6029), Hi-tech gateway Inc. (6035),
Softlink (6020) and Web (6036).

The code will be followed by 4 more symbols – thus each code can have
10,000 numbers. The codes will be valid till 2017. The code can be
cancelled if its holder has used less than 60% of its numbers during
the first year.

"We ar glad that now we can work on a new marker," says Vice President
of Web company Kolya Hovhannissyan. He explains that the network
service license allows providing fixed telephony services.

So, they paid no money for the codes. All they have to buy now is
switchboard.

The only operator of fixed telephony in Armenia is ArmenTel, subsidiary
of VimpelCom (Russia). In the third quarter of 2008 the profit of
ArmenTel’s fixed telephony network totalled $37.2mln against $38.3mln
in the second quarter.