FRANCE TELECOM’S ARMENIAN UNIT LAUNCHES GSM MOBILE OPERATIONS

Prime-Tass English-language Business Newswire
November 5, 2009 Thursday 5:40 PM EET
Russia

France Telecom’s Armenian subsidiary Orange Armenia has launched
commercial operations of its GSM mobile network, representatives of
the operator told reporters Thursday.

The operator received a 15-year license for mobile services in
November 2008.

Orange Armenia plans also in 2010 to launch a third generation (3G)
mobile network in Armenia.

France Telecom plans to invest in total 150 million euros in Armenia
in 2009-2011.

Armenia’s two other GSM operators, ArmenTel and K-Telecom, are
subsidiaries of Russia’s VimpelCom and MTS, respectively.