VivaCell-MTS to introduce HTC smartphones in Armenia

April 9, 2010 – 19:57 AMT 14:57 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net –

VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, has announced
the closing of an agreement with HTC to introduce HTC smartphones,
featuring the innovative Android platform. The gadgets will be soon on
sale in VivaCell-MTS service centers across Armenia, the Company’s
press office reported.

With this new initiative of VivaCell-MTS on bringing HTC’s stylish new
smartphones to the Armenian market, VivaCell-MTS subscribers will be
provided with the latest mobile technologies for their business and
leisure. The introduction of the Android-powered handsets is the
result of a successful partnership between VivaCell-MTS and HTC, one
of the world’s leaders in mobile network technology and solutions for
the high technologies consumer market.

With a sleek design and compactness, the smartphone featuring the
Android platform for which it has come to be known, HTC smartphones
will enable a superior mobile internet experience, for which the
Android platform was designed, providing broad flexibility for
personalization via the application-rich Android Market. To be
available to Armenians soon, Android Market will allow quick and easy
downloading of games and applications utilizing VivaCell-MTS’ fast and
reliable 2G (GPRS/EDGE) and 3.5G (UMTS/HSPA) networks.

Besides, all HTC smart phones feature HTC Sense – a unique user
friendly interface. HTC Sense is a user experience focused on putting
people at the center by making phones work in a more simple and
natural way.

`Delivering innovative state-of-the-art technologies to its
subscribers is what VivaCell-MTS strives to achieve endlessly.
High-speed quality mobile internet experience is as well a priority
for VivaCell-MTS, so we are very excited to introduce Android-powered
smart phones in Armenia. With VivaCell-MTS’ extensive, high speed and
reliable 2G and 3.5G networks Armenians can enjoy a great Internet and
communications experience on their Android phones,’ VivaCell-MTS
General Manager Ralph Yirikian said.

`Android-based devices are designed to provide users with maximum
comfort and unprecedented opportunities that may be efficiently
implemented depending on Internet operation,’ said Andrey Kormiltsev,
Country Manager, HTC Russia and CIS. `Positioning HTC brand as a
leader at the market of Android-based devices, we cooperate with
`Mobile TeleSystems’, major mobile service provider. Bringing together
innovative HTC technologies and next-generation communications
standards, Android-based smartphones with personalized user interface
will deliver to Armenian users more than they may expect from their
mobile devices.’

The introduction of innovative mobile handsets helps VivaCell-MTS to
more widely open up all opportunities of mobile web for Armenian
subscribers. With Android-powered mobile phones third-party developers
are given a platform on which they can build the next wave of killer
applications.

Android-powered HTC handsets have a variety of powerful mobile
internet capabilities beginning with an Android-optimized Webkit
browser. They also feature the popular Google’ applications, Google
Maps’ and Google Search’ as well as favorites like YouTube’.