ARMENTEL COMPANY PROVIDES NEW NUMBERS IN ARMENIA
ARKA News Agency
Jan 23 2008
Armenia
YEREVAN, January 23. /ARKA/. The ArmenTel telecommunication company
has started providing telephone numbers with new area codes – 099.
"The ArmenTel Company is happy to inform that, to meet the demand
for mobile telephone numbers, it plans to start proving new mobile
telephone numbers with the area code 099," reports ArmenTel’s press
service.
In December 2007, the RA Public Service Regulatory Commission approved
the provision of area codes to two mobile communication operators.
The K-Telecom Company (VivaCell brand) will have the area codes 93
and 94, and the ArmenTel Company 91 and 99 instead of the previous 92.
Two mobile communication companies are operating on Armenia’s market –
ArmenTel, fully owned by the VympelCom (Russia), and VivaCell, with
the MTS (Russia) holding its control stock.