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    ARMENIA PUTS THREE NAMES FORWARD FOR THIRD MOBILE LICENCE

    TeleGeography
    http://www.telegeography.co m/cu/article.php?article_id=24831&email=html
    S ept 1 2008
    DC

    Armenia's Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) has shortlisted
    three companies - France Telecom's Orange, Tele2 of Sweden and
    Ireland-based Blackrock Communications - for the country's third mobile
    operating licence. The Transport and Communication Ministry Press
    Secretary Susanna Tonoyan told local online news portal ArmInfo that
    the companies must now submit formal bids within the next 40 days and
    the winner of the auction will be announced after the bids have been
    assessed. Besides cellular services, the third licensee will also be
    granted rights to provide internet access and, in future, WiLL-based
    fixed telephony services. The Ministry said 17 companies initially
    requested bidding documents, although only six actually submitted bids:
    Orange, Blackrock and Tele2, plus V-Tel, Auroratel and PJ Engineering.

    The winning bidder will compete head-to-head with Armenia's two
    incumbent mobile operators, ArmenTel (Beeline), which is majority
    owned by Russia's VimpelCom, and K-Telecom, which trades under the
    brand name VivaCell and which is majority owned by Russia's MTS). In
    July this year the PSRC announced its timetable for the award of the
    third licence. At the time the head of the PSRC's telecoms division,
    Gevorg Gevorgian, said prospective wireless operators would have
    to offer to pay at least EUR10 million (USD16 million) for the
    GSM-900/1800 licence and invest a minimum EUR200 million in their
    network to launch the service.
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