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    ARMENTEL GETS NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL

    ARKA
    May 20, 2008

    YEREVAN, May 20. /ARKA/. Neicho Velichkov has been appointed Director
    General of the ArmenTel telecommunication company (Beeline brand). The
    post has remained vacant since Oleg Bliznyuk resigned early in 2008.

    "The ArmenTel Company is an important component of our business
    and in many respects it determines the development strategy of
    the VimpelCom Company in other countries," said Dmitry Pleskonos,
    VimpelCom Executive Vice-President for Business Development in the
    Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

    He said that the company is licenses to provide all types of
    communication services in Armenia and, in selecting a candidate for
    the post of ArmenTel Director General, the company considered Neicho
    Velichkov's wide and successful management experience.

    "I am sure that his knowledge will help the company effectively
    accomplish the tasks of introducing advanced telecommunication
    technologies and consolidate its leading positions in communication
    services," Pleskonos said.

    In his turn, Velichkov expressed his willingness to join the VimpelCom
    team and head the ArmenTel Company, one of the largest companies
    in Armenia.

    Among the company's main goals are a the development of the Beeline
    brand in the country, launching of services using a network of the 3rd
    generation, convergent services, as well as improvement of the quality
    of services, he said. If the company succeeds, it will certainly enjoy
    popularity as a leading service company in Armenia, Velichkov said.

    Neicho Velichkov was born in Sophia, Bulgaria, on September
    27, 1961. In 1990, he graduated from Moscow State Institute of
    International Relations.

    In 2001, he received a MBA degree at the University of Seattle,
    USA. In 2007, he received a management and leadership certificate at
    the Technological Institute of Massachusetts, USA.

    Neicho Velichkov has been working in the telecommunication field
    since 2001.

    He worked as Corporate Sales Manager for the MobilTel Company,
    Bulgaria.

    Over the last three years Velichkov has been Sales and Business
    Marketing Manager for Bulgarian Telecommunication Company.

    Among Velichkov's achievements is successful promotion of new
    communication services, such as convergent services, GSM Gateway,
    VoIP solutions, GSM POS terminal, mobile VPN.
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