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Orange Armenia breaks 100k subscriber barrier
http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.p hp?article_id=31281&email=html
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Armenian mobile start-up Orange Armenia, part of the France Telecom
(Orange) group, has announced the signing of its 100,000th customer,
barely a month after launching services in the country on 5
November. In a statement, the company said it would welcome Ejmiatsin
resident Veronika Arustamyan, who bought the 100,000th SIM card, to
its head office on 9 December.
According to TeleGeography's GlobalComms Database, Orange launched
cellular services in the Republic of Armenia promising to provide
mobile users across the country with `the quality of service and
innovative offers that have become the hallmark of Orange's reputation
worldwide'. The launch of the country's third mobile operator - the
market is currently a duopoly of VivaCell-MTS and ArmenTel (Beeline) -
has been eagerly anticipated since Orange was awarded its licence on
19 November 2008. In its press release, the Paris-based firm said that
despite the relatively high penetration rate in the country (83.8% at
30 September according to TeleGeography's GlobalComms Database), there
is strong demand for its services. With a population of around 3.2
million people, including 1.1 million in the capital Yerevan, Armenia
offers the FT group `significant growth potential', it said. In order
to get the service off the ground, Orange has invested around EUR100
million (USD148.5 million) in the land-locked country, and going
forward it intends to provide the necessary expertise and investment
to ensure the development of a `high-quality 2G and 3G+ network
offering nationwide coverage'. It had population coverage of over 80%,
including around 500 towns and villages, at launch.
http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.p hp?article_id=31281&email=html
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Armenian mobile start-up Orange Armenia, part of the France Telecom
(Orange) group, has announced the signing of its 100,000th customer,
barely a month after launching services in the country on 5
November. In a statement, the company said it would welcome Ejmiatsin
resident Veronika Arustamyan, who bought the 100,000th SIM card, to
its head office on 9 December.
According to TeleGeography's GlobalComms Database, Orange launched
cellular services in the Republic of Armenia promising to provide
mobile users across the country with `the quality of service and
innovative offers that have become the hallmark of Orange's reputation
worldwide'. The launch of the country's third mobile operator - the
market is currently a duopoly of VivaCell-MTS and ArmenTel (Beeline) -
has been eagerly anticipated since Orange was awarded its licence on
19 November 2008. In its press release, the Paris-based firm said that
despite the relatively high penetration rate in the country (83.8% at
30 September according to TeleGeography's GlobalComms Database), there
is strong demand for its services. With a population of around 3.2
million people, including 1.1 million in the capital Yerevan, Armenia
offers the FT group `significant growth potential', it said. In order
to get the service off the ground, Orange has invested around EUR100
million (USD148.5 million) in the land-locked country, and going
forward it intends to provide the necessary expertise and investment
to ensure the development of a `high-quality 2G and 3G+ network
offering nationwide coverage'. It had population coverage of over 80%,
including around 500 towns and villages, at launch.