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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED BETWEEN VIVACELL-MTS AND FOUR ARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Noyan Tapan
19.10.2011
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in the frames of the
VivaCell-MTS Career Development Program the objective of which is to
create continuous connection between business and higher education
VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of "Mobile TeleSystems" OJSC, is glad
to announce that at VivaCell-MTS Headquarters a Memorandum of
Understanding was signed between the Company, represented by its
General Manager Ralph Yirikian and four more educational institutions
of Armenia, represented by their respective Presidents such as:
Junior Achievements of Armenia (JAA), International Accountancy
Training Center (IATC), Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute after
M. Nalbandyan, IAB Center.
For over three years, the VivaCell-MTS General Manager has been
a guest lecturer in universities in Armenia. Ralph Yirikian has
extended his visits to meet with students, graduates and faculty
members in the regions of Armenia and Yerevan, with the purpose to
share the Company's success as a leader in Corporate Responsibility,
management culture, successful strategy of business development,
technical development of network, marketing strategy, etc. However,
the support of VivaCell-MTS to higher educational institutions in
Armenia is not limited to one-time lectures. In order to create
continuous connection between business and higher education,
VivaCell-MTS developed the Career Development Program initiative.
"The realization of the importance of passing the accumulated
experience to the younger generation became for us a motivation to
create the Career Development Program. In the frames of this program we
cooperate not only with Yerevan-based higher educational institutions
and educational centers but with regional ones as well.
We have already hosted a lot of interns at different departments of
our Company and our staff is lecturing at the universities. This
will help meet the needs of the job market and help the Armenian
youth stay and work in Armenia. The Memorandum of Understanding that
we are signing today with another four educational institutions will
support more students with upgrading their capacity in the respective
spheres based on the demands of the job market", mentioned VivaCell-MTS
General Manager Ralph Yirikian.
The major directions of mutual cooperation outlined in the Memorandum,
are the following: organization of master's thesis internship
for graduate students in VivaCell-MTS, organization of practical
lectures for students delivered by the respective specialists of
the Company, implementation of joint scientific research, master's
thesis research and curriculum development projects jointly with
the faculty, involvement of the Company's specialists as Master's
thesis supervisors, etc. In addition, according to the Memorandum,
the universities' high-performing students will be given an opportunity
to get specialty internship in specific areas such as commercial law,
finance and accounting, marketing and sales, information technologies,
customer service, etc. In addition, students from regions will receive
a salary to help them cover living expenses in Yerevan.
VivaCell-MTS keeps on investing in the younger generation of Armenians
to assist them to achieve their professional goals, to develop and
to find their destination in life for the sake of a better future of
our motherland.
VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is Armenia's leading mobile operator,
having the widest 2G/ 3.5G network reach and spreading a wide range
of Voice and Data services all across Armenia. Having the best of
the Armenian people interest at heart since its launch on 1st July
2005 and in a short period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to build
a nationwide network and a considerable customer base. VivaCell-MTS
drives innovation and aims at always being at the forefront of any
development serving the Armenian mobile communications market. For
more information, visit www.vivacell.am
* * *
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the largest mobile phone operator
in Russia and the CIS. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company
services over 100 million subscribers. The regions of Russia, as well
as Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, in which
MTS and its associates and subsidiaries are licensed to provide GSM
services, have a total population of more than 230 million. Since
June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about MTS can
be found at www.mts.ru
Noyan Tapan
19.10.2011
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in the frames of the
VivaCell-MTS Career Development Program the objective of which is to
create continuous connection between business and higher education
VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of "Mobile TeleSystems" OJSC, is glad
to announce that at VivaCell-MTS Headquarters a Memorandum of
Understanding was signed between the Company, represented by its
General Manager Ralph Yirikian and four more educational institutions
of Armenia, represented by their respective Presidents such as:
Junior Achievements of Armenia (JAA), International Accountancy
Training Center (IATC), Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute after
M. Nalbandyan, IAB Center.
For over three years, the VivaCell-MTS General Manager has been
a guest lecturer in universities in Armenia. Ralph Yirikian has
extended his visits to meet with students, graduates and faculty
members in the regions of Armenia and Yerevan, with the purpose to
share the Company's success as a leader in Corporate Responsibility,
management culture, successful strategy of business development,
technical development of network, marketing strategy, etc. However,
the support of VivaCell-MTS to higher educational institutions in
Armenia is not limited to one-time lectures. In order to create
continuous connection between business and higher education,
VivaCell-MTS developed the Career Development Program initiative.
"The realization of the importance of passing the accumulated
experience to the younger generation became for us a motivation to
create the Career Development Program. In the frames of this program we
cooperate not only with Yerevan-based higher educational institutions
and educational centers but with regional ones as well.
We have already hosted a lot of interns at different departments of
our Company and our staff is lecturing at the universities. This
will help meet the needs of the job market and help the Armenian
youth stay and work in Armenia. The Memorandum of Understanding that
we are signing today with another four educational institutions will
support more students with upgrading their capacity in the respective
spheres based on the demands of the job market", mentioned VivaCell-MTS
General Manager Ralph Yirikian.
The major directions of mutual cooperation outlined in the Memorandum,
are the following: organization of master's thesis internship
for graduate students in VivaCell-MTS, organization of practical
lectures for students delivered by the respective specialists of
the Company, implementation of joint scientific research, master's
thesis research and curriculum development projects jointly with
the faculty, involvement of the Company's specialists as Master's
thesis supervisors, etc. In addition, according to the Memorandum,
the universities' high-performing students will be given an opportunity
to get specialty internship in specific areas such as commercial law,
finance and accounting, marketing and sales, information technologies,
customer service, etc. In addition, students from regions will receive
a salary to help them cover living expenses in Yerevan.
VivaCell-MTS keeps on investing in the younger generation of Armenians
to assist them to achieve their professional goals, to develop and
to find their destination in life for the sake of a better future of
our motherland.
VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is Armenia's leading mobile operator,
having the widest 2G/ 3.5G network reach and spreading a wide range
of Voice and Data services all across Armenia. Having the best of
the Armenian people interest at heart since its launch on 1st July
2005 and in a short period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to build
a nationwide network and a considerable customer base. VivaCell-MTS
drives innovation and aims at always being at the forefront of any
development serving the Armenian mobile communications market. For
more information, visit www.vivacell.am
* * *
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the largest mobile phone operator
in Russia and the CIS. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company
services over 100 million subscribers. The regions of Russia, as well
as Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, in which
MTS and its associates and subsidiaries are licensed to provide GSM
services, have a total population of more than 230 million. Since
June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about MTS can
be found at www.mts.ru