French Orange offers highest price for Armenia’s third mobile operator license

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07.10.2008, 03:36

The winner of the tender for the third mobile operator in Armenia will be officially announced in three days, Gurgen Sargsyan, the RA Minister of Transport and Communications, stated at the briefing after unsealing tender packages of the three pretender c

YEREVAN, October 6. /ARKA/. The winner of the tender for the third mobile operator in Armenia will be officially announced in three days, Gurgen Sargsyan, the RA Minister of Transport and Communications, stated at the briefing after unsealing tender packages of the three pretender companies.

The Orange company (France Telecom main brand) offered the highest price for the GSM-license, €51.5mln, followed by M$A Tele2 AB (Sweden), €45.6mln, and CEO Blackrock Communication (England and Ireland), €31.66mln.

Minister Sargsyan stated the company with the highest price offer will be the winner.

The winner company will be licensed for ten days and will have to registered in Armenia until December 15 and then develop its infrastructure. The company will able to offer its services in Armenia in six months.

“Our previous experience showed us that a new operator’s accession into market contributes to cut in prices, increase of quality and expenditure of offered services,” said the Minister.

He noted the company with the second highest price offer for getting the license will become the tender winner if the first one does not pay the lump sum of the permanent license before the deadline.

Jean-Michel Serre, the Orange Director of International Business Development in Europe and Asia, stated the company is waiting for the final tender results to start its active works in Armenia.

Armenia announced a tender for the third mobile operator this July. 17 companies applied for the tender, but three companies preliminarily qualified – Orange (France Telecom, France), CEO Blackrock Communication (England and Ireland) and M$A Tele2 AB (Sweden).

Two mobile operators are currently working in Armenia – ArmenTell (VympelCom, the Beeline brand) and VivaCell-MTS (MTS). G. S. –0--

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