VIVACELL TARIFFS PUBLISHED

PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 29 Karabakh Telecom, Armenia's second operator of mobile communications providing its services under VivaCell trade mark, published the tariffs for the services. VivaCell will provide two services - Alo (prepaid calling card system) and Classic (permanent subscription fee). With purchasing the Alo package for 7000 AMD ($15) the subscriber is offered the possibility of speaking for free to the sum of 3700 AMD with prepayment term of 60 days, identification of incoming calls, call divert, SMS, voicemail, multi party conference and international connection. The minute of conversation between the VivaCell subscribers will cost 90 AMD in rush hours (7 a.m.-11 p.m.) and 80 AMD from 11 p.m. to7 a.m. The minute of conversation with the subscribers of other mobile operators (in Armenia - Armentel) will cost 110 AMD and 90 respectively; with subscribers of stationary automatic telephone system -90 (80); with subscribers of Karabakh cellular communication - 110 (90); with subscribers of NKR stationary automatic telephone system -110 (90). VivaCell international tariffs are as follows: minute of conversation with Russia and Georgia will cost 235 AMD in rush hours (7 a.m.-11 p.m.) and 165 AMD from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.; with other CIS states and Baltic states 285 (200) AMD; with the US, Canada, Europe and Australia 430 (300) AMD; with Near East -350 (245) AMD. The subscriber will pay 20 AMD for local SMS and 55 for an international one. Prepaid cards can be purchased for the term of 20 up to 300 days. The prepaid cards for 20 days will cost 2000 AMD, for 55 days - 4500 AMD, for100 days- 7000 AMD, for 150 days - 9500 AMD and for 300 days -18000 AMD. Calls to the fire service (101), police (102), ambulance (103), gas service (104), emergency service (108) and hot line (111) will be free. Classic package connection will cost 4500 AMD plus 4000 AMD as monthly fee. With obtaining the package the subscriber is rendered the following services: Call Wait/Call Hold, Call Forward, Call Identification (CLIP), Call Identification Restriction (CLIR), Multi Party Conference, SMS, Call Barring, International Access, International Roaming, Data Transmission Service, Detailed Bill. The minute of conversation between Classic subscribers will cost 48 AMD in rush hours and 44 AMD in free hours; with other mobile operator (Armentel) - 55 (48) AMD, with subscribers of stationary automatic telephone system -48 (44); with subscribers of Karabakh cellular communication - 55 (48); with subscribers of NKR stationary automatic telephone system -55 (48). International tariffs and SMS of Classic system will be the same as that of the Alo. VivaCell will also render a service called "Happy Sunday" when all the calls between the company subscribers as well as the subscribers of the Armenian stationary automatic telephone system will make 44 AMD. Another package called "Corporate solution" provides for three types of service - Business, Business + and Optima. They suppose creation of closed groups of subscribers. A group can include 2-20, 21-100 and 100 and more lines. A minute of conversation between the group subscribers will cost 40 AMD for the first group, 38 AMD - for the second group and 36 - for the third group. A minute of conversation with other VivaCell subscribers will cost 46(42) AMD for Business, 44 (42) AMD for Business + and 42 (40) AMD for Optima package holders; with Armentel subscriber 52 (48) (Business + - 50 (48), Optima - 50 (48)); with Armenian stationary telephone automatic station subscribers 46 (42) (Business + - 44 (42), Optima - 42 (40)); with NKR stationary telephone automatic station subscribers -52 (48) (Business + - 50 (48), Optima - 50 (48)). Tariffs for international calls and and SMS do not vary. All the prices include the additional cost tax. It should be also noted that the high prices for international calls are conditioned by the fact that Armentel still hold monopoly for international outlet, IA Regnum reported.