Armenia announced plans to offer third mobile license for the countryJuly 18, 2008 - 17:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's telecoms regulator, The Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) has announced plans to offer a third mobile license for the country, said Susanna TonoyanThe interested parties should file in applications within 10 days starting with July 19, 2008. Joining the tender will cost 10 thousand. There will be a reserve price of 10 million for the license and the winner will be required to invest a minimum of 200 million in the network rollout. The codes for the third network will be +374 (0) 55 and +374 (0) 95. If by the end of the first operation year the operator fails to distribute more than 60 per cent of the numbers, the PSRC is entitled to appropriate the unused ones, RBC reports. Armenia currently has two mobile networks, Armentel (majority owned by Russia's VimpelCom with Beeline trade mark) and VivaCell (majority owned by Russia's MTS). ArmenTel said last year that it had been granted a 3G license as well. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |