YEREVAN.- CIS business unit of VimpelCom Ltd. today announces that Sergey Zakuraev has been appointed as Director of mobile block in CJSC ArmenTel, providing services under Beeline brand in Armenia. Sergey’s appointment will take effect on January 14, 2013.

“Under his management Beeline Georgia continued strong growth and strengthen its market positions,” said Dmitry Kromsky, Head of the CIS business Unit of VimpelCom Ltd.

“In Armenia, the scale of our work opens even more opportunities for growth. According to the new strategy ArmenTel’s mobile business has been singled as a separate unit of the company in order to strengthen the focus on this segment. I am sure that Sergey’s experience gained in various business areas in four countries where Beeline operates, will have a positive influence on the development of wireless services in Armenia,” he added.

“Despite of the enormous amount of work done in order to improve the quality and availability of cellular services, infrastructure and customer service, we still have much things to do to gain the trust and confidence of our customers in Armenia. I am sure that with a clear focus on specific business segments we will be able to bring new ideas into the construction of service on a level with world standards,” Sergey Zakuraev.

CJSC ArmenTel (TM Beeline) is a part of VimpelCom group of companies. VimpelCom is one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunications services operators providing voice and data services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed technologies in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic and Canada.