YEREVAN. – Armenia has proved to be a good starting point for innovative services of VimpelCom, Mr Mikhail Gerchuk, company’s CEO for the Eurasian region, told the media Friday in Yerevan.

Armenia was the first country where VimpelCom ventured with its first integrated mobile and fixed product, Neo. Afterwards, the corporation offered similar market offers in the Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

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The other new technology employed in Armenia was a low frequency LTE 450 connection band. This has proved to be a breakthrough for the regions of Armenia, which now have an increased access to broadband internet.

“Providing fast internet outside large cities has been a challenge. We are proud to say that Armenia has become just the 3rd country worldwide where this service was applied. Two previous cases had been in Scandinavia, which has extremely high standards and penetration of communication”, Gerchuk said.

VimpelCom is active in 14 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. It operates in Armenia through ArmenTel, its 100% subsidiary.