NEWS.am issues joint press release of Orange Armenia and ArmenTel.

Orange Armenia CJSC (Orange) and ArmenTel CJSC (Beeline) signed an agreement on interconnection between their networks. The companies define the commercial and technical terms of interconnection of their two networks.

The two companies General Managers Bruno Duthoit (Orange) and Igor Klimko (Beeline) informed they would proceed to the technical testing of interconnection, underlining that the negotiations were held in the favorable environment. They expressed confidence in fruitful cooperation and effective competition in future as well.

Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators, providing Internet, television and mobile services. The Group had consolidated sales of 53.5 billion Euros in 2008 (25.5 billion euros in the first semester of 2009). On June 30, 2009 the Group had a customer base of 186 million customers in 30 countries, 124 million of which are mobile customers. France Telecom-Orange is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband internet services in Europe.

ArmenTel CJSC (Beeline trademark) is a member of Vimpelcom group of companies that provides fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Armenia. Vimplecom includes a number of mobile telephony operators in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Armenia. The licenses held by the group companies cover territories with 340 million of people. Vimpelcom OJSC is the first Russian company listed at New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The shares of the company are listed under VIP symbol.