MegaFon, Orange Armenia announce start of strategic partnership
Today Orange Armenia, subsidiary of France Telecom, together with MegaFon, one of the three largest Russian operators announced the start of a strategic partnership between two companies at a press conference in Yerevan.
Thanks to this new partnership Orange customers will benefit from unprecedented tariffs when roaming in Russia. In particular, when using the roaming service in MegaFon network, Orange Armenia customers will make and receive calls to and from Orange Armenia and MegaFon customers at only 30 AMD/minute fantastic rate.
Bruno Duthoit, Orange Armenia CEO, said: « Orange is a powerful international player, and we are keen to provide our customers with the best deals not only in Armenia, but also in roaming, specially for those countries they travel the most. Russia is one of the most popular destinations for Armenians, and we are happy today to offer the same tariff as for local calls in Armenia. Many Armenians, when they go to Russia, buy a SIM card of a local operator which generally has a very short lifetime, from several days to several weeks. From now on, our customers will not need it and when leaving to Russia, they will feel themselves almost like home.»
Konstantin Solodukhin, Deputy CEO for Development of National and International Long-Distance Communications, said on this occasion: «For operators, the main factor for a successful roaming policy is having effective relationships with foreign partners, which will allow us to offer low rates for using mobile services abroad. I am glad to announce this new achievement - the start of a mutually beneficial cooperation with Orange Armenia".
On MegaFon network Orange Armenia customers will have other advantages as well. The minute rate for all other incoming calls and for outgoing calls to other Russian operators will be 60 AMD, while calls to other operators' customers in Armenia will be charged at 120 AMD/min. Orange Armenia customers will also have an exclusive tariff for GPRS roaming: only 90 AMD/MB.
The exclusive roaming rates are available from April 1 to June 30.
