Orange enters the new 2011 year with half a million customers

Mobile operator Orange Armenia has announced, that it is concluding its first year of operations in Armenia with 500,000 active customers.

Bruno Duthoit, Orange Armenia CEO, said: «2010 was a very important year for us: this was the first full year of operations. The year of 2010 was a year of a lot of innovations, new offers, extension of the coverage, construction of the customer base and investments. We are happy and proud of these achievements that are the result of the devoted and enthusiastic work of the whole Orange team. We thank all our customers who have trusted us and are with us, in the same time we want to ensure that Orange will continue being their caring friend».

Orange Armenia, 100% subsidiary of France Telecom, launched its mobile voice and internet services on November 5, 2009 on the whole territory of the Republic of Armenia.

During 2009, 140 million dollars have been invested in Armenia, some 50 million dollars will be invested till the end of 2010, and now the company provides a full range of voice and data services in 600 cities and villages of Armenia. Orange has a wide 3G+ network and claims to cover more than 93% of the population.

Within the short period of operation Orange has leaded a range of innovations in the country, such as HD voice, which made Armenia the second country in the world having this technology. In Armenia Orange has also stimulated the market of smartphones, being the first to officially introduce iPhone.