Alternative tariff plans of ArmenTel fixed network to be available on January 1

Yerevan/Mediamax/. Alternative tariff plans of ArmenTel fixed network which will be applied simultaneously with current ones will be available on January 1, 2012.

The Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of Armenia approved the tariff plans offered by the company today, Mediamax reports.

The plans suggest 2 new options for individuals and 1 new option for legal entities.

The first package meant for individuals suggests reduction of the number of free minutes for local in-network calls from AMD 360 to AMD 260 without changing the current monthly subscriber charge of AMD 1100. Instead, the cost of long-distance calls will be reduced 2-fold - to AMD 10 per minute. After the free minutes expire, the local in-network calls will cost AMD 7 per minute (instead of AMD5).

The second tariff plan meant for individuals suggests a subscriber charge of AMD 4000: 600 free minutes for local and long-distance in-network calls at a cost of AMD 7 per minute after the free minutes expire.

Legal entities will be offered a lower cost of long-distance in-network calls (AMD15 per minute instead of AMD 24) and a higher cost of local in-network calls instead (from AMD 5 to AMD 7 per minute). At the same time, the current subscriber charge (AMD 4800) and number of free minutes (360) will be unchanged.

The current tariffs for calls to subscribers of Armenian operators (AMD 36 per minute) and other fixed network operators (AMD 7 per minute) in all the offers will be unchanged.

Alternative tariff packages are optional and can be activated upon the subscriber’s written request.

As ArmenTel CEO Igor Klimko noted at the PSRC session today, the new tariff offers are conditioned by enhanced competition on Armenia’s fixed communication market where ArmenTel used to be the only player until recently.

Chairman of the Commission Robert Nazaryan welcomed the introduction of alternative tariff plans for the fixed network subscribers noting that new offers will interest mostly those living in the regions who often make long-distance calls.