Benoît Scheen, Executive Vice President of FranceTelecom Europe, is in Armenia for the first time to get acquainted with Orange Armenia staff and the results of Orange Armenia for the year 2011, as well as to discuss plans for the year 2012. 

At a press conference, Benoît Scheen said: “I’m happy to be in Armenia, which is the most eastern country of FT footprint and which has a small, but very dynamic market. I’m glad to see that Orange in Armenia has the same “look and feel” as in other European countries and in its business is guided by European values, I would say Orange values. Armenia is a very important country in Orange footprint and 186 mln Euro pure CAPEX investments made only in three years stand for this. Orange Armenia is also largely involved in the social and cultural life of Armenia, which reflects our commitment to the country, where we develop our business activity.”

Speaking about the plans for the new year, he stated that the company would continue driving customer satisfaction and loyalty through service and care, it would also implement new services to boost usage of multimedia and mobile internet. Benoît Scheen also said that he was happy to be in Armenia on the next day after commercial launch of up to 42 Mb/sec speed offer, which is a technologiacal big advance not only in the region, but in all Orange footprint as well.

On the second half of the day Benoît Scheen will meet with RA Transport and Communication Minister Manuk Vardanyan, RA Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan and RA Public Services Regulatory Commission Chairman Robert Nazaryan.