DUSHANBE, June 8, 2009, Asia-Plus  -- Cellular operator offering telecommunications services in Tajikistan under the trademark of Beeline, limited liability company Tacom, has announced launch of new roaming services for its customers.

The cellular operator has singed direct roaming agreements with Swiss operator, Swisscom, and Kyrgyz operator, Sky Mobile, Ms. Marina Rozhkina, a spokesperson  for Tacom said.   

According to her, Tacom has significantly increased the number of direct roaming-partners in Europe, launching direct roaming with Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Among Tacom’s roaming-partners are also Thailand (operator True Move) and Iran (operator MTN Irancell).  Today, Tacom provides direct roaming in 50 countries of the world, the spokesperson said.

Tacom is licensed to provide cellular communication services in Tajikistan in the GSM-900/1800, UMTS, CDMA-450, and AMPS standards.  The second largest cell-phone operator in Russia, VimpelCom,   providing telecommunications services under the Beeline brand, now assumes the 80% ownership interest in Tacom.

The VimpelCom Group consists of telecommunications operators providing voice and data services through a range of wireless, fixed and broadband technologies. The Group includes companies operating in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia and Armenia as well as Vietnam and Cambodia, in territories with a total population of about 340 million.