Armenia: la copertura

Cosa vogliono dire i numeri di Armenia

Contano due numeri e solo uno è quello che citano tutti. La velocità tipica, 43 Mbps, dice com'è un buon momento.

Il decimo percentile, 10 Mbps, è quello che vale la pena leggere. È la velocità nel decimo peggiore della giornata, quando la cella sopra la stazione è piena e tutti intorno a te ci sono dentro. Un paese con mediana alta e pavimento basso funziona benissimo, fino al momento in cui ti serve davvero.

Se il viaggio dipende da videochiamate o hotspot, pianifica sul dato delle ore di punta e non su quello tipico.

Cosa succede in Armenia quando la rete è congestionata

La congestione non è un guasto, è un martedì sera. La domanda è cosa può farci la tua eSIM, e per quasi tutte le eSIM da viaggio la risposta è niente: un accordo all'ingrosso per paese, una rete, e nessuna via d'uscita se non comprare una seconda eSIM da qualcun altro mentre sei in mezzo alla strada.

Qui il traffico Orbislo passa da Viva e Ucom. Quando la rete su cui sei peggiora ti spostiamo su un'altra, a metà viaggio, senza che tu lo chieda, e te lo diciamo dopo invece di interromperti sul momento.

Armenia: operatori mobili

• Viva Armenia: Viva, the largest operator, ended 2024 with 2.34 million active subscribers and 1.897 million internet subscribers. It reports 2G and 3G coverage of 99.8 percent of populated areas and 4G coverage of 99.6 percent.
• Viva ownership: The regulator approved the sale of all shares in Viva-MTS by a Cyprus subsidiary of Russia's MTS group to Cyprus based Fedilco Group in November 2023. In January 2024 Fedilco announced it would give the Armenian government 20 percent of the company at no cost.
• Team Telecom Armenia: Team Telecom Armenia holds licence No. 60 first issued in 1995 and extended to 3 March 2028. It launched Armenia's first GSM network in 1996, its first 3G network in 2008 and 4G in 2016.
• Team coverage: Team had about 26 percent of mobile subscribers at the end of 2023 and 1.05 million active users by June 2024. In July 2024 its 2G reached 98.2 percent of the population, 3G 96.2 percent and 4G only 74.1 percent, on 1,036 base stations.

Armenia: il 5G

• Team won two 700 MHz permits in March 2023, covering 713 to 733 MHz paired with 768 to 788 MHz, valid until March 2033. It committed to launch 5G in Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor.
• In April 2025 the regulator gave Viva the 2300 to 2400 MHz band for ten years for 2.5 billion drams. Viva must cover 98 percent of highways with mobile internet, at least 10 percent with 5G, and reach 60 percent 5G coverage in every urban community by year seven.
• Ucom completed its nationwide 5G rollout in November 2025, a year after starting, reaching 48 cities, hundreds of rural communities, the Yerevan to Dilijan highway and the Bagratashen, Bavra and Agarak border crossings. Dastakert is the only city left without it for technical reasons.
• By 2024 partial 5G ran in 29 urban and 19 rural settlements, including Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor. These networks are non standalone, sharing spectrum dynamically with 4G and using carrier aggregation.
• The 3600 to 3800 MHz range was freed for 5G on 6 August 2024 and handed to the regulator for tender. The planned conditions include 5G at Zvartnots, Gyumri and Kapan airports, at every border customs checkpoint and along 98 percent of interstate highways.

Armenia: note sulla rete

• 4G+ is available in all 1,002 settlements of Armenia. By 2024, 746 settlements had broadband from at least two operators and 516 from three or more.
• Regulator decisions No. 92 and No. 93 of 2024 oblige operators to publish detailed network access and geographic coverage data, including mobile broadband and 5G availability along interstate highways.
• SpaceX's Starlink was licensed to operate in Armenia in 2024 under regulator decision No. 384, which is expected to widen high speed internet access in remote and mountainous areas.
• Armenia's backbone reaches the global internet through four providers' fibre routes via Georgia, with a limited link through Iran mostly as backup. In January 2024 damage to incoming cables outside the country disrupted connections for two days.