Tuesday, October 30 2018 10:48

ArmInfo.Beeline Armenia employees participated in 2018 Global Digithon of VEON Group, held in Amsterdam. As the press service of the company told ArmInfo, the  event involved winning teams from regional stages of Digithon in 11  countries where the group is present. Global Digithon formed 9 teams,  composed of representatives from different countries, including 6  employees of Beeline Armenia.

According to the source, within Digithon the representatives of VEON  group of companies develop prototypes and relevant digital services.  Within 24 hours the teams elaborated their ideas and prepared  prototypes, presented to professional commission and partners.

3 winning teams were selected. Beeline Armenia representatives were  present in the composition of teams that took the first and third  places. Digital Ninjas, which became the winner of the first place,  will have the opportunity to visit Silicon Valley and leading tech  companies. The winners of the second and third places Eating Crackers  and Guardians of VEON will also receive prizes: visits to offices of  digital teams respectively in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

"VEON Group attaches special importance to constantly developing the  knowledge and skills, as well as discovering the potential of its  employees. I am convinced that the meeting with our partners from  various countries and elaboration of relevant and innovative  solutions will give a new impetus to the development of our employees  and the company as a whole. Definitely, I would like to mention the  main prize, which will help all of us understand secrets of success  in modern digital world," Beeline Armenia CEO Andrey Pyatakhin said.   To note, in Armenia, the local stage of Digithon took place in  September of this year in Hankavan. This year, 4 teams participated  in the Armenian stage of the corporate digital marathon. The main  topic of the competition was the monetization of data, which is a  pressing issue in the telecommunications sector. In accordance with  the rules of hackathons during Digithon, all the teams are assisted  by specially selected mentors - specialists of the company in the  field of IT, marketing and commerce. The purpose of this competition  is, on the one hand, to bring together employees from different  departments around a common task, and on the other, to develop new  ideas so that the company can provide its customers with even simpler  and more convenient services.

To recall, <VEON Armenia> CJSC (Beeline trademark) is a part of VEON,  one of the world's largest integrated telecommunications services  operators. VEON includes communication companies providing voice  communication and data transfer services on the basis of a wide range  of wireless and fixed communications, as well as broadband Internet  access. The company has more than 200 million subscribers in Russia,  Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan,  Laos, Algeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan. VEON provides services under  the brands "Beeline", "Kyivstar>, <Wind>, <Mobilink>, <Banglalink>  and <Djezzy>.