Kyivstar reports strong increase in roaming
Subscribers of the operator using roaming services in EU states formed 85 percent of all roaming users. The increase in subscribers using roaming services in the EU grew by 33 percent.
In the second quarter of 2018, subscribers of Kyivstar in roaming – roamers – even more actively used the mobile Internet during their stay abroad. On average, one user subscriber spent 520 Mb in roaming.
“Ukrainians are no longer afraid of roaming! They not only call their relatives or friends while traveling, but also actively use the mobile Internet. Since 2016, when we reviewed tariffs and offered new more favorable tariff terms for users, the consumption of mobile Internet in roaming increased more than 15 times. All that our subscribers need for comfortable use of mobile Internet – to replenish the account before the trip “,
– comments Pavel Daniman, marketing director of Kyivstar.
The steadily increasing number of subscribers who use mobile Internet in roaming, and the overall growth of data traffic allow the operator to offer subscribers new conditions. In particular, since June this year, the exchange of text messages in popular Viber and WhatsApp applications for Kyivstar subscribers – without the tariffing of mobile Internet in 95 countries of the world.
To take advantage of advantageous conditions in roaming, subscribers only need to replenish their accounts before the trip. They no longer need to order additional services or make any adjustments because roaming will be automatically connected.
In total, Kyivstar provides international roaming services on 5 continents, in 195 countries around the world at affordable rates: calls from 2 UAH per minute (package 15 minutes for 30 UAH per day), Internet from 0.35 UAH per megabyte (package 100 MB costing 35 UAH per day of use), SMS – from 1.00 UAH (package 25 SMS cost 25 UAH per day).