Tele2 Russia informs about the launch of the “Near Abroad” service for individuals and corporate clients. From July 27, 2022, users of My Tele2 tariff plans open for connection, as well as Premium, Black, Game, Classic (per second), My Business S, My Business M tariffs will have access to a new service “Near Abroad”. tele2 russia calls

Customers who have activated the service will be able to call Uzbekistan and South Ossetia at a price of 5 rubles per minute, to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan – 10 rubles, to Turkmenistan – 15 rubles, to Abkhazia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – 20 rubles. The subscription fee for using the service will be 100 rubles per month.

Also, from the above date, the “Calls to Uzbekistan” service for individuals will be renamed to “Calls to Uzbekistan 07_2022” and closed for new connections without changing the parameters.

Tele2 customers can use Wi-Fi in the subway without ads tele2 russia calls

Tele2 offers its customers to use the new Wi-Fi in the Metro service on favorable terms. To access Wi-Fi, passengers simply need to dial *116*453*1# on their mobile phone. You can connect the service to any tariff. Its cost will be 249 rubles per month. Customers will enjoy the Internet without ads. The service is provided on the infrastructure of the MaximaTelecom partner.

The growth in mobile traffic consumption in the Moscow metro is increasing: in the first half of 2022, Tele2 customers downloaded 52% more traffic here than in the same period a year earlier. Metro passengers watch streaming video, play online games, listen to music, audiobooks and podcasts. On the subway, users watch someone else’s content 16 times more than they post their own. The company predicts that the new service will be popular among subscribers.

Andrey Kopytko, Director of the Department for the Development of Content Services and Mobile Information at Tele2:

“Many people are used to connecting to a Wi-Fi point at home, office, restaurant, hotel, fitness center and other places – this allows you to save personal traffic in a package plan. With the new service, users will enjoy high content download speeds and a seamless connection at stations and subway cars. We offer this solution to our clients jointly with MaximaTelecom. Our partner has extensive expertise in the implementation of infrastructure projects for the digitalization of public transport and in the development of urban Wi-Fi networks.”

According to the statistics of TMT Consulting agency, in 2021 the Russian market of public Wi-Fi networks showed growth. The number of access points increased by 3.7% to 185.7 thousand, the revenue of operators grew by 2.8% year-on-year to 5.3 billion rubles. The largest player in terms of market volume was the provider “MaximaTelecom” with a market share of 36%. Along with user services, the operator’s network provides the operation of metro technological solutions.

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