Earlier, additional fees in Crimea were voluntarily cancelled
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 3:57 pm
Leading analyst of Mobile Research Group Eldar Murtazin spoke in defense of telecom operators: "MTS and MegaFon cannot cancel the additional fee, since they do not have networks in Crimea. Crimean operators are separate legal entities with which the big four have roaming agreements. At the same time, Crimean operators set prohibitive prices. Therefore, the conditions that exist are essentially the conditions of Crimean operators. And this is a normal market bahamas whatsapp resourcemechanism. Why the FAS is trying to manually manage these mechanisms is not entirely clear. The agency is engaged in populism, which is breaking the telecom market. After all, our country does not have a planned economy. There are private companies that work with other private companies. And the FAS cannot change the existing prohibitive tariffs."
Denis Kuskov, CEO of TelecomDaily LLC, spoke about the general situation related to the recent tariff increases: "If we talk about tariff increases, this is related to various problems that operators have and the inflation rate, which allows tariffs to be increased within 10%, no matter how much the FAS is against it. All goods and services become more expensive during the year by a greater percentage than the tariffs of telecom operators. Therefore, I do not see a big problem here."
"The telecom market is already living on a starvation diet. Operators are raising tariffs no higher than the inflation rate. In 2024, tariffs increased by an average of 8% and only for some subscribers. This only happens once a year. At the same time, underfunding of the industry is growing critically. Networks will start to crumble around the summer of 2025, because there is no way to invest in them as much as is actually needed," added Eldar Murtazin.
by T2 Mobile LLC (T2) and VTB Mobile LLC, as well as Crimean operators K-Telecom LLC and KTK-Telecom LLC.
"T2 abolished the additional fee for using communication services in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol on October 8, 2024. During the stay of subscribers in the southern regions of Russia, minutes and gigabytes are now charged as at home. They are spent from the package or paid for according to the standard terms of the tariff plan. Upon arrival in Crimea and Sevastopol, the subscriber is automatically registered in the Miranda operator network," said a representative of the T2 press service.
"Since September 15, VTB Mobile has become the first Russian MVNO operator to cancel roaming in Crimea and Sevastopol. Now, clients who are in these regions are automatically registered in the network of the local operator Miranda and can use communication services under the same conditions as in their home region, without additional surcharges," Alexey Chernetsov, CEO of VTB Mobile LLC, told a ComNews correspondent.
Denis Kuskov, CEO of TelecomDaily LLC, spoke about the general situation related to the recent tariff increases: "If we talk about tariff increases, this is related to various problems that operators have and the inflation rate, which allows tariffs to be increased within 10%, no matter how much the FAS is against it. All goods and services become more expensive during the year by a greater percentage than the tariffs of telecom operators. Therefore, I do not see a big problem here."
"The telecom market is already living on a starvation diet. Operators are raising tariffs no higher than the inflation rate. In 2024, tariffs increased by an average of 8% and only for some subscribers. This only happens once a year. At the same time, underfunding of the industry is growing critically. Networks will start to crumble around the summer of 2025, because there is no way to invest in them as much as is actually needed," added Eldar Murtazin.
by T2 Mobile LLC (T2) and VTB Mobile LLC, as well as Crimean operators K-Telecom LLC and KTK-Telecom LLC.
"T2 abolished the additional fee for using communication services in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol on October 8, 2024. During the stay of subscribers in the southern regions of Russia, minutes and gigabytes are now charged as at home. They are spent from the package or paid for according to the standard terms of the tariff plan. Upon arrival in Crimea and Sevastopol, the subscriber is automatically registered in the Miranda operator network," said a representative of the T2 press service.
"Since September 15, VTB Mobile has become the first Russian MVNO operator to cancel roaming in Crimea and Sevastopol. Now, clients who are in these regions are automatically registered in the network of the local operator Miranda and can use communication services under the same conditions as in their home region, without additional surcharges," Alexey Chernetsov, CEO of VTB Mobile LLC, told a ComNews correspondent.