Belarus, Russia to continue applying reduced roaming tariffs until Dec 31, 2021
<p> MINSK, Jan 11 - PrimePress. The period of pilot application of reduced tariffs for roaming in Belarus and Russia has been extended until December 31, 2021, Russian RIA Novosti reports, citing Russian sources in the Russian telecom market. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarusian and Russian telecom operators lowered on November 1, 2020 the interconnect rate from $0.3 to $0.015 per minute on a trial basis, which reduced manifold the telecommunication costs for their clients. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, the agreement on the establishment of the Union State of Russia and Belarus was signed on December 8, 1999 in Moscow; by the 20th anniversary of the Union State a program for deeper integration was to be adopted. All in all, the parties are developing 31 draft sectoral road maps, including one on abolishing roaming between Belarus and Russia. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Belarus-Russia Union Treaty was signed on December 8, 1999 in Moscow. The adoption of a profound integration program was initially timed to the 20th anniversary of the Treaty. The parties are developing 31 draft roadmaps, including that on the abolition of roaming. </p> <p> </p> <p> The parties have been in roaming abolition talks for a few years now. They adopted a roadmap for the abolition of roaming in the Union State and a fraud prevention plan. The roadmap was approved by the telecom ministers of both countries in December 2019. The charges for incoming calls in roaming in the Union State was supposed to be abolished in or before September 2020. End </p>
2021-01-12
Primepress
Belarus, Russia to continue applying reduced roaming tariffs until Dec 31, 2021
MINSK, Jan 11 - PrimePress. The period of pilot application of reduced tariffs for roaming in Belarus and Russia has been extended until December 31, 2021, Russian RIA Novosti reports, citing Russian sources in the Russian telecom market.
Belarusian and Russian telecom operators lowered on November 1, 2020 the interconnect rate from $0.3 to $0.015 per minute on a trial basis, which reduced manifold the telecommunication costs for their clients.
As previously reported, the agreement on the establishment of the Union State of Russia and Belarus was signed on December 8, 1999 in Moscow; by the 20th anniversary of the Union State a program for deeper integration was to be adopted. All in all, the parties are developing 31 draft sectoral road maps, including one on abolishing roaming between Belarus and Russia.
The Belarus-Russia Union Treaty was signed on December 8, 1999 in Moscow. The adoption of a profound integration program was initially timed to the 20th anniversary of the Treaty. The parties are developing 31 draft roadmaps, including that on the abolition of roaming.
The parties have been in roaming abolition talks for a few years now. They adopted a roadmap for the abolition of roaming in the Union State and a fraud prevention plan. The roadmap was approved by the telecom ministers of both countries in December 2019. The charges for incoming calls in roaming in the Union State was supposed to be abolished in or before September 2020. End