Belarus-Russia Union State to take final decision on roaming abolition in 2021 - Rapota
<p> MINSK, Feb 18 - PrimePress. The issue of abolishing roaming in the Union State of Belarus and Russia should be resolved in 2021, Secretary of State Grigory Rapota told reporters on 18 February. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The patience of the leaders of both countries is not unlimited. There was an assignment and it has to be fulfilled. So, I hope the appropriate impetus will be given this year and we will get the result, which we have declared,” Prime reports citing Rapota as saying. </p> <p> </p> <p> In general, he said, the parties are working quite dynamically, now telecom operators are conducting tests in the trial mode. </p> <p> </p> <p> “I think there will be movement on both sides here. Now these tests will show the operators themselves (communications – editor’s note) how they can cope with the situation in the new circumstances,” Rapota said. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, 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> The parties have been in roaming abolition talks for a few years now. They first 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. </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. End </p>
2021-02-19
Primepress
Belarus-Russia Union State to take final decision on roaming abolition in 2021 - Rapota
MINSK, Feb 18 - PrimePress. The issue of abolishing roaming in the Union State of Belarus and Russia should be resolved in 2021, Secretary of State Grigory Rapota told reporters on 18 February.
“The patience of the leaders of both countries is not unlimited. There was an assignment and it has to be fulfilled. So, I hope the appropriate impetus will be given this year and we will get the result, which we have declared,” Prime reports citing Rapota as saying.
In general, he said, the parties are working quite dynamically, now telecom operators are conducting tests in the trial mode.
“I think there will be movement on both sides here. Now these tests will show the operators themselves (communications – editor’s note) how they can cope with the situation in the new circumstances,” Rapota said.
As previously reported, 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.
The parties have been in roaming abolition talks for a few years now. They first 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.
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. End