A few dozen years ago, the units had a mobile phone, it looked like a huge box with an antenna, and it caught communication only on hills. Now it seems like a utopia, because many can not imagine their life without cellular communications and mobile phones.
Doing business, communicating with relatives from other cities and countries, quickly accessing the Internet is what becomes possible with a telephone and a good mobile operator. Many companies operate in Russia, however there are those that have gained great popularity and audience.
Beeline
One of the best mobile operators in Russia was Beeline, a brand of VimpelCom JSC, which began operations in 1992.
Today, the operator has more than 235 million subscribers, Beeline catches all over the country, including in sparsely populated territories, for example, on the Commander Islands.
The company's goal is to facilitate the lives of its subscribers by combining several mobile services, such as: Internet on the phone and at home, SMS, voice, mobile and home TV. Oddly enough, but Beeline was able to combine everything into a single tariff, available for use by several subscribers (family tariff plan). Depending on the volume of packages available, the cost also varies: “All in one 2” costs 550 rubles per month, and “All in one 4” costs 1,500 thousand rubles.
"Megaphone"
In 1993, the company appeared North-West GSM, which has become the largest mobile operator in Russia with a subscriber audience of more than 76 million people, covering all regions of the country, in Abkhazia, Tajikistan, South Ossetia.
The developed tariffs provide for different requests of modern subscribers.
- Tariff “Turn on! Watch ”- this is an active use of the YouTube site (20 GB), daily viewing of 50 TV channels, as a monthly bonus,“ Megaphone ”gives you the opportunity to watch 4 films for free; 15 GB can be spent on any services, unlimited calls to the numbers of Megafon subscribers. Subscription fee - 800 rubles per month.
- Tariff “Turn on! Communicate ”is convenient for those who spend a lot of time on social networks, it costs only 450 rubles a month. Unlimited Internet traffic is sent to Viber, WhatsApp, eMotion instant messengers, VKontakte, Facebook, and Odnoklassniki messengers, there are no restrictions on calls within the network, and 650 minutes to Russian numbers.
- "Turn on! Listen!" - Tariff calculated for music lovers. It includes unlimited use of music services, as well as instant messengers; 10 GB of traffic for other services and 350 minutes of conversations within the network. Cost: 420 rubles per month.
Similar tariffs, designed for various subscriber needs: “Turn on! Speak "," Turn on! Write! "," Turn on! Premium ".
Megafon is a mobile operator in Russia, developing convenient tariff plans for different categories of users.
MTS
This mobile operator began its history in 1993. Few people know that MTS stands for Mobile TeleSystems. The company is publicly controlled.
The mobile operator works not only in Russia, but also in Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkmenistan. In total, more than 110 million people are MTS subscribers.
In addition to providing communication services, the company is engaged in retail trade in specialized mobile devices and accessories, and also conducts financial and banking operations for customers.
In order for communication to be at the highest level, the operator began laying his own fiber-optic communication lines, the length has already reached 213 thousand kilometers.
The company pays special attention to the device in which mobile communications will be used, since it has long been known that phone and tablet consume service packages in different ways.
For phones and smartphones, the optimal tariffs will be:
- ULTRA;
- "Secondary";
- Super MTS.
For computers and tablets:
- MTS Tablet;
- MTS Connect-4.
The tariff “Smart device” is designed for specialized devices: alarms, smart homes or smart-watches.
"Tele 2"
Tele2 is a mobile operator in Russia operating in 65 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. About 40 million subscribers daily use the services and options provided by the company.
One of the features of Tele2 is the active promotion of online sales through online stores. The main focus is on devices and smartphones.
This operator is one of the few that has a moderate pricing policy, especially with regard to Internet services.
The most popular tariff today is “My Tele2”, which includes 8 GB of Internet access to third-party sites, unlimited use of instant messengers and social networks, unlimited calls within the network throughout Russia, daily payment - 10 rubles per day.
Yota
The rating of mobile operators in Russia is completed, perhaps, by the fastest growing modern brand - Yota. In 2007, the company began its existence, and in 2008 Scartep LLC (the official name of the company) has already begun installing WiMAX data transmission equipment, a technology new to Russia.
Yota is the first company to install equipment for 4G transmission of Internet connection. Today, Yota is a virtual wireless operator, which is controlled through the application on the phone.
The company is only gaining momentum in the country, but the convenience of use, the ability to create the most convenient tariff attract more and more subscribers. Everyone has the right to independently choose the number of minutes of calls and the size of Internet traffic, depending on this, the individual monthly payment will be calculated.