December 14, 2006 at 15:35MGTS will add calls to MTS
"Single number" - the name of the service that MGTS and MTS , the two "daughters" of "System", will begin to jointly provide from December 25, 2006, according to Prime-TASS . Subscribers who wish to take advantage of this convergent offer will be allocated a single number on a cellular and fixed-line network. They will be able to answer calls as it will be more convenient - from a mobile or fixed phone.
MGTS will use the numbering resource to provide the service. The MTS subscriber will be offered a SIM card with a number in which the last seven digits coincide with the digits of his fixed number in MGTS. Switching from one number to another will occur through forwarding, and a person will be able to receive all calls coming to his home and mobile phone.
The service is addressed only to subscribers of MGTS digital stations, of which about 40% are in the capital. At the same time, you can also use a laptop with a WiFi card and an IP phone as a subscriber device, according to Vzglyad . A call made from any of these devices will be defined as a call from a single number. The cost of the service has not yet been disclosed.
Thanks to cooperation with MGTS, the mobile operator will be able to attract new subscribers, as well as receive additional traffic from forwarded “home” calls, representatives of MTS explain. But MTS reacted with caution to the deadlines announced by the partner, saying that the exact launch date for the service has not yet been set.
“In fact, MTS anticipates an important milestone with this service - the combination of fixed-line and mobile services, popular in the Western mobile market, ” Kommersant saidiKS-Consulting Lead Analyst Konstantin Ankilov. MDM Bank analyst Elena Bazhenova, in turn, noted that one should not expect the popularity of this convergent offer in the near future, “because in order to use the service, the subscriber needs to change either a mobile or a fixed number”. However, she believes, the service can become popular with corporate clients.
MGTS will use the numbering resource to provide the service. The MTS subscriber will be offered a SIM card with a number in which the last seven digits coincide with the digits of his fixed number in MGTS. Switching from one number to another will occur through forwarding, and a person will be able to receive all calls coming to his home and mobile phone.
The service is addressed only to subscribers of MGTS digital stations, of which about 40% are in the capital. At the same time, you can also use a laptop with a WiFi card and an IP phone as a subscriber device, according to Vzglyad . A call made from any of these devices will be defined as a call from a single number. The cost of the service has not yet been disclosed.
Thanks to cooperation with MGTS, the mobile operator will be able to attract new subscribers, as well as receive additional traffic from forwarded “home” calls, representatives of MTS explain. But MTS reacted with caution to the deadlines announced by the partner, saying that the exact launch date for the service has not yet been set.
“In fact, MTS anticipates an important milestone with this service - the combination of fixed-line and mobile services, popular in the Western mobile market, ” Kommersant saidiKS-Consulting Lead Analyst Konstantin Ankilov. MDM Bank analyst Elena Bazhenova, in turn, noted that one should not expect the popularity of this convergent offer in the near future, “because in order to use the service, the subscriber needs to change either a mobile or a fixed number”. However, she believes, the service can become popular with corporate clients.