OREANDA-NEWS. January 25, 2010. By virtue of the decision of Russia’s Federal Tariffs Service(FTS)new tariffs forlocal and intrazonal telephony services provided by OJSC VolgaTelecom are effective since February 01, 2010. The limit maximum tariffs were approved by Russia’s FTS Order No 274-с/1 of November 11, 2009. The approved tariffs are applicable both to subscribers – individuals and subscribers – legal entities. 

For the subscribers – individuals the tariff raising for providing a telephone line for use upon the average will amount to 10%, the fee for local telephony calls vs. the existing tariffs upon the whole for the Company will raise from 5% to 21% depending on the tariff plan.

For the subscribers – legal entities the tariff raising for providing a telephone line for use will amount to 7.1%, the fee for local telephony calls vs. the existing tariffs upon the whole for the Company will raise from 6.7% to 23.1% depending on the tariff plan.

In addition to tariffs change, since February 01, 2010 the basic volume of local telephony calls per month will be reduced for the subscribers using the tariff plan with the combined payment system:  

In the territory of Nizhny Novgorod oblast – from 370 to 350 minutes;

In the territories of Samara and Saratov oblasts – from 380 to 350 minutes;

In the territories of: Kirov, Penza, Ulyanovsk, Orenburg oblasts and Mariy-El Republic, Mordovia Republic, Udmurtia Republic and Chuvashia Republic – from 360 to 340 minutes.

Urban telephony network

Since February 01, 2010 the fee for a line and local telephony calls for the subscribers - individuals will be:

Branch

Line, RUB

Call, RUB

Time-based Billing System*

Time-based Billing System is not available

Time-based

Combined

Unlimited

Basic

Fee per a minute

Kirov

143

0.28/0.26**

94

0.26

200

94

Mariy-El Republic

143

0.28

94

0.26

200

94

Mordovia Republic

143

0.28/0.26**

94

0.26

200

94

Nizhny Novgorod

147

0.32

105

0.26

200

105

Orenburg

143

0.28

94

0.26

200

94

Penza

143

0.28

94

0.26

200

94

Samara

147

0.32

105

0.26

200

105

Saratov

147

0.32/0.27**

105

0.25

200

105

Udmurtia Republic

143

0.28

94

0.26

200

94

Ulyanovsk

143

0.28

94

0.26

200

94

Chuvashia Republic

143

0.28

94

0.26

200

94

Rural telephony network

Since February 01, 2010 the fee for a line and local telephony calls for the subscribers - individuals will be:

Branch

Line, RUB

Call, RUB

Time-based Billing System

Time-based Billing System is not available

Time-based

Combined

Unlimited

Basic

Fee per a minute

Kirov

129

0.20/0.18**

85

0.18

100

85

Mariy-El Republic

130

0.20

71

0.19

82

85

Mordovia Republic

129

0.23/0.20**

71

0.18

78

85

Nizhny Novgorod

147

0.28

80

0.24

87

80

Orenburg

135

0.20

74

0.17

85

89

Penza

129

0.20

70

0.18

78

85

Samara

134

0.23

74

0.17

86

94

Saratov

135

0.23/0.21**

75

0.18

115

95

Udmurtia Republic

130

0.20

68

0.18

85

85

Ulyanovsk

130

0.24

71

0.22

86

86

Chuvashia Republic

129

0.19

66

0.17

82

80

* Time-based Billing System

** - day-time/nighttime tariff

Furthermore, since February 01, 2010 all the Company’s branches introduce additional tariff plans for its local and intrazonal telephony services for the subscribers – individuals.

No

Service

Tariff, RUB (inclusive of VAT)

1.

Provision of intrazonal telephony call to a subscriber (user) of fixed-line telephony network for the unlimited volume of intrazonal telephony calls between the subscriber connected to local telephony network and located within the limits of the territory of the same constituent entity of the Russian Federation, per month

200

2.

Providing a subscriber for permanent use with a subscriber line of local and intrazonal call for the unlimited volume of local and intrazonal telephony calls between the subscriber connected to local telephony network and located within the limits of the territory of the same constituent entity of the Russian Federation, per month

419