OREANDA-NEWS. February 26, 2010. MegaFon becomes the General Partner of ХХVII World Summer Student Games in 2013.

The meeting has been conducted between Rustam Minnikhanov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee, 2013 World Summer Student Games in Kazan and Sergey Soldatenkov, CEO, OJSC "MegaFon" in the course of preparation for large-scale global sport event - 2013 Student Games. The outcome of the meeting was signing of the agreement under which MegaFon received the "General partner” status. It also became the official mobile operator of XXVII 2013 World Summer Student Games in Kazan.

“Student Games – world student sport event number two after Olympics. Student Games were held in Russia only once – during the summer of 1973 in Moscow. It is a great honor for the Republic of Tatarstan to host such event” – said Rustam Minnikhanov.

Major sport events such as Student Games - is the country's prestige, the idea that unites all Russians. Therefore, we’ve been actively supporting Russia's sport for many years. In 2009 MegaFon became the general partner of 2014 Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi. Today we signed an agreement for Student Games. The status of the "Official mobile operator - is a big responsibility to ensure best quality communication services. We shall provide participants and guests of the Student Games with an access to the most advanced and innovative technologies " - said Sergey Soldatenkov.

MegaFon starts preparation for the ХХVII World 2013 Student Games in Kazan already today.