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A representative of the press service of SberMobile reported that the agreement concluded between the two companies will in the future make mobile communications in the territory of Crimea, where roaming is available for subscribers of other Russian mobile communications providers, cheaper and more accessible for SberMobile clients.

Currently, a minute of russia whatsapp resource outgoing call costs a SberMobile client 3 rubles, and one MB of Internet 2 rubles, the same rates for outgoing calls in Gazprombank Mobile, and the Internet costs 190 rubles per day for the first 100 MB, and after their expiration, a fee of 3 rubles per MB is charged. T-Mobile offers clients Internet packages for 2 GB, 1 GB and 100 MB per month, week and day - for 1999 rubles, 1199 rubles and 149 rubles, respectively.

to register in the roaming network of partners, which increased the cost of communication services. Thanks to the new agreement, we will be able to offer tariffs in Crimea comparable to prices in other regions where SberMobile is present. Our specialists are currently working on the parameters of the product portfolio. The results of our economic calculations will become known together with the commercial launch of the network," a representative of the press service of the virtual mobile operator told ComNews.

ComNews correspondent asked other banking MVNOs for comment: T-Mobile (T-Bank), Gazprombank Mobile (Gazprombank) and Promsvyazbank (planning to launch the MVNO service My Operator). A representative of T-Bank's press service declined to comment, while the others left the correspondent's questions unanswered.

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"This is not the first case when companies working with Tele2 get the opportunity to work with other companies in regions where Tele2 is not represented, and this is good. The most important thing is that users have high quality communication. I think that this is not the last region where we will see such cooperation," noted Denis Kuskov, CEO of Telecom Daily LLC.

In Crimea, SberMobile will use the infrastructure of K-Telecom LLC (Win mobile brand), which has been operating on the peninsula since 2014. Many associate it with MTS, but official representatives of the company have repeatedly denied any connection. Win mobile press service employees left the ComNews correspondent's request unanswered.

But Win mobile is not the only provider of telecommunications and mobile communications on the peninsula, and SberMobile is not the only operator willing to enter the new market. A representative of the press service of Miranda-media LLC (a competitor of Win mobile in Crimea) told a ComNews correspondent that the company is ready to cooperate with both MVNO and regular mobile operators, and negotiations are currently underway with several of them.

"A corresponding agreement has been signed with Tele2," concluded a representative of Miranda's press service.