MTS launched a rate with “legal vpn” and unlimited YouTube

The MTS RB.RU press service explained that the VPN service will allow subscribers to “obtain access to resources that independently decided to limit their use in Russia.” At the same time, the function does not provide access to blocked services “by decision of regulators”, so “the use of this function does not contradict the law.”

“We also emphasize that this membrane functionality has been agreed with the relevant regulators,” MTS said.

To the question of how subscribers can see videos on slow camera on YouTube in an unlimited way, the press service did not answer, pointing out that Membrane “offers users unlimited access to popular Russian platforms.”

According to the MTS website, the new rate also includes unlimited access to Vkontakte, Telegram and Rutube, 100 GB of the Internet per month for other services and 2,000 minutes of calls. For now, the product is available for connection in Moscow and the Moscow region, later it is planned to expand geography.

The mobile membrane application, according to the information of the MTS statement, allows to manage the “filtering of the Internet traffic” and the incoming calls. “Membrane has no analogues because it filters all the traffic that reaches a smartphone or a tablet, whether incoming or gigabytes of data on the Internet. And membrane does not do this on the device, but on the network, which provides protection against threats and web monitoring, while accelerating user’s websit Director of MTS. Future Crew Innovation Center.

YouTube in Russia began to decelerate itself in the summer of 2024. On December 19, the subscribers of MTS, Megafon, T2 and Beeline began to complain about problems to access the service on mobile devices. Before this, the deceleration only affected the desktop version. An RBC source in the media market admitted that YouTube faces a “total blockade” in Russia.

On January 15, RBC reported that Vkontakte first exceeded YouTube in terms of monthly user coverage in the midst of a deceleration in the work of the American video housing service in the country.