By 2025, Russia intends to cancel roaming with the EAEU countries: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Armenia. Until the end of next year, operators will have to review prices for communication on the territory of these states, Vedomosti reported.
Now roaming in the member states of the union is much more expensive. For example, 1 Mb of Internet traffic in Armenia from Tele2 costs 25 rubles, all incoming and outgoing calls to all numbers in Russia, as well as within Armenia – 22 rubles / min, to other countries – 39 rubles / min.
Megafon has package tariffs in the CIS countries: 10 GB of traffic and 100 outgoing minutes for 999 rubles. Incoming calls in Armenia in MTS roaming cost 1.23 rubles/min, within the country – 2.86 rubles/min, calls to other countries – 7.49 rubles/min.
According to experts, the abolition of roaming on the territory of the EAEU countries has a political character, the meaning of which is to unite the Commonwealth countries. Subscribers won’t have to worry about large or unexpected bills. At the same time, operators can compensate for the loss of revenue when roaming payments are canceled by increasing the use of communication services within Russia.
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Source: RB
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