Crimeans enough SIM cards of mobile operators of the Russian Federation, assured the authorities
In Crimea enough cards Russian operators to supply the need of all Crimeans in mobile communications, with the withdrawal of the Peninsula Ukrainian operators, said Last news Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Council of Ministers - the Minister of internal policy, information and communications Dmitry Polonsky.
Disabling the Crimean customers " MTS-Ukraine " began that night. However the link was gone not on the whole Peninsula. Floor remained in the border with Ukraine districts and areas remote from the capital of the Crimean localities. Polonsky noticed that Disabling services operator " MTS Ukraine " is carried out only under the decision of Kiev. Other Ukrainian operators " Kievstar " and Life as long as continue to work on the Peninsula.
Disabling the Crimean customers " MTS-Ukraine " has generated excitement among Crimeans, in all points of sale of Russian sim cards accumulated queue, which sometimes reached up to one hundred people.
" yesterday was sold more than 800 thousand Russian sim cards. I think that today, taking into account the fuss about 900 thousand already sold out ", - noticed the Vice-Premier.
Adding that to the Crimea introduced a sufficient number of Russian sim cards." Supply of cards is generated enough, enough, " assured Polonsky.
at the same time, the mobile operator " MTS Ukraine ", clients of which in the Crimea have problems with communication, said on Tuesday that the signal on the Peninsula there is no technical reason and in the near future the problem have plans to fix. The company takes all possible measures to identify the causes of the event and the speedy recovery of communication.
in Crimea the mobile communication service mostly distributed among three largest Ukrainian operators: MTS Ukraine " (serves 57% of subscribers), Kyivstar (21%) and Life (16%). From the Russian " big three " your sim card sells in Crimea only " MTS Russia " - with the numbers assigned to the Krasnodar region." Vympelcom " as long as only got numbering capacity in the Crimea." MegaFon " is working on the Peninsula in roaming, though it plans to reduce its cost to domestic level.
in addition, on August 4, began to provide the service in the Crimea under the brand Win Mobile new Russian cellular operator " K-Telecom ". He highlighted the frequencies used by the company " MTS Ukraine ". However, MTS denied that it was his " daughter " of received frequencies in the Crimea.