The fate of tariff coming into direct calls to numbers we discussed. Indeed, with the first of July formed a kind of administrative and financial gap: subscribers wired networks still do not pay for calls to direct mobile numbers, and the owners of these direct numbers willing to partake in this case all the joys of free incoming calls. Ultimately, all these calls are not covered by any minute. Present fee, but the extra money as a sort of "are not considered, because of which the operator pays a certain amount for rent direct number, and used to have our dear Sotovik to the collection of fees" for air "in the event of a sale contract with a direct number. Sort of a "tax on escarpment, who willingly pay and pay many subscribers. Long so could not continue, sooner or later Sotovik had to "wake up" and organize the collection of money for calls to their direct numbers.
The most simple and obvious solution - tariff outgoing calls from fixed networks, as it has done to call on the federal mobile. The solution is simple, but unacceptable: not to issue, in fact, to all subscribers of the city telephone directory lists numbering capacity, used by mobile operators? Seemed more likely the so-called "Ukrainian" model, where the burden of paying for incoming calls are passed on to the receiving side. In this case, the provisions of the Law on free incoming accurately cost: not actually charged incoming call, and how would the service of forwarding the call to the federal number. From a legal point of view, the scheme perfect, but it works. It was thus from 14 September will be organized for incoming calls to direct mobile numbers of the MTS. Quote from the official announcement:
On September 14, 2006 cost of service for incoming calls from landline to your direct Moscow number equal to the tariffs for incoming calls from fixed phones in effect until July 1, 2006. Thus, for you the cost of services compared with the previous rates unchanged. Moreover, all incoming calls to a phone, all mobile operators in your area - for free! All incoming calls arriving at your federal number, also free of charge!
A detailed description of the new "services" look here, a practical result - a TA to direct all the numbers back "full circle" and now incoming calls to these numbers will be charged as it was before the first of July. With one exception: the direct number appears fully functional federal understudy in the code 985, which will need to use for all "non-voice" operations with your phone: making payments, receiving SMS-messages from other mobile operators and from other regions, etc. Also, this federal number can be used for receiving any incoming calls and calls to him will be free for the host country. In other words, the "real" (or true, whatever) number is a new federal understudy, and coincides with it (besides code), urban analog can be used to receive incoming calls.For owners of the direct numbers of MTS is a bit strange, but it is a question of habit: in this way has always been held a couple of lines, a federal network Beeline. Let's see now whether there will be at the offices of MTS direct numbers for sale: no secret that the last few months to connect to the MTS network with direct Moscow number was almost impossible.
Archive solved the problem for incoming calls, otherwise: September 8 monthly fee on most contracts with direct number was increased by $ 5, as required by law subscribers got 10 days in SMS-alert: "With the 8.9 changes monthly fee on your tariff. Information on number 068042. Moreover, all incoming calls to direct dial Beeline remain free, no sly charging for "forwarding service" does not appear. Thus, compared to before the first day of July in the bond price will rise $ 5 a month for a very few speakers of the owners direct numbers, but many callers are speaking in absolute winner. Another obvious consequence of such a step - overflow from MTS Beeline certain number of subscribers who use the direct numbers as advertising. Commentary press service Beeline specifically for Mobile-Review:
"We will not impose a fee for forwarding in any of its manifestations. We have already announced an increase in subscription fees and we think our version is more transparent to consumers - they will not be surprises lie in wait as a invoice amount, in fact, incoming calls from fixed phones ".
The situation with the direct number of MegaFon-Moscow has not changed: the fee for "diverting" is not introduced and handling fee is not increased. Most probably it is hoped that all will remain until the end of the year. Perhaps the lack of change associated with a slightly different structure of the tariff plans of the operator: in MegaFon cost of using direct dialing always stood separate item in the description of the TP, rather than hiding in a higher price minute. Therefore, the owners of these contracts continue to pay for the use of direct numbers old money in spite of today's ubiquitous free incoming.