IP-telephony in MGTS: nine days, victories and defeats

14 December 2004 Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS) has started to provide IP-telephony services, to the delight of many of his more than four million subscribers. Rejoice for long: after exactly nine days after this remarkable event became known to the resignation of Mikhail Smirnov, who held the post of general director of MGTS since the summer of 2003. A few days later about the new service has disappeared from the Internet site of MGTS on a dedicated phone answering machine says "service temporarily not available", and tariffs MGTS to international and domestic long-distance IP-connection is now only see visitors Mobile-Review. To paraphrase a classic: "Who is to blame and that done?"

MegaFon "Solo": all genius is simple

New tariff plan "Solo" is absolutely logical in terms of overall marketing strategy MegaFon. Fare is simple, transparent and does not contain nedoskazonnostey / reservations and notes in small print. The operator says honestly: "You are to me - thirty per month, and for this I'll - ...". Let's see what we have at this time.

Made for iPod: Harman / Kardon Go + Play

Package Contents: Music system Remote Control Power cable Cable 3,5 - 3,5 mm Adapters for iPod (eight pieces) To specialized music systems for iPod or iPhone, I'm very negatively. Not just once or twice to buy portable JBL for a gift, here's a gift, trinket these things are close to ideal. As something more - hardly. See for yourself, manufacturers of accessories advantageous to create an infrastructure around the iconic device. But why do we as consumers take part in this orgy? Want to listen to music? Buy a microsystem. Use a home theater. Listen to the same player. Much easier to take the headphones better than to spend money on obscure stand with speakers. I stand strongly against such accessories and immediately want to mark its position. I like visiting the stores, looking at the "Zeppelin" is a megakolonka iPod in mad money. Probably a good buy at an office or living room. If we are absolutely nowhere to spend the coin. But we, the poor, should be easier. And to try to discover any valid options.

February gifts GSM-operators

Crazy December's battle for new subscribers in Moscow between the MTS and Beeline successfully completed in January could relax a little and slowly reflect on new initiatives for prepaid-subscriber. It is for them, since the mass prepaid-market is the tidbit from the standpoint of obtaining an attractive statistic for shareholders. To invent something really new and original with each passing year becomes more difficult, but it is not scary: you can always repeat the well-proven action-zavlekalochku.

BeeLine Super 50: New principles tarifostroeniya?

The new tariff BeeLine was logical replacement heavily outdated Super 30, but this is not a simple tuning of the old tariff. In the Super-50 is viewed somewhat unusual for this provider of solutions and it is possible that we see the first rate of the new line.

MTS SEARCH: There is everything?

Rumors about the early development in the bowels of the MTS whole range of services LBS (Location Based Services - Services based on location) were first seen exactly nine months ago. Today the portal is already functioning in the pre-commercial mode, the test (free) operation will continue until March 17. Time enough for that one interested can evaluate for themselves the potential usefulness and attractiveness of new services.

Review of Bluetooth-headset Sony Ericsson GV-435a

Package Contents: Headset Charger CST-75 Strap for wearing around the neck User Packing cardboard with a photograph sets (on the reverse side there is a photo showing it in use), the device itself "alive" is not visible.