50 000 Tatarstan conscripts received free mobile phones with preferential tariff “Defender of the Motherland”
30 November 2012, Friday
MTS mobile company presents mobile phones with a preferential tariff “Defender of the Motherland” developed in cooperation with the Russian Ministry of defence and Tatarstan Government to every conscript from Tatarstan.
“The project aimed at providing mobile phones and free services to military personnel is unique for the whole country. Our goal is to provide comfortable conditions for passing military service by Tatarstan conscripts,” Deputy PM and Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov said.
“MTS intensively cooperates with the Tatarstan Government under the projects aimed at providing communication services to population. For six years we’ve been rendering free high-quality mobile services to military personnel, and we hope that we’ve made military service for republican citizens more comfortable,” MTS Director in Tatarstan Marat Shakirov said.
The long-term agreement between MTS and the Tatarstan Government on cooperation in providing communication services to soldiers was signed in 2007.
“The project aimed at providing mobile phones and free services to military personnel is unique for the whole country. Our goal is to provide comfortable conditions for passing military service by Tatarstan conscripts,” Deputy PM and Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov said.
“MTS intensively cooperates with the Tatarstan Government under the projects aimed at providing communication services to population. For six years we’ve been rendering free high-quality mobile services to military personnel, and we hope that we’ve made military service for republican citizens more comfortable,” MTS Director in Tatarstan Marat Shakirov said.
The long-term agreement between MTS and the Tatarstan Government on cooperation in providing communication services to soldiers was signed in 2007.
Press service of RT Ministry of informatization and communications
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