Press-service of the fist operator of mobile communications in Belarus BelCel JV announces the introduction of the special tariff for the calls made from the remote areas with a radiation pollution due to the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station which are located in NMT-450 service zone to the fixed telephone network of the Republic of Belarus.

Cost of the call from the promotional tariffing areas (towns Bragin, Narovlya, Khoiniki, Stolin) to the fixed network of Belarus amounts to 90 BYB per minute. The calls within BelCel network can be free subject to the “Free Calls” service activation.

“BelCel JV gives a special consideration to provide suffered areas with cellular communications. Creation of the special tariffing area enables our subscribers who live in Bragin, Narovlya, Stolin, Khoiniki and neighboring regions to communicate with their colleagues, friends and relatives at the minimal possible price. To the end of the year company plans to expand the promotional tariffing area by six remote regions. At the same time we take all the steps to level down our tariffs.

Decreasing the call cost for its subscribers BelCel JV as the first cellular communications operator in Belarus now also performs a social function. Having delivered mobile communications to the country more than 10 years ago, BelCeL JV tries to make it really obtainable”, Director General of BelCel JV Mr. Artem N. Orange has commented the event.

BelCel JV is the first cellular operator in the Republic of Belarus. The company has been providing cellular communications services since May 1993.

Since February 2003 BelCel JV provides cellular communications services in cdma2000 standard. At present time 3G network operates on the territory that inhabited by more than 50% of urban population of Belarus.

BELCEL network covers in total 61% of the national territory. 72% of commonwealth reside on this territory including 79% of urban population.

BELCEL network numbers about 20 000 subscribers.