Minsk. May 7, 2004. Press-cutting service of the first telecom operator in Belarus announces that on May 7, 2004 our company celebrates 11 years of its operation. “It’s pleasure to know that our holiday coincides with the Day of Radio, Television and Telecommunications. It means that today our professional holiday is celebrated by all telecom companies as well as by millions of subscribers in our country.
BelCel JV occupies a special place in Belarusian market. We can say with confidence that DIALLOG is a telecommunications for subscribers who want to accentuate their personality. The subscribers who keep step with time and use their cellphone not only as a means of communication but also as the efficient tool for their business. Business card of the state-of-the-art DIALLOG telecommunications – free calls within the network – that’s why DIALLOG is ideal for unlimited communication of friends and family members”, said Vadim Markov, Deputy Commercial Director on Marketing. Due to the beneficial and attractive offers, quantity of DIALLOG subscribers has been increased twice for the last two months and on the 7th of May, the birthday of BelCel JV, this number has reached 40 000 users. Commercial operation of DIALLOG-SMS started from May 1, 2004. During six months of pilot operation the company specialists checked the technical capabilities of the equipment and a peak load on SMS-center. More than 3 million text messages have been sent by the subscribers during the pilot operation. In the near future company specialists shall test sending of the text messages to other operators. Preliminary, opening of SMS traffic to other telecom operators is scheduled for the current year summer.
Deputy Commercial Director on Marketing Vadim Markov commented that he did not share the opinion of some subscribers that after the commercial operation of DIALLOG-SMS service the company would introduce tariffication for internal traffic. “Free calls within our network are not only the attractive marketing offer. This unique opportunity is in demand of our users. The capacity of modernized BelCel network is enough to provide all our subscribers with the qualitative telecom services. I invite all our potential customers to visit our activation centers of the most innovative wireless communications and make sure of DIALLOG advantages”. Network construction and works on coverage area expansion are in process; therefore soon DIALLOG services shall be available in new cities and inhabited localities of Belarus.
Employees of BelCel JV congratulate all telecommunications people on their professional holiday; we thank all our business partners and subscribers for their cooperation and given confidence.