Consulting company ComNews Research has analyzed the cost of incoming and outgoing calls, as well as the cost of SMS-messages and use GPRS-Internet traffic in Russia, CIS, EU and foreign countries.
In consequence of this analysis Comnews Research came to this conclusion - competition in the Russian cellular market in roaming in the early stages of development, when still in need of attention of the state. At the moment, the leader of the best deals for traveling abroad is the company Megafon, and communication while roaming from their operators to come to Russia to citizens of other countries on average 33% higher than for Russian subscribers who travel abroad.
The cheapest operator in Russia the cost of incoming calls while roaming is a company of "MegaFon": the average cost of 1 minute on the proposals of the operator is 41.5 rubles. That was 30% lower than the Russian average (59.5 rubles).. Most of the budget compared to their Russian competitors in this service the operator is fixed in more than 80% of all the countries surveyed.
The cheapest operator in the criteria of an outgoing call to Russia from abroad, the company, "VimpelCom", offering an average of 66.7 rubles., Which is 4% less than it cost the average for Russia. The company "Megaphone" offers this service at a price almost identical to the average for Russia - 69.26 rub. and 69.33 rubles. per minute, respectively. For subscribers of MTS outgoing call to Russia by 3.8% higher than for other GSM operators. Least cost outgoing calls in roaming the country divided between the operators considered the "big three" in the following proportions: "VimpelCom" - 44%, "MegaFon" - 29%, MTS - 27%.
Leadership at the lowest cost of sending SMS-messages almost divide the "MegaFon" and MTS, showing results at 16.3 rubles. and 16.7 rubles., at a time when the average for the Russian citizen abroad to send the same messages will cost 17.24 rubles. Lobar structure of the most economically advantageous tariffs for the service to send text messages while roaming is as follows: "VimpelCom" - 28%, "MegaFon" - 39%, MTS - 33%.
The lowest price for 1 MB of GPRS-Internet traffic recorded in the company of "MegaFon" - 335.3 rubles., It is also the sole operator of the "big three", which showed a value of 40% less than the average for Russia (592 rubles).. The cost of mobile internet roaming in MTS and "VimpelCom" exceed the average by 15% and 26%, respectively. That is a significant difference in the cost of the service and identified the company "MegaFon", as a leader by the number of countries where the most favorable prices for mobile internet roaming - 41 out of 42 countries surveyed.
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