Russian MTS deliberately created excessive demand in order to “stake out” the market in Sevastopol
Sevastopol, July 012 (Navigator, Olga Nikolaeva) – The mobile operator MTS-Russia, acting together with its Ukrainian subsidiary MTS-Ukraine, created a rush demand for SIM cards in order to provoke a large-scale connection of new subscribers in Crimea and Sevastopol .
Navigator was informed about this by a source who participated in a meeting with telecom operators in the government of Sevastopol.
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The Ukrainian subsidiary of MTS fueled the demand by sending SMS warnings to its subscribers about the possible termination of services in Crimea and the deterioration of communications.
As a result, fearing being left without mobile communications, people rushed to buy an MTS package and are ready to pay 150 rubles for a SIM card on the black market.
Currently in Sevastopol you can buy contracts numbered in code +7 with the prefix 978, assigned to MTS of the Krasnodar Territory.
Note that, according to Russian legislation, you can buy a SIM card only at specially equipped retail outlets; passport data is entered into the contract, a copy of which is sent to the cellular operator within 10 days from the date of purchase.
Citizens should not panic and rush to buy SIM cards, as it is expected that a number of Russian mobile operators will begin operating in Crimea and Sevastopol within the next month.
In addition, according to the source, there is a high probability that mobile numbers with the international code +38 will be transferred to the code +7 while maintaining the main number.
Previously, the mobile operator MTS-Russia canceled international roaming in Crimea for Russian subscribers coming on vacation.
Russian MTS deliberately created a surge in demand to stake out a market share in Sevastopol.