Moldcell lowers international call rates by 90 per cent (Moldova)

By Editor on March 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Mobile network operator Moldcell is enabling users to call abroad with a 90 per cent discount, which means that they can talk to their loved ones who are abroad at the price of national calls.

Users are required to send a blank SMS to the number 2226 or dial from *222*6#ok and activate the option Local tariff for international calls (priced at US$ 0.85) for a 30-day period. As soon as one activates the service, they can talk at the price of only US$ 0.13 per minute.

The countries users can call to using preferential tariffs (calls to mobile or fixed line) are: China, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Singapore and Uzbekistan. The countries users can call to using preferential tariffs (fixed line) are: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Switzerland, Finland, France, Georgia, Germane, Greece, Jordan, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, and Hungary.

If the subscriber has a discount and additional options, the priority in the option use will be the following: discounts, service packages, local tariff for international calls, normal tariff. The offer is not valid for IP – calls, calls to the numbers with special tariff, and if the subscriber is in Roaming. In case of migration from one type of subscription to another, the validity period and the conditions of the offer will be preserved. In case of migration from Cartel? Moldcell to Abonament Moldcell and vice versa the conditions of the offer will not be preserved, as well as in case if the Subsciption Contract is re-registered for another person. The option can be activated till April 30, 2012.

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Moldova searching for third mobile phone market operator

By Editor on October 6, 2006 · Leave a Comment

CHISINAU. Oct 6 (Interfax) - The Moldovan National Regulatory
Agency in Telecommunications and Informatics (ANRTI) plans to announce
an international tender in the next two months to choose a third GSM
standard   cellular   operator for the Moldovan market, Information
Development Minister Vladimir Molojen told Interfax.
     “A third operator in the country would not be too much,” he said.
     “There are reserves and the appearance of a new player on the
market will contribute to its development, bring in new investment and
balance out the tariffs on mobile phone services,” he said.
     The cost of a license for a new mobile operator would be $8
million. The winner of the tender must submit $4 million within a month
after the tender and the rest of that amount within two years.
     The two existing mobile operators in Moldova, Voxtel and Moldcell,
feel that it would be senseless for a new player to enter the market
since their services cover practically the entire country.
the Moldovan market since 1998. Its shareholders are France Telecom
Mobiles with 51%, Moldavian Mobile Telephone Bis with 30%, MoldTelecom
with 10%, the International Finance Corporation with 5%, and Orange
Romania with 4%.
     Moldcell has been working on the Moldovan communications market
since 2000.
     Voxtel has a 60.5% share of the GSM standard communications market
in Moldova, while Moldcell has a 39.5% share.