VivaCell-MTS to provide free Wi-Fi in areas around Republic Square in Yerevan

YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. VivaCell-MTS has come with another initiative aimed at providing mobile subscribers with access to Wi-Fi Internet in public areas, the press office of the telecommunication company reported on Thursday.  

The first phase of the pilot project covers one of the most saturated areas of Yerevan adjacent to Vazgen Sargsyan street - stretching from the Republic Square down to the Shahumyan Square.   

Free Wi-Fi will be available without any additional charges to both subscribers and non-subscribers of VivaCell-MTS.

VivaCell-MTS subscribes will benefit from full unlimited access to Internet by simply dialing USSD *252# and getting the PIN code required for access.

VivaCell-MTS data users will get access to the Internet with the speed of up to 5 Mb/s while non-data users will get access to the Internet with the speed of only 512 kb/s which is enough for comfortable browsing.

Non-VivaCell-MTS subscribers will be limited to browsing websites only and will be first exposed to a short advertisement video or a banner before getting connected to the Interenet.  

“Free of charge Wi-Fi connectivity provides several advantages: for those who use the Internet for leasure, entertainment and business this is a tangible benefit, of course. It’s also a benefit for the visitors of Yerevan, who will have free and unlimited access to the Internet while walking in the city’s cultural center. Providing free Wi-Fi in the Republic Square is the natural extension of the projects, in the frames of which numerous museums and lirbraries of Yerevan have been provided with free Wi-Fi connectivity by VivaCell-MTS,” VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikianis quoted in the press release.     

VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC), mobile telecommunication company, started operating in Armenia in 2005.

The company’s activity embraces the entire territory of Armenia.

Mobile Telesystems (MTS), the largest mobile telecommunication operator in Russia and the CIS, holds 80% of the company’s shares, and the remaining 20% belong to Lebanese Fattouch Group. --0---

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17:17 08/19/2016