What are telegrams. Does Rostelecom offer free SMS delivery?

Rostelecom is a Russian telecommunications company. Provides services of local and long-distance telephone communication, broadband Internet access (first place in Russia in terms of the number of subscribers in 2011), digital television(second place in Russia in terms of the number of subscribers in 2011), cellular communications, etc. According to the company, more than 100 million people in Russia use its services. It has the largest backbone communication network in the country with a total length of about 500,000 km.

Full name - Open joint-stock company long-distance and international telecommunications "Rostelecom". The headquarters is in Moscow. Legally, the company has been registered in St. Petersburg since 2006.

Cellular communication of the GSM standard

Rostelecom actually includes 10 operators operating in 30 regions of the Russian Federation, and included in its structure in the process of absorption of interregional communication companies. Their subscriber base in 2009 amounted to 16 million users, which, according to their own data, corresponded to 9% of the market. After changing the methodology for accounting for inactive subscribers in the third quarter of 2010, their number decreased to 12.5 million people (at the beginning of 2011). Rostelecom implements GSM projects in the regions both independently and through subsidiaries. Also, as a result of competitions held by Roskomnadzor in April 2011, Rostelecom received GSM-1800 licenses in the Amur, Magadan and Sakhalin regions, Khabarovsk and Kamchatka territories, Yakutia, the Jewish Autonomous Region, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and a GSM 900/1800 license for the territory of the Koryak district of the Kamchatka Territory.

On November 30, 2011, the process of merging and rebranding of all the company's cellular assets began. Until mid-2012, the cellular operators that are part of Rostelecom will work in co-branding mode (simultaneous use of the old and new logo), after which cellular services will be provided under the single Rostelecom brand.

NSS

CJSC NSS is a mobile operator of the GSM standard, 100% of whose shares are owned by OJSC Rostelecom (before April 1, 2011 - the merged OJSC VolgaTelecom). Provides its services in seven regions of the Volga region: Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, Saratov, Ulyanovsk regions, the Republic of Mordovia, the Chuvash Republic and the Republic of Tatarstan.

The company was established in 1995 and until 2007 operated as a mobile communications operator in the Nizhny Novgorod region. As a result of implementation of OJSC VolgaTelecom's Cellular Business Development Strategy, on December 1, 2007 regional cellular operators owned by OJSC VolgaTelecom were merged into NSS: OJSC Tatinkom-T, CJSC RTCOM, CJSC Saratov-Mobile, CJSC Chuvashia Mobile and CJSC Penza Mobile, December 1, 2009 - CJSC Ulyanovsk GSM. The company's subscriber base is about 3.7 million people (the second largest network of Rostelecom in terms of the number of subscribers after Utel).

Orenburg-GSM

Prior to September 1, 2011, Rostelecom owned a 51% stake in CJSC Orenburg-GSM, which provides services under the brand name Orenburg-GSM. CJSC "Orenburg-GSM" is a regional operator of digital communications of the GSM standard operating in the Orenburg region since 1997.

Elaine-GSM

Rostelecom directly has a license to provide cellular communication services of the GSM 900/1800 standard (obtained as a result of the takeover of OJSC VolgaTelecom on April 1, 2011) in the Republic of Mari El, where since 2001 services have been provided under the brand name Elain-GSM.

Elaine-GSM is one of the largest mobile operators in the Republic of Mari El and provides coverage for most of the territory of the Republic. The network developed very dynamically: at the end of 2001, the number of subscribers was 5,550; at the end of 2002 - 19 thousand; at the end of 2003 - 54.8 thousand; as of November 2004 - 100 thousand subscribers; as of July 2005 - 150 thousand; at the beginning of 2006 - 200 thousand subscribers.

At a press conference on July 13, 2004, dedicated to the third anniversary of Elaine GSM, it was officially announced that in the coming months Elaine-GSM would merge into Nizhny Novgorod Cellular Communications. At the end of 2004, many news agencies disseminated information that the Elaine GSM cellular network had merged into Nizhny Novgorod Sotovaya Svyaz CJSC. However, this information did not correspond to reality: in the message of the OJSC VolgaTelecom branch in the Republic of Mari El, it was about changing the code of the operator's network - on the night of December 16-17, 2004, instead of "MTS-RUS Aline GSM" on the screens of displays of mobile devices appeared ( depending on the phone model) "Aline GSM" or "NCC" or "RUS NCC" or "RUS 03" or "250-03". The event was of a technical nature and was associated with the arrival of the MTS operator in the region. As VolgaTelecom OJSC stated, no measures were taken to merge the cellular network of Elaine GSM and NSS.

Tambov GSM

Rostelecom directly has a license to provide GSM cellular services (obtained as a result of the merger of CenterTelecom OJSC on April 1, 2011) in the Tambov region, where services have been provided under the Tambov GSM trademark since 1997.

The trademark was founded in 1997, when the Tambov branch of CenterTelecom began providing cellular services. Over the years of the company's existence, the coverage area has constantly increased and now makes up 80% of the territory of the Tambov region. The number of network subscribers is 68774 people.

In addition to cellular communications, Tambov GSM provides subscribers with Internet access via GPRS and EDGE technologies, as well as entertainment services.

Over the years of existence trademark The coverage area has been constantly increasing and currently makes up 80% of the territory of the Tambov region, however, the company's subscriber base has only about 70 thousand people (the last place among the region's GSM operators).

Volgograd-GSM

The network was launched into commercial operation in 1998.

Until September 1, 2011, Rostelecom owned 50% of the shares of CJSC Volgograd-GSM. 50% of the shares belonged to SMARTS.

Since September 1, 2011, Rostelecom has owned 100% of the shares of CJSC Volgograd-GSM, having fully bought out the remaining 50% from SMARTS. Volgograd-GSM is a regional GSM digital communication operator operating in the Volgograd region since 1997.

On the night of March 20-21, 2012, the network code was changed: on the phone displays, the name of the network is displayed as ROSTELECOM, Utel, Uraltel, RUS 39.

Utel (Uralsvyazinform)

Rostelecom directly holds licenses for the provision of GSM 900/1800 cellular services (obtained as a result of the merger of OJSC Uralsvyazinform on April 1, 2011) in seven regions of the Urals: Perm Territory, Kurgan, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Chelyabinsk regions), Khanty- Mansiysk, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, where services are provided under the trademark "Utel".

In 2005, he became part of Uralsvyazinform (at that time directly providing mobile services only in the Perm Region and Komi-Permyatsky autonomous region) included subsidiaries CJSC Ermak RMS (Sverdlovsk Region), LLC YuUST (Chelyabinsk and Kurgan Regions) and LLC Tyumenruscom (Tyumen Region, Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs).

Unlike other RTOs merged with OAO Rostelecom, Uralsvyazinform provided Internet access, fixed and mobile communication services under a single brand name. Utel mobile services are currently used by about 4.7 million subscribers (the largest network of Rostelecom in terms of the number of subscribers).

ETK

CJSC ETK is a mobile operator of GSM and CDMA standards, 100% of whose shares are owned by OJSC Rostelecom (before April 1, 2011 - affiliated OJSC Sibirtelecom). Provides GSM mobile communication services in six regions of Siberia: Krasnoyarsk Territory, Republic of Khakassia, Republic of Tyva, Kemerovo Region, Altai Territory and Altai Republic. The subscriber base of the company is about 2 million people.

The company was established in 1997 as a mobile communications operator in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Since 2001, he also began to provide services in the city of Norilsk and in the Taimyr Autonomous Okrug, since 2009 - in the Republic of Tyva. After the affiliated operators of Sibirtelecom JSC "Altaisvyaz" and CJSC "STEK GSM" joined the ETK, on ​​October 1, 2010, Altai and Kemerovo branches of the company were formed on their basis.

Baikalwestcom

CJSC Baikalwestcom is a mobile operator of GSM and CDMA standards in the Irkutsk region and the Republic of Buryatia, 100% of whose shares are owned by OJSC Rostelecom (before April 1, 2011 - affiliated OJSC Sibirtelecom). The subscriber base of the company is about 2 million people.

The operator began to provide NMT-450 communication services in the Irkutsk region since 1995, since 1999 a GSM network has been launched. In 2009, a network was also launched on the territory of the Ust-Orda Buryat District. On December 1, 2010, the cellular operator of the Republic of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude Cellular Network (Buryat branch of Sibirtelecom OJSC), ceased to operate under its own trademark, and the Ulan-Ude branch of the company was created on its basis.

Also, since 2007, Baikalwestcom has licensed the GSM standard for the territory of the Trans-Baikal Territory (including the Aginsky Buryat District).

AKOS

CJSC "AKOS" is a mobile operator of the GSM-1800 standard in Primorsky Krai, subsidiary OJSC Rostelecom (before April 1, 2011 - affiliated OJSC Far East Telecom).

Dalsvyaz GSM

Directly, Rostelecom has licenses for the provision of GSM cellular services (obtained as a result of the merger of Dalsvyaz OJSC on April 1, 2011) in three regions of the Far East: Kamchatka Territory, Magadan and Sakhalin Regions, where services are provided under the Dalsvyaz-GSM trademark .

In addition, in some subjects Russian Federation Rostelecom provides cellular communication services in the CDMA2000 standard.

Technology is developing rapidly and we are used to communicating with friends and family using mobile communications, the Internet, social networks. But some outdated types of communication are still in demand, and one of these is sending telegrams. Her indisputable advantage is the fact that you can send and receive a telegram not only in major cities but also in smaller towns. Rostelecom provides the service of sending a telegram, and in this article we will look at how this can be done and at what cost.

The history of the telegram

Telegram is translated from Greek means a message that is sent far away. A similar message is transmitted by wire or by telephone, and a similar type of communication arose in the distant 18th century. The first telegraph machines printed the text on a special tape, which was then pasted onto a sheet of paper so that it was convenient for the recipient to read it, but already in the 80s of the 20th century, telegraph machines printed the message already on the paper itself and they began to be called teletypes. Two scientists are considered to be the inventors of telegrams: Pavel Schilling from Russia and Samuel Morse from the USA.

How to send a telegram via Rostelecom

As we have already mentioned, Rostelecom still provides the service of sending long-distance and international telegrams. Such a message can be sent both within the country and to countries near and far abroad. It is difficult to find a place in the world where it would be inaccessible telegraph communication. You can send a telegram to Rostelecom:

• at the nearest telecommunication office
• dictate over the phone
• at the nearest post office

The most popular way to send a telegram is the second option, since there is no need to go somewhere and waste your time queuing. You can send a telegram with home phone, and from the phone of the organization in which you work. Another plus is the ability to send a message at night, when all post offices are simply closed. The following types of telegrams are accepted by phone:

• with delivery on art form
• with delivery on a musical form
• with acknowledgment of receipt
• with delivery within the time specified by the sender

The first two types belong to the category Lux or Lux-M and are used for congratulatory messages to please a person with an unusual design of a telegram. The shipping fee will be included on your phone bill. Please note that the telegram cannot be sent from a mobile phone.

Still, many users are interested in the possibility of sending a telegram via the Internet online. Here we will have to upset you, since such a possibility does not exist and you will have to use one of the above methods.

As for international telegrams, they are sent in the permitted languages ​​using the letters of the Latin alphabet.

The cost of sending a telegram via Rostelecom

Let's look at the tariffs for sending a telegram using Rostelecom. As an example, we will consider the Volgograd region (prices may differ in your region, check them on the official website of the company).

The cost of each telegram word in the "ordinary" category is 2 rubles 90 kopecks. If you send an "urgent" telegram, then each word in it will cost you 4 rubles 50 kopecks. In addition, the telegraph fee will be from 30 to 40 rubles, and you will be charged another 120 rubles for the notification of delivery. If you used an artistic or musical form, then you will have to pay from 20 to 80 rubles for it. As you can see, the prices are very democratic and will not hit your pocket in a serious way.

Delivery times and ways to track the Rostelecom telegram

As for the delivery time of your telegram, they depend on the type of telegram you have chosen. A normal message is delivered within 8 hours, and an urgent message will be received in 4 hours. The maximum period after which the recipient will read your message is 12 hours.

It is impossible to track a telegram from Rostelecom, like a parcel that you sent via Russian mail. There are no special such services, since the track is not assigned to the telegram. If your telegram was not delivered on time, then a company employee can determine its location, but such cases are extremely rare, since delivery times are quite short.

There are different cases in life, and sometimes you need to quickly send a message to another subscriber, but the funds may not be on the account at that time. How to be in such a situation? Yes, it’s quite simple, because there are many ways to send an SMS message to another subscriber number for free. And here the operator to which such a message will be sent will no longer be completely important.

So, imagine the following situation - you have no money on your balance, and at the same time you need to contact other subscribers. The only way to contact him is his phone. You just need to know his phone number and have access to the Internet, and you can send SMS message to Rostelecom for free, and on any other operator. To do this, you can use free services that are publicly available on the network, through which you can send SMS to any mobile operator in Russia.

Send message via mysmsbox

In the first case, you can use the mysmsbox resource, which allows you to send messages to mobile operators. What you need to do to send it, just go to the site and fill out the form that opens. The text of the message has a limited number of characters, you should pay attention to this, since the number of characters specified there must not be exceeded.

A space is also considered a character. If you use this service quite often, then you need to register, in which case you will have a history of sent messages and addresses (numbers). In the future, you will have the opportunity to use these numbers, as well as the text of already sent messages, which will reduce the time for writing it. The user number must be indicated in the international format, with the country code.

Send free SMS via Smsia

There is another site that can be used as an alternative to the first one. If the first site will not work. You can always use the second one. The sending process looks like this:

1. Go to company website
2. Write message text
3. Specify the recipient's number
4. Enter confirmation code (protection against robots)
5. send him

By the way, the number should also be indicated in the international format. For those who do not know how it is, the number is indicated through +7 . The whole procedure takes no more than a minute, but there may be delays with its delivery.

There are several reasons for this, and the main one is the queue for sending. In addition to you, this service is also used by other users who also send their text messages. In this regard, a queue for sending is formed.

How to send "call me back"

There is another option, but here you will not have the opportunity to write exactly what you want. In this case, a message of a certain type is sent, which you send from your phone, this can be done even when your phone has a negative balance. Its text will be: Please call me back". Your number, date and time of sending such a message will also be indicated. Seeing such a message, the user may call you back, or may simply ignore it. So there is a double-edged sword here. To send, you need to use one of the following methods:

1. Dial the number 123* and use voice prompts
2. Dial USSD request*118* subscriber number # and press the call button

It should be noted that the number of such requests per day is limited.

Send from Rostelecom website

It is possible to use the company's website directly, because all the services that were described above send through the main website. So you can just go to rt.ru and go to the tab "Services". A submission form will open there.

The whole procedure comes down to filling out this form and sending the SMS itself to the subscriber. The number must also be entered in the international format. Sending will not be instant, that is, delivery. Since there is still the same queue of subscribers who filled out the form before you, trying to send their SMS. Most importantly, this method is provided free of charge and can be used at any time convenient for you, if you have access to the Internet.

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