Mts - History And Modernity

Over the past ten years, the leader in the domestic telecommunications market is the Mobile TeleSystems company, better known as MTS. The company's activities are not limited to the territory of the Russian Federation alone. For many years her services are in demand in other CIS countries. According to the latest statistics, the number of MTS subscribers was more than 100 million people.

MTS company emerged after the appearance on the Russian market of cellular communication standard GSM. MTS was established on the basis of the consortium "Mobile Moscow" on October 28, 1993. Among the founders of this closed joint stock company were two German companies, which owned 47% of the shares. The remaining 53% were with the Russian side.

For the first time, MTS demonstrated its network in 1994 at the Svyaz exhibition. In the summer of the same year, MTS starts commercial activities with the provision of communication services in the standard GSM in Moscow and the region. Initially, the work of the MTS was based on eight stations, six of which were located along the Moscow Ring Road, one - in the city center and one - on the way to Sheremetyevo. In early 1996, the number of subscribers increased to 5 thousand. The active growth of MTS fell for 1997. And it cost her a lot of effort: in some cases, the company managed to obtain licenses independently, while in others it was necessary to buy companies that already own licenses for the provision of cellular communication services. In 1999, the company was waiting for innovations: two-band networks were put into commercial operation, the fee for "incoming" calls within the network was abolished, and per-second tariffs were applied.

The new millennium MTS began with 1 million subscribers and the provision of services in 21 regions of Russia. In early 2004, the company owned licenses to cover the entire country, except for the Chechen Republic and the Penza region.

International expansion of MTS started in the early 2000's. In 2002, the network was launched in Belarus, in 2003 - in Ukraine, in 2004 - in Uzbekistan, in 2005 - in Turkmenistan.

MTS was not without re-branding, the procedure of which was launched in 2006 to unify the graphic design of all the company's divisions. Thanks to rebranding, the company's recognition increased from 84% to 91%.

MTS offers its customers a large number of tariff plans, depending on the country and region of the subscriber's stay. In contrast to MTS-ovskih, Megafon rates are less popular.