Combined Business Telephone service also known as MegaTel is a new offer covering a range of main and accessory telecommunication services provided to JSC Central Telegraph subscribers on the basis of services provided by JSC Central Telegraph's network (Centel network) and services provided by MegaFon mobile network in the Moscow region.

MegaTel service allows to organize a unified internal enterprise or individual network comprising fixed and mobile phones. A subscriber gets a number from Centel network, and a SIM card of MegaFon network. Access from the Public switched telephone network (PSTN) to subscriber's fixed and mobile phones will be organized over Central Telegraph's numbering capacity within national area code (095). Cellular and fixed numbers can be complemented with accessory services, such as "determined re-addressing of the call", re-addressing in case of "no answer" or "re-addressing in case of busy line" from Centel network phone and MegaFon mobile network phone. Thus, both telephones - fixed and mobile - become accessible over one telephone number of Centel Network.

One of particular features of this service is the possibility to make calls over IP networks of JSC Central Telegraph (Voice-over-IP), it allows customers to make their calls at considerably lower prices.

Varieties of this service - MegaTel Corporate and MegaTel Individual - allows the subscribers to organize a unique network comprising fixed and mobile phones on the basis of high-quality local, national and international fixed telephone communication and cellular radio telephone communication with a wide range of modern additional telephone services provided by JSC Central Telegraph and MegaFon mobile network.

Potential customers of MegaTel Corporate service are companies, enterprises and organizations representing large-scale, medium-sized and smaller business that need to expand possibilities of communication between their employees or willing to optimize their communication expenses by means of the Corporate network comprising fixed and mobile phones. This service can be provided for new customers as well as for existing customers of JSC Central Telegraph and MegaFon network in the Moscow region.

MegaTel Individual service is focused on consumers and corporate customers that need access to PSTN and cellular radio telephone network (or to improve the quality of available access to PSTN provided by other operators along with parallel access to cellular radio telephone network) from fixed and mobile phones combined into one network, and also willing to reduce their communication expenses.

Benefits of MegaTel service:

• Unification of fixed and mobile phones of MegaTel service subscriber within single environment of external and abridged internal numbers.
• Reduction of expenses of MegaTel service subscribers for mobile communication.
• Free local telephone connections (calls) between Centel network subscribers.
• Possibility to make national and international calls over IP channels (tel. 500-00-08).
• High quality of communication due to use of modern digital switching and channeling equipment and fiber-optic lines in the Centel network, and to the technique of connection of Centel network transit switch to the PSTN minimizing the number of intermediate switching steps.
• Wide range of modern additional telephone services.
• Possibility to get a wide range of other services, along with telephone services, provided by JSC Central Telegraph (Internet access, access to data transfer networks, telematic services, etc.).
• Perspective expansion of communication services due to complementing of telephone services with services of intelligent network during further implementation of the "Concept of Centel Network implementation".
• Possibility to increase the volume of telecommunication services and resources provided to subscribers when their needs require such expansion.

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JSC Central Telegraph is one of the largest telecommunication companies providing the full range of telecommunication services to consumers and corporate customers in Moscow region. At present the company provides all types of telecommunication services, including access to the Internet over switched and leased channels, data transfer, services of local, national and international telephone communication, connection of ATMs and POS-terminals to X.25 network, telematic services including Voice-over-IP, installation of municipal telephone numbers in Moscow and in the nearest districts on the basis of its own fiber-optic network known as "Centel". Information about the company can be found at the Internet site https://www.cnt.ru

ZAO Sonic Duo is a 100% subsidiary of JSC MegaFon, it is the operator of MegaFon network in the Moscow region. MegaFon Moscow network provides its customers with high quality access to various informational resources and the most advanced mobile services including solutions on the basis of mobile positioning, MMS and GPRS. The company offers beneficial and fair principles of tariff calculation accepted in most European countries. ZAO Sonic Duo in cooperation with international telecommunication leaders dynamically develops its network and improves standards of subscriber services in the Moscow region. Moscow subscribers use mobile communication with the same beneficial roaming tariffs in regional MegaFon networks. MegaFon network subscribers can use roaming service in 152 countries all over the world. Official web-site of NegaFone network in the Moscow region: www.megafonmoscow.ru.

For additional information, please, contact:
Public Relations Department
Tel.: +7 (095) 504-38-62.
Fax: +7 (095) 500-46-19.
E-mail: pr@cnt.ru.