Kazakhtelecom (Kazakhstan) announces reduced tariffs on some services from December 1, 2012

/KASE, November 30, 12/ - JSC "Kazakhtelecom" (Astana), whose bonds are officially listed at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press-release of November 30, 2012: quote For purposes of implementation of a flexible tariff policy and in accordance with the Plan for Development of Information Communication Technologies of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC "Kazakhtelecom" on December 1, 2012 reduces tariffs on some of its services. So, the one-off fee for connecting to the Common Use Telecommunications Network (CUTN) of local fixed line telephone operators' telecommunication networks goes down by 5%. Also, from December 1 this year the one-off fee for communication operators connecting to the broad-band Internet is reduced by 10%. Reduction of the marginal cost of 1Mbit/s under tariff package "Unlimited for communication operators" in 4 diapasons of capacity of 1 to 2,000 Mbit/s will make up 11% in each position. For entrepreneurs and legal entities the one-off fee for connecting to the port under provision of Internet access will decrease by 10%; also the monthly payment under tariff package "Megaline Optima iD Phone" will go down by 10%. Besides, in all rural areas the cost of connecting to the telephone network with assignment of a user terminal number will go down by 5% for private notary publics, attorneys and entrepreneurs. Also the capacity of the broad-band service under packages "Unlimited", incl. package-based provision, will increase 2 times for individual entrepreneurs and legal entities from December 1, without changes in the fee. Also tariff "SkyEdge agent" will be introduced for physical persons in rural areas subscribed under the Agreement on provision of Universal and Other Telecommunication Services. PR service JSC "Kazakhtelecom" unquote [2012-11-30]