Central telegraph announced opening of a new sales office in the Local Service Provision Center in the town of Balashikha (Moscow Region). The new office is located at the address: 10/19 Engelsa street, Khimki. In this office anyone can get information about services provided by Central Telegraph to individual and corporate customers in the Moscow region and sign contracts for the provision of these services. Also, in the office there are an Internet cafe and telephone booths where people can enjoy Internet services and call to other cities or countries with a Centel prepaid card for domestic and international calls.

Central Telegraph prepared a gift to the residents of Balashikha: those individual customers who buy telephone numbers with "498" area code from April 9 till May 15 will not pay subscriber fees for telephone communication.

Central Telegraph started provision of telephone numbers with "498" area code to the residents of the Moscow region in December 2003. These numbers as well as direct Moscow numbers consist of seven digits, however, their regional code is not "095" as for Moscow numbers but "498". If one wants to make a call from a number with "498" area code, it is necessary to dial "8" first and then a three-digit code of a region and a called number.

Payment for connection of a telephone with "498" area code is 9000 rubles. Incoming calls for subscribers of all rate plans and calls within the network of JSC Central Telegraph are free of charge. Calls within one town are accounted as local.

For individual customers the company elaborated three rate plans. Monthly subscriber fee for "Centel 498 Home Practical" is 100 rubles; it includes the charge for 300 minutes of local outgoing calls. The rate for further local outgoing calls is 25 kopecks per minute. Monthly subscriber fee for the second rate plan "Centel 498 Home Unlimited" is 250 rubles. This plan allows to make telephone calls to the numbers with area codes "095" (in Moscow and Moscow region), "498" and "499" without any limitations. Subscriber fee for the third rate plan "Centel 498 Home Time" is 50 rubles a month. Per minute rate for local outgoing calls in this case is 25 kopecks a minute and starts from the first minute.

For corporate customers there are also three rate plans. Monthly subscriber fee for "Centel 498 Business Practical" is 360 Rubles. It includes the charge for 600 minutes of local outgoing calls. The rate for further local outgoing calls is 25 kopecks per minute. Monthly subscriber fee for the second rate plan "Centel 498 Business Unlimited" is 420 rubles. This plan allows to make telephone calls to the numbers with area codes "095", "498" and "499" without any limitations. Subscriber fee for the third rate plan "Centel 498 Business Time" is 210 rubles a month. Per minute rate for local outgoing calls in this case is 25 kopecks a minute and starts from the first minute.

"Opening of a new sales office in Balashikha will allow us to attract the attention of town residents to telecommunication solutions offered by Central Telegraph, - said Valery Spiridonov, Head of the Local Service Provision Center 3. – Thus, we will provide more residents of the Moscow region with modern telecommunication services, first of all, with telephone services with digital quality for affordable prices and without any queue".

Central Telegraph works in the Moscow region since 2001; it provides the residents with a full set of modern telecommunication services on the basis of its fiber-optic transport network known as Centel. Central Telegraph provides such services as digital telephone communication, connection to the Internet via dedicated and switched channels, etc. On the territory of the Moscow region the services are provided through Local Service Provision Centers.

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JSC Central Telegraph is one of the largest telecommunication companies offering the full range of communication services to individual and corporate customers in the Moscow region. At present the company provides all types of modern telecommunication services: access to the Internet via dedicated and switched channels (Central Telegraph is "The Best Internet Provider 2002"), data transfer, local, national and international telephone services, connection of ATMs and POS terminals to X.25 network, installation of telephone numbers in Moscow and in the Moscow region on the basis of its own fiber-optic network Centel. Quality management system of the company corresponds to the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 standard applied to telecommunication services. Information about the company you can find at its Internet site : www.cnt.ru.

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