Aiva Mobile

Aiva Mobile is a virtual mobile operator (Full MVNO operator). Created by OJSC MTT.

Aiva Mobile provides mobile communication services for representatives of ethnic communities, tourists and foreign citizens coming to work in Russia. The operator uses Dual-SIM technology, which provides simultaneous operation of two numbers ("home" and Russian) on a single subscriber SIM card.

History

2018

In Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don

Virtual mobile operator Aiva Mobile in February 2018 announced its entry into two regions, launching sales in Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don with the Druzhba Regions tariff.

Sales started in most cities of the Krasnodar Territory and the Rostov Region, including Krasnodar, Sochi, Novorossiysk and Adler, Rostov-on-Don and Volgodonsk. In total, in these two regions, the operator opened more than 500 points of sale.

We have strengthened our dealer network and partnerships with regional retail - this will allow us to quickly and efficiently serve subscribers, and more efficiently attract new users. In addition, we offer favorable prices within the framework of the tariffs "My Armenia" and "Friendship Regions" both in the home network and to the numbers of operators, and Armenia Uzbekistan, Tajikistan - China said the director of the department of mobile business MTT Yevgeny Malchevsky. - In the near future, in the Krasnodar Territory and the Rostov Region, potential subscribers will also have access to our service by order and delivery -kart SIM.

Aiva Mobile provides mobile communication services for representatives of ethnic communities, tourists and foreign citizens coming to work in Russia. The operator uses Dual-SIM technology, which provides simultaneous operation of two numbers ("home" and Russian) on a single SIM card.

2017

In Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg

In the fall of 2017, sales were launched in Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg and four new regional switching nodes were put into operation. The launch of sales in Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg is part of the overall development strategy of Aiva Mobile, which is aimed at diversifying the subscriber base and increasing the coverage area in promising regions. By the end of the year, residents of Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don will be able to connect to Aiva Mobile.

MTT has built four regional network nodes for Aiva Mobile: in Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar and Rostov. This infrastructure allows you to start connecting subscribers in these regions, as well as provide them with a high-speed mobile Internet service and other additional services.

Strengthening infrastructure and launching sales in new regions is underway together with the expansion of the foreign geography of Aiva Mobile. In September of this year, Aiva Mobile was launched in Armenia in partnership with the Armenian operator UCom. This is the fourth country where operator services are available. The first country was Tajikistan, where Aiva Mobile, in partnership with the operator Babilon Mobile, implemented its first project in 2014. In December 2015, the operator began work in Finland, together with DNA operator Oy, and in February 2016 - in Uzbekistan with local partner UCell.

In Armenia

In September 2017, MTT OJSC, the operator of multiservice communication services, IP services, long-distance communication and transit traffic services, announced the launch of Full-MVNO operator Aiva Mobile on the Armenian market in partnership with local operator Ucom (Universal Communications).

The project of the Aiva Mobile operator is aimed at representatives of ethnic communities, entrepreneurs and tourists who come to Russia from Armenia and want to use their "home" number.

"Russia and Armenia are historically in close contact, economic and cultural. Armenia is one of the most developed telecommunications markets in the CIS, therefore, high quality services and favorable prices, equal to the roaming space within the Aiva Mobile network, will be widely in demand by UCom subscribers, "comments Andrey Azhigirov, director of the Interoperator Interaction Bank.

Thanks to the Dual-SIM technology from Aiva Mobile, the subscriber has the opportunity to use two phone numbers on the same SIM card - from Ucom in Armenia, and from Aiva Mobile in Russia. Upon arrival in Russia, the subscriber receives an SMS notification with an offer to choose the Aiva Mobile network. By dialing a short USSD service command on the phone, depending on the region of its stay, the subscriber receives the Moscow or St. Petersburg telephone number Aiva Mobile.

2016: Aiva Mobile enters regions

Since November, MTT has been expanding the geography of sales and service of the first federal Full-MVNO operator Aiva Mobile. Now, subscribers of seven new cities Tula Tver-,,,,, and - can connect to Aiva Mobile Ryazan Vladimir. Kaluga Samara Earlier Nizhny Novgorod, the "home network" of Aiva Mobile was limited Moscow to both the Moscow region St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

To provide subscribers with high quality services and a full range of VAS services, MTT additionally built four regional nodes of the Aiva Mobile network: in Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar and Rostov.

The expansion of the operator's area of ​ ​ presence is part of Aiva Mobile's overall development strategy aimed at diversifying the subscriber base and increasing the coverage area in promising regions. The company's plans for 2016 are not limited only to the Central Federal District and the Volga Region, by the end of the year Aiva Mobile will be launched in Novosibirsk, Orenburg, Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk.

2015: On the Aiva Mobile SIM card, the subscriber receives two telephone numbers, Finnish and Russian

In December 2015, MTT, an operator of multi-service communication services, IP services, long-distance communications and transit traffic services, announced the entry of Aiva Mobile into the Finnish market with a mobile product intended for tourists, businessmen, and people with real estate in both countries.

MTT's partner in Finland is one of the operators of the local Big Three - DNA Oy, which serves 3.5 million mobile and fixed subscribers. Together with DNA, MTT will provide Aiva Mobile services both in Russia and in Finland.

Previously, Aiva Mobile was launched in Tajikistan, in partnership with the operator Babilon Mobile. MTT has created a cellular operator infrastructure for Aiva Mobile, including a billing system, CRM, its own GMSC switch, HLR subscriber register and other technical components.

At the first stage, Aiva Mobile/DNA Double Prepaid SIM cards will be available at MTT retail points of sale in St. Petersburg and Moscow, on the DNA side - in the operator's stores throughout the country, in ski resorts and in border shopping centers.

On one Aiva Mobile SIM card, the subscriber receives two simultaneously active telephone numbers, Finnish and Russian. Thanks to the intelligent routing technology from MTT, it is possible to call and receive calls from both numbers in either of the two countries at "home" rates without additional manipulation. Aiva Mobile is a unique product focused on the growing segment of Russian-speaking residents of Finland and on committees - on those who need to constantly move and at the same time have a high-quality connection with the house.

The rates for Aiva Mobile calls with a Finnish tariff are 0.07 euros per minute when calling from Finland to Russia, and 5 rubles. per minute with an outgoing call from Russia to Finland. The cost of incoming calls when in Russia in the home region and Finland is 0 rubles. The cost of an outgoing call within the network in the home region is 0.95 rubles. per minute, for all calls in Finland - 0.066 euros per minute. In addition, Aiva Mobile offers favorable prices for mobile Internet.

The flow of people between the two countries is growing every year - in total, from January to October this year, the Finnish-Russian border crossed more than 7.7 million times. In Finland, tens of thousands of people are involved in businesses that require frequent travel and calls to Russia, given the close economic and cultural ties between both states. Thus, according to a study of the St. Petersburg market conducted by MTT in early 2015, more than 60% of respondents expressed a need for a product such as Aiva Mobile.