Beltelecom will provide WWII veterans with free long-distance and international phone calls

April 26, Minsk /BELTA/. RUE "Beltelecom" will provide participants of the Great Patriotic War with free telephone calls within Belarus and abroad to mark the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory. This was reported to BELTA by the enterprise's press service. The promotion will start at midnight on May 7 and will last until 24:00 on May 11. Free telephone calls within the republic will be provided automatically or with the help of an operator from home phones subscribed by participants of the Great Patriotic War. To order free telephone calls within the republic with the help of an operator in all cities and regions of Belarus, you can call 8-18 (for subscribers in Brest and Brest region, Vitebsk and Vitebsk region, Minsk and Minsk region, Mogilev and Mogilev region) and 8-13 (for subscribers in Gomel and Gomel region, Grodno and Grodno region, as well as Minsk and Minsk region). The promotion does not apply to telephone calls with mobile subscribers, Internet access, and paid information services. Additional information about the promotion can be obtained by calling 153 (free call). Free international telephone calls will be provided to veterans and participants of the Great Patriotic War using service telephone cards worth 16,000 tariff units. Beltelecom's sales departments will conduct targeted mailings of service telephone cards to all participants of the Great Patriotic War. A service telephone card allows calls to CIS countries, any country in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia to landline or mobile numbers. The rules for using the service telephone card are posted on the back of the card, as well as in the "STK User Guide," which is provided with the card. Inquiries about the organization of free international telephone calls during the promotion can be made by calling 176 or 8 805 100 4444 (free call). Free international and domestic calls will be provided to Heroes of the Soviet Union, Full Cavaliers of the Order of Glory, disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War, and participants of the Great Patriotic War. In addition, this opportunity will be given to persons who participated in special units in mine clearance operations after liberation from German occupation in 1943-1945; persons awarded with USSR orders and/or medals for selfless work and impeccable military service in the rear during the Great Patriotic War; persons who worked at air defense facilities, local air defense, construction of defensive structures, naval bases, airfields and other military facilities within the rear boundaries of active fronts, at front-line sections of railways and roads, members of transport fleet crews interned at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in foreign ports; persons who worked at enterprises, institutions and organizations of the city of Leningrad during the blockade from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944, and were awarded the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad," persons awarded the badge "Resident of Blockaded Leningrad"; disabled persons since childhood due to injury, concussion, mutilation related to combat operations during the Great Patriotic War or consequences of military operations, who have reached: men 60 years of age, women – 55 years of age. "Beltelecom" is the national telecommunications operator of Belarus. Over the years of development, the enterprise has built an extensive telecommunications network throughout the country, a network of backbone fiber-optic communication lines with access to neighboring countries. "Beltelecom" develops qualitatively new telecommunication services, ensures the transmission of long-distance and international traffic, and the operation of a terrestrial network of television and radio broadcasting channels. A complex of ground stations "Teleport" is used to organize international satellite communication channels. The company's subscriber base is over 3.8 million.