This week, telephone communication is becoming more expensive in Belarus

Tariffs for public telecommunication services for individuals, legal entities, and individual entrepreneurs are increasing in Belarus.

This decision is contained in the Resolution of the Ministry of Economy dated March 31, 2015, No. 27 "On Amendments to the Resolution of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus dated November 10, 2011, No. 184", published on March 4 on the National Legal Portal, according to BELTA.

For the population, the monthly subscription fee for a telephone connected to a separate subscriber line, switched to a time-based billing system for calls, will increase to 21 thousand rubles (in May of last year, the subscription fee was set at 12.25 thousand rubles).

For each full or partial minute of connection, citizens will have to pay 51 rubles (in May - 29.8 rubles). A full or partial minute of long-distance calls without operator assistance will cost users 100 rubles (in May - 72.6 rubles).

The increase in maximum tariffs will also affect legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. For example, the subscription fee for a main telephone, switched to a time-based billing system for calls, will increase to 24.5 thousand rubles (in May it was 15.5 thousand rubles). The subscription fee for a main telephone in social sphere organizations funded from the budget will increase to 12 thousand rubles (in May - 7.65 thousand rubles). The subscription fee for a main telephone connected to an institutional-private automatic branch exchange as a connecting line will increase to 55.3 thousand rubles (in May - 35 thousand rubles).

The resolution comes into force five days after its official publication.