OREANDA-NEWS. November 29, 2010. Kyivstar introduces a new service, VKontakte, which enables use of Vkontakte.ru website at the special rate till 31 January 2011 inclusively.

Kyivstar introduces a new service, VKontakte specially devised for Kyivstar and DJUICE prepaid service subscribers — active users of mobile Internet and the social website Vkontakte.ru.

Activation of the VKontakte service is free. Monthly service fee is only UAH 20.00 including VAT. Additional Pension Fund surcharge in the amount of 7.5% of the service cost (excluding VAT) applies.

Cost of 1 MB of data received/communicated through the website is UAH 0.02 including all taxes.

This service is not available to customers who have the Internet 3G rate plan.

Mobile Internet users may activate the VKontakte service by dialing a short number 477, using the My Kyivstar / My DJUICE self-service system, or by dialing *134*1#.

The VKontakte service will be activated within one day after placing the order, and confirmed by an SMS message. Full amount of monthly fee will be charged for the month in which the service was activated. In all subsequent calendar months, monthly fee will be charged on the same calendar day it was charged the first time.

If user account has insufficient funds on the day when the monthly fee is due, the Vkontakte.ru access will subsequently be billed for according to user’s current rate plan.

To check the status of the service, dial a short number 477, use the My Kyivstar / My DJUICE self-service system, or dial *134#.

The VKontakte service rates are effective in Ukraine only. When user is roaming in partner networks, the Vkontakte.ru access will be billed for according to applicable roaming rates for Internet services. This service will be provided, if subscribers use the following access points: www.ab.kyivstar.net or www.djuice.com.ua.

Access to Vkontakte.ru online services (applications, maps, etc.) which aren’t physically located on this website’s servers is billed for according to user’s current rate plan. If an Internet user will attempt to visit these resources, a warning will pop up on the screen of his phone or computer.

We at Kyivstar make sure that our customers — Vkontakte.ru users can communicate with their friends at advantageous rates.