OREANDA-NEWS. January 27, 2011. CenterTelecom OJSC reports that it has begun providing Free Call, a new service. According to the service an outgoing call to CenterTelecom subscriber's telephone number with 8-800 code will be free for any caller in the territory of Russia's Central Federal District (all incoming calls are to be paid by CenterTelecom's client using the service). The service is developed for dynamic companies which want to cover big audience and to get the audience's feedback. CenterTelecom allocated 10,000 telephone numbers with 8-800 code for the new service.

The new service provides unlimited opportunities for business development in the course of conducting of promotional and marketing campaigns. A number with 8-800 code is not linked with the subscriber's address; the incoming calls are processed on basis of CenterTelecom's Universal Intellectual Service Platform and forwarded to the subscriber's ABC coded local telephone number or to DEF coded mobile telephone number provided by any telecommunications operator in Russia's Central Federal District.

A subscriber may select "Gold" and "Silver" telephone number with 8-800 code on basis of negotiated terms. Moreover the subscriber may use Booking of Telephone Number, an additional paid service, may forward calls depending on day of week and time of day and may filter incoming calls in accordance with geographic principle.

The core advantages of the service comprise an opportunity for the subscriber's existing and potential clients to call to the number with 8-800 code within 24 hours a day at the expense of the subscriber, the unified telephone number for all the subscriber's branches, and unlimited for business development opportunities in the course of conducting of advertising and marketing campaigns.