Have you ever wanted to know who owns MTS? Phone numbers with this mobile operator code are used by many people. After all, MTS is one of the "big three" operators in Russia, along with Beeline and Megafon. The company's client base includes millions of people and has long gone beyond the classic cellular communications. Under the auspices of the MTS, equipment is being created, and the scientific and technical base for data transmission is being developed. The company is expanding its range of services to meet the needs of customers.
General information
Closed Joint Stock Company MTS (Mobile TeleSystems) was officially registered in 1993. Thanks to rapid growth and active attempts to monopolize the market of mobile operators, MTS is currently one of the largest telecommunications companies not only in Russia, but also in the CIS. Now it has many subsidiaries in its assets. Even in the worldthe scale of the company is among the top ten most famous.
Features
In recent years, MTS has significantly diversified the scope of its own activities. For example, she began to produce phones under her own brand (the only drawback of most of them is that they only support MTS SIM cards). The company has become one of the most expensive brands in Russia. Its cost at the end of 2010 was more than two hundred million rubles.
The company's headquarters is located in Moscow, but MTS branches are found in many cities. Already in 2013, their number exceeded several thousand. About a quarter of them are flagship stores. This is where you can find branded models of mobile devices. A striking example is the touchscreen MTS 970, released a few years ago, as well as the MTS 945 GLONASS, which supports a satellite tracking system.
Despite its current greatness, the path the company has traveled has not been an easy one. Those who own MTS now understand that the stories of their mobile communications corporation as a whole are closely intertwined.
Development Path
Until the nineties of the last century, no one could have imagined that the 900 MHz frequency range, intended for communication between pilots and the military, would not only be used for peaceful purposes, but would serve to create a cellular communications market.
In 1992, a prototype of the modern GSM system was introduced, and later a competition for copyright was announcedGSM-900 license. At that moment, a key event for the company occurred. The victory in this competition was won by the monopoly association Mobile Moscow, which was later renamed MTS.
The rights to the company at that time were divided between OJSC MGTS (Moscow City Telephone Network), the German company DeTeMobil, Siemens and a number of small shareholders. Later, the shares were redistributed several times, but most of them remained in the hands of domestic entrepreneurs, who still own MTS.
The foundation of the company was laid. A new cellular operator was introduced to the world, and the network coverage, which in 1994 had only one BSS station, began to expand rapidly. The client base, numbering at first only a few thousand subscribers, has exceeded one million in a few years.
This happened for two main reasons. First, the company moved from large centers to regions, actively expanding the scope of its service in places where there was practically no mobile connection. The recognizable number spread more and more across the country. MTS quickly captured the market. The effect of novelty, the lack of worthy competition, the expansion of the technical base and the construction of new networks affected the success. Those who owned the MTS number were in a winning position.
The second reason for the economic victories was the active takeover of small companies that also provide communication services. This facilitated the legal side of the issue regarding the granting of a license for the provision of telecommunications services. So, a substanti althe volume of shares of the Ukrainian operator UMC. The corporation grew like a snowball, sweeping away competitors in its path.
Manual
In many ways, the development of MTS depended on its leader. It was he who determined the vector along which the company had to move. This is a person for whom the success of the enterprise would be in the first place among all other values.
Leonid Melamed and Mikhail Shamolin
After the global rebranding of the company, as a result of which it acquired its current form, Mikhail Shamolin took the helm, replacing Leonid Melamed. The latter did not renounce business and became president of AFK Sistema. But he is interesting not only for this. It is Melamed who is the person who previously owned MTS. He proposed to make the familiar red and white egg symbolic of the company, symbolizing the simplicity of form and promising content.
Shamolin already had behind him not only the Automobile and Road Institute, but also the knowledge acquired at the Russian Academy of Civil Service.
He was also influenced by the Business School (WBS) in finance and management. It was she who prepared the springboard for his career growth: from a position at McKinsey & Co to the managing director of the Ukrainian corporation Interpipe. Then his path lay at MTS, where he first served as vice president of sales, and three years later became president of the company.
Andrey Dubovsky
In the spring of 2011, Andrey Dubovsky replaced him. By that time, the businessman was 45 years old, he graduated from VGIKand worked in the telecommunications industry. The punchy nature also led him to leadership positions. After working for some time as the director of one of the branches of the corporation, he headed the company.
Global brand
MTS, as mentioned earlier, is something more than a mobile operator. It was in his salons that sales of BlackBerry and Apple devices began. It was he who largely influenced the spread of mobile Internet in Russia and the CIS.
In 2008, the corporation was included in the list of hundreds of the world's best brands, and in 2009 it became one of the world's giants in the field of cellular communications. By this time, more than 100 million people became MTS subscribers. The company has passed international certification, as a result of which it has been standardized within the framework of ISO.
Despite the status of the most expensive brand in Russia, those who owned MTS actively interacted with the roaming system, reducing prices for their services. At the same time, the company did not reduce the quality of service, remaining one of the most reliable mobile operators.
She began to actively cooperate with banking systems. So, the MTS-Bank service was introduced, which allows using the phone as a payment device.
Company related scandals
Such a large corporation could not avoid black spots in its history. Those who own MTS phone numbers are probably familiar with the scandals and rumors that appear in the media from time to time.
The hype peaked in 2010. Whilesome of the old subscribers suffered. Without explaining any reasons, their tariffs were changed by the company itself to less favorable ones. They quickly "ate" the account and drove subscribers into a state of chronic debt. Those whose SIM cards were inactive at that moment suffered the most. These people were surprised to find receipts for debts to the company.
Roaming subscribers also got it. Money could have been deducted from their account for no reason, which caused more than one trial.
Criminal cases were initiated against the company for introducing paid services without the knowledge of subscribers. This also adversely affected the company's popularity.
How to find out who owns the MTS phone number
It often happens that people they don't know call subscribers. If a person simply has the wrong number, this is quite acceptable. If the unknown person is too intrusive, no one likes it. Of course, such situations arise not only with MTS subscribers. How to find out who owns the phone? This is not as easy as it might seem.
The fact is that MTS operators do not have the right to disclose confidential information to individuals. Only representatives of certain services, for example, the police, can recognize it. If they call you at the MTS number and threaten you, write a statement to the authorities.
For a fee, you can find out information using the company directory. To do this, you will need to fill out a special form on the site “number. RU . Anotheroption is to buy a database on the radio market.
Conclusion
MTS strives to diversify the services provided, responds constructively to criticism, tries to correct all the shortcomings in the work noted by users. In order to not only stay afloat in the world of business related to mobile communications, but also develop successfully, it is necessary to modernize the service, use modern technologies, expand the range of opportunities for phone owners, increase the coverage area, and introduce interesting programs for customers. All this is carried out by the management of the company and its employees.
