ZAGREB, July 1 (Hina) - The second Croatian operator in the digital cellular telephone net (GSM), VIP-net, has been included into the commercial work since July 1. In this way, the Croatian Telecommunications (HT) have now their first
rival in the GSM net. The consortium VIP-net offers somewhat cheaper services, but the HT Cronet has the advantage of covering a larger part of the country. At the moment, VIP-net's signal can cover 56.6 percent of the population, mainly in Croatian cities, but by the end of this year the coverage will increase to 75 percent of inhabitants. The price for the connection to VIP-net amounts to 488 kuna, whereas the connection to Cronet is 610 kuna. Both operators have the same monthly subscription of 122 kuna. Cronet has a tariff system with three periods. The cheapest fare (0.97 kuna per minute) is for calls from 10 o'clock in the evening until 07,00 in the morning. The far
ZAGREB, July 1 (Hina) - The second Croatian operator in the digital
cellular telephone net (GSM), VIP-net, has been included into the
commercial work since July 1. In this way, the Croatian
Telecommunications (HT) have now their first rival in the GSM net.
The consortium VIP-net offers somewhat cheaper services, but the HT
Cronet has the advantage of covering a larger part of the country.
At the moment, VIP-net's signal can cover 56.6 percent of the
population, mainly in Croatian cities, but by the end of this year
the coverage will increase to 75 percent of inhabitants.
The price for the connection to VIP-net amounts to 488 kuna, whereas
the connection to Cronet is 610 kuna.
Both operators have the same monthly subscription of 122 kuna.
Cronet has a tariff system with three periods. The cheapest fare
(0.97 kuna per minute) is for calls from 10 o'clock in the evening
until 07,00 in the morning. The fare for the calls between 07.00 am
and 04.00 pm is 1.96 kuna per minute, whereas the fare for calls
between 04.00 and 10.00 p.m. is 1.46 kuna.
Contrary to Cronet, VIP-net divides users into two categories -
private and commercial subscribers. The price for commercial
entities is 1.71 kuna per minute all the day. Private users have two
tariffs: first is from 08.00 am to 06.00 pm on working days with the
fare of 1.83 kuna per minute, whereas the cheaper is 1.46 kuna on
week-ends and from 06.00 pm to 0.8.00 am on working days.
(One dollar is approximately 7.3 kuna.)
(hina) ms