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Operators mobile communications operating in Belarus, for example, Velcom, often inform their customers about the increase in the range of gadgets or the provision of new services by SMS. It is not surprising that such actions annoy many subscribers and, sooner or later, they wonder how to turn off advertising on Velcom. Not everyone is aware of the existence of simple and not contradicting the conditions of the operator ways to disable SMS mailing from Velcom and refuse many unnecessary services (for example, disable Melofon), and it is about them that will be discussed in this article.
Opportunity to unsubscribe
For quite a long time, namely since 2008, Velcom has provided its customers with the opportunity to disable SMS messaging. The exceptions are messages related to subscription services and the fulfillment of the conditions specified in the agreement between the operator and the client. Cancellation of SMS distribution is carried out by means of CCIS, USSD requests or by submitting an application to employees of the Welcom service point.
Disabling SMS-mailing "What's new" from Velcom
The Velcom operator provides its subscribers with an SMS mailing list called "What's New". Here is what company representatives say about this option: “For the convenience of customers, the What's New SMS mailing starts functioning by default after a person inserts a SIM card into his mobile phone. Regularly after the end of an incoming or outgoing call (or sending an SMS message), notifications on a variety of topics pop up on the device's display. Subscribers who are interested in the content of the SMS mailing simply click "OK" and study the detailed information, as well as use Velcom's entertainment services.
For the use of SMS-mailing is not charged subscription fee, but if the user accidentally clicks the "OK" button, he may incur serious financial losses. The most unprotected in this situation are the elderly and young children, who, without reading the notification, can confirm the action only in order to close the interfering window. This can lead to spending more than a thousand rubles for receiving some trifling news. You may have to pay a fee for the use of traffic.
It is quite difficult to disable Velcom advertising sent by SMS to your phone. This cannot be dealt with Personal account subscriber, but it’s still worth logging in to activate the options “Disable newsletters” and “Disable SMS mailings”.
Such actions will help to disable some of the intrusive advertising on Velcom, but not the "What's New" SMS mailing list. Universal SMS or USSD request in order to block or completely disable unnecessary messages received by SMS mailing, also does not exist.
How to disable "What's New":
- Enter the sim-menu of Wellcome.
- Click "What's new" -> "Settings" -> "Service activated" -> "Disable" -> "OK".
Judging by the feedback from Velcom subscribers, not everyone can turn off SMS mailing in this way: on some mobile phones the menu of the operator does not contain the items described above.
The only option that will work for sure is to call the call center (numbers 410,411) and ask them to unsubscribe from the mailing list and turn off the What's New SMS mailing list.
Disabling Melofon
Only by making an effort, you can find the “Rules” section on the official website of the Velcom company, and then find the necessary one in the extensive list of documents - “The procedure for the Melofon service”.
It says here that it is connected by default immediately after the conclusion of an agreement on the provision of communication services at Velcom tariffs (everything, except for Internet tariffs).
What Melofon is for: when other people call the subscriber to whose number it is connected, instead of beeps they hear music. Naturally, not everyone needs this option, but they connect it everywhere.
Important! Using the option will cost the client 7900 Belarusian rubles per month (only the first thirty days are free). If we recall the budgetary tariff proposals of the operator Velcom, for example, "In touch" with a subscription fee of 13,900 rubles, then we get an almost fifty percent increase in this amount. Therefore, it must be disabled.
It will not be possible to remove Melofon online through CCIS - the list of connected services displayed in the Personal Account does not include it.
You must disconnect in one of three ways:
- register on a separate service website and switch off there;
- send a message "rbtoff" to number 424;
- send USSD command *425*5*1#.
Turn off Voka (Woka) TV
Voka TV is a service that provides subscribers who have installed a special application on their phone with the opportunity to use it as a TV or cinema. All sessions and broadcasts are available around the clock.
The service can be used by physical and legal entities located on the territory of Belarus and concluded an agreement with Velk for the provision of communication services.
How to turn off Voka TV on Velcom:
- in mobile application in the "Subscriptions" tab;
- directly from the voka.tv website.
A notification that the Voka TV service on Velcom has been disabled will be sent to the subscriber's number by SMS.
It is worth using the services of mobile operators as carefully as possible in order to avoid unnecessary costs and connect only what you really need. To do this, it is enough to take into account the recommendations and instructions given in this material.
- Looking for new friends?
- Do you want to listen to musical Hits, funny Jokes?
- Do you like to learn more about yourself by taking interesting tests?
You can use the services of the Funbox portal and not worry about the state of your balance, since all calls to the short number 2222 are free!
Access to the portal is available only to MTS Subscribers - individuals and legal entities served on any tariff plan. Connection to the "Dating" section is available to all MTS subscribers, individuals served on any tariff plan, except for tariff plans Company, Company 200, SMS Company, Corporation, Corporate 1, Corporate 2, Corporate+, Business+, Business, MTS-Connect, Telematics ”, “Guest”. The service is provided only to citizens of the Republic of Belarus and / or citizens who have a residence permit in the Republic of Belarus.
How to subscribe?
In order to use the entertainment services on the Funbox voice portal, you need to dial the short number 2222, follow the instructions in the voice menu, select the service you like and activate the subscription to it. The service is activated in each thematic section of the portal by pressing the "1" key.
It is also possible to connect the service by the following additional ways, following the voice menu instructions:
- when dialing a number starting with the following characters *0…, *1…, *2…, *3…, *4…, *5…, *6…, *7…, *8…, *9…, excluding codes of the form *100, *0ХХХ, *1XXX, *2ХХХ, *3ХХХ, *4ХХХ, *5ХХХ, *6ХХХ, *7ХХХ, *8ХХХ, *9ХХХ where X - digits from 0 to 9;
- when dialing a 5-digit IVR number in the range 10000-99999.
Sections of the Funbox portal:
Acquaintance.
In this section it is possible:
- Listen to dating profiles recorded by other users. The choice of questionnaires is carried out according to the criteria specified by the user (gender, age);
- Leave messages on the profiles you like;
- Write your own profiles;
- Change your profiles;
- Listen and reply to messages left by other users.
Player.
In this section it is possible:
- Listen to new music and hits;
- Create your own playlist.
Jokes.
In this section it is possible:
- Listen to funny jokes;
- Add jokes to your personal collection;
- Manage your collection.
Psychological tests.
In this section it is possible:
- Pass tests on various topics (Tests for ladies, Tests for men, Love and friendship, For sweet couples, Know yourself).
Stories for adults.
Attention! This section is intended only for persons over 18 years of age.
In this section it is possible:
- Listen to stories for adults;
- Add stories to your collection.
How to unsubscribe?
In order to unsubscribe from access to the thematic sections of the Funbox voice portal, you must:
- Dial the short number 2222. Select the "Manage subscriptions" item in the main menu of the portal (under the "7" button) and disable the services you need in it, following the instructions of the voice menu;
- contact contact center MTS.
What is the price?
The cost of a subscription in the radio coverage area of JLLC "Mobile TeleSystems" for access to any thematic section of the voice portal "Funbox" is 0.09 rubles. per day including VAT.
Attention! Access to each thematic section of the portal is paid separately.
When subscribing to a thematic section for the first time, you are provided with a free trial period of 3 days.
Outgoing calls to the short number 2222 are not charged. The service is not provided in international roaming.
By calling short number 2222, you confirm that you have read these Rules and express your agreement with them.
- 1999 - the company starts commercial activity under the velcom brand.
- 2000 – velcom GSM communication appeared in all regional cities of Belarus.
- 2007 - velcom communication became available to the entire urban population of Belarus.
- 2007 – velcom became a part of A1 Telekom Austria Group.
- 2008 - the company changed its logo and name to Unitary Enterprise Velcom.
- 2010 – the company started rolling out a 3G network.
- 2014 – VOKA interactive television appeared in the company's service portfolio.
- 2016 – the company built and put into operation one of the largest solar power plants in Belarus.
- 2016 - The upgrade of the existing 3G network was launched by adding the more advanced UMTS-900 to the UMTS-2100 format.
- 2016-2018 – the company began to actively develop in the fixed Internet market, following the strategy of integrating existing networks (connecting the networks of Atlant Telecom, TeleSet, Garant in Gomel and Vitebsk, etc.), as well as building its own high-speed Internet access networks on Ethernet and GPON technologies
- 2017 – velcom became the first mobile operator in the world to launch a fully virtual mobile network core into commercial operation.
- 2017 – velcom data center, one of the largest data processing center (DPC) in Belarus, started its work in Minsk.
- 2017 - the company launched the country's first narrow-band NB-IoT (Narrow Band Internet of Things) network for the Internet of Things in Minsk. By 2019, the technology became available in all regional cities of Belarus.
- 2019 - service provision started mobile internet by 4G technology in the network infrastructure operator beСloud in Minsk and Minsk region.
- 2019 – the company announced its repositioning on the market and began to use the dual brand velcom | A1.
- 2019 - the company completed the transition to the A1 brand and changed its name to Unitary Enterprise "A1".
A1 company provides mobile communication services of GSM 900/1800, UMTS 900/2100 (WCDMA/HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA+) and 4G (LTE, in the network of the infrastructure operator beСloud) in Belarus. Subscribers have access to a full range of basic services, as well as additional services. HD-format calls and high-speed Internet are available in the territory where 99% of the country's population lives.
Also, A1 is one of the largest private operator of fixed Internet access in Belarus, providing subscribers with high-speed Internet access based on its own fiber optic network using Ethernet and GPON technologies. At the same time, a range of services for organizing Internet access via an individual fiber line is provided for legal entities.
The active development of the network took place in 2016-2018, when subscribers of the providers Atlant Telecom (Minsk), Aichyna Plus (Minsk), Belinfonet (Minsk), Garant (Gomel and Vitebsk) joined the operator's network, "Summit" (Polotsk), "Ranak Media" (Svetlogorsk) and partly "Business Network" (Minsk).
In September 2017, A1 launched its own data processing center (DPC) in Minsk. The data center occupies an area of 7.5 thousand square meters and today is one of the largest and most modern in Belarus.
The data center is designed for 800 server racks and has its own optical ring - 43 kilometers of network with a bandwidth of 1 Tbps. The A1 data center has an international Uptime Institute (UI) certificate for Tier III fault tolerance in the Design and Facility categories, a PCI DSS certificate confirming the security of customer infrastructure and protection of payment card data, as well as a certificate information security ISO 27001 certified by one of the most respected standards organizations British Standards Institution (BSI).
A1 provides a video service under the VOKA brand. The service is available using IPTV technologies in the A1 and OTT networks through the network of any operator in Belarus.
In 2018, the VOKA service began to receive its own media content: sections "Our Football" and "Our Hockey" with broadcasts of matches with the participation of Belarusian clubs and teams, live broadcasts of concerts, music festivals, conferences and forums, as well as broadcasts of cybersport tournaments in esports section. In the VOKA SHOW section, reviews, mini-reality and TV shows created exclusively for the platform are available. In addition, one of the key areas in the work of VOKA is the creation of Belarusian-language content.
In 2019, the country's largest library of content in Ultra High-Definition (4K) appeared in the VOKA video service, and is also implementing large-scale social educational projects.
A1 is also committed to helping Belarusians rediscover their heritage: traditions, history, culture and other elements of national heritage. The company pays special attention to the most important Belarusian artifacts, such as the Belarusian language, national art and corners of untouched nature.
