Telecommunication Companies Help Ukraine, Telephone Service And Roaming To That Country Free!

Several US and European telecommunications companies provide free calling services to Ukraine. (photo: twitter @ETNOAssociation)

JAKARTA – The suffering experienced by the Ukrainian people due to the Russian invasion last week has attracted sympathy from telecommunications companies from various countries. Now several telecommunications companies are providing free calling services to Ukraine.

From Deutsche Telekom, to AT&T to Vodafone, and more than a dozen telecommunications providers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, have provided free international calling services to Ukraine. They even removed roaming charges with that country.

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— ETNOAssociation (@ETNOAssociation) February 26, 2022

European telecommunications lobby group ETNO said an internal survey showed at least 13 of its members had taken action to help Ukraine after Russia's invasion of the country. Meanwhile many more are expected to do the same in the coming days.

They are Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Telia Company , A1 Telekom Austria Group, Telenor, Proximus, KPN, Vodafone, Vivacom, TIM Telecom Italia, Altice Portugal and Swisscom.

According to ETNO, several offers have now appeared including providing SIM cards to refugees in neighboring countries, free Wi-Fi in refugee camps, as well as activating the 'SMS donation' function to help organizations helping refugees and including Ukrainian channels in IPTV packages online. free. .

US telecommunications group AT&T last week said its consumer and business customers in the US will receive unlimited long-distance calls to Ukraine through March 7.

Verizon also said it was waiving charges for calls from consumer or business landlines and cordless phones to and from Ukraine until March 10. They also removed voice and text roaming charges for subscribers in Ukraine.