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SARATOV, June 28 A major accident on the highway led to a malfunction of the MTS operator in 12 regions, some of them, including the Saratov region , communication is already being restored, the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Saratov region reported in its telegram channel.
Earlier, the press service of MTS said that on Wednesday the operator notes problems with the use of communication services in some regions of the Volga region, work is underway to eliminate them. Correspondents noted that MTS communication services were not available in Saratov, Ufa, Nizhny Novgorod, while the network operates in Perm.
«On the territory of the Saratov region, the absence of a cellular signal from the MTS operator is recorded. The failure occurred in 12 regions, including the Saratov region «, — the message says.
It is clarified that at the moment the connection of MTS subscribers has begun to be restored.
«»The cause of the failure was a major accident on the highway. In some regions, including the Saratov region, as of 19.00 (18.00 Moscow time), communication is being restored,» the department quotes the Minister of Digital Development and Communications of the region Vladimir Starkov as saying.
According to correspondents, at present MTS communication after about an hour break appeared in Saratov and Ufa, in Tatarstan there were no problems with MTS communication.
MTS is the largest Russian mobile operator. The company is also a provider of digital services, including fintech and media within ecosystems, a provider of IT solutions in the field of unified communications, the Internet of things, monitoring, data processing, and cloud computing. The main shareholder is AFK Sistema Vladimir Evtushenkov, which owns 42.085% of the operator's authorized capital.