Russia’s Rostelecom to pay 1 bln rbl for World of Tanks game bonuses

MOSCOW, Jan 27 (PRIME) -- Russian state-controlled telecom operator Rostelecom will sign a 1.15 billion ruble contract with Wargaming, a founder of the World of Tanks online game, to provide its broadband subscribers with extra game options, according to a statement on the state purchases portal, seen by PRIME on Wednesday.

The purchase will be made from the single supplier.

“The contractor is to provide additional options of the game to every active subscriber of the service ‘home Internet’, who has an account in the game on the territory of the Russian Federation. An ultimate number of subscribers, to whom game options are to be presented, are at 1,000,000,” the statement read.

The game must be a massively multiplayer online one, which is available in the country.

Rostelecom said on Tuesday that it launched a new tariff plan for home Internet with special options for fans of the World of Tanks game.

(81.8394 rubles – U.S. $1)

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