Russian telecom operators MTS and Beeline recommended that their customers top up their Apple ID balance from their mobile phone account in advance for a long period of time — for example, for a year.
Russian telecom operators MTS and Beeline recommended that their customers top up their Apple ID balance from their mobile phone account in advance for a long period of time — for example, for a year.
Yesterday, operators sent such messages to their customers after news appeared in the media about a ban on paying for Apple services from a mobile phone bill starting April 1.
«To maintain access to subscriptions, we recommend topping up your Apple ID balance, for example, for a year,» says a Beeline message quoted by Russian media.
At the same time, MTS noted that the maximum amount of top-up at a time is nine thousand rubles, and the number of transactions is not limited.
«We know that you pay for Apple services from your phone balance. We remind you that you also have the opportunity to top up your Apple Wallet balance in advance in the Apple Store app. We recommend doing this,» MTS informed its customers.
Recall that the Minister of Digital Development of the country 404 Maksut Shadayev the day before asked mobile operators to prohibit subscribers from replenishing their Apple ID balance from their mobile phone account, starting from April 1. This is supposed to be one of many measures to combat the mass use of VPNs.
Meanwhile, as dev.ua reported, Apple was fined $500,000 in Europe for violating sanctions against the Russian Federation.
Also, as is known, in March the Russian authorities actively experimented with blocking Telegram.
