From 1st October till 31st December (from 1st September in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast)   2009 OJSC N.W. Telecom is launching the Computer for a Teacher Programme jointly with the Intel corporation.

Under the Programme, any teacher in the Northwestern Federal District gets the opportunity of acquiring an up-to-date  personal computer at a good price on an interest-free installment basis for 6 or 12 months, provided the Internet broadband access service is chosen for subscription and one of the limitless Avangard rate plans. Besides, privileged terms of using the Avangard service from the moment of making the contract till the end of 2009 are provided for the participants of the Programme in each region.

To use this offer, a teacher must just receive his/her Participant 's Certificate at his/her school and then show it when making the contract for the provision of the Avangard service at the OJSC N.W. Telecom's Client Service Centre.

The offer is valid for new users of the Avangard service, if a fixed-term contract is made for the provision of broadband access to the Internet for 12 months.

The purpose of Computer for a Teacher Programme is to help in solving the main task of one of the basic areas of the priority national project Education, namely providing access to up-to-date information educational resources for schoolchildren and teachers throughout Russia. For the opportunity of un restricted use of the Internet opens to teachers new and unique resources for improving their professional level, for the search and use in the teaching process of new teaching methods and tools, and additional teaching and visual aids, which must result in a significant improvement of the quality of education.

You can find detailed information on the Computer for a Teacher Programme by giving a phone call to the information and reference services of regional branches of OJSC N.W.Telecom, at the www.avangard-dsl.ruproduct web site and at Sale and Service Points (SSP).

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Intel – the leading world manufacturer of innovative semi-conductor components – designs technologies, products and initiatives aimed at a constant improvement of people's lives' quality and improvement of their work methods. You can find more information on the Intel corporation at the www.intel.com/pressroom  web site, at the Russia n-language Web server of Intel ( https://www.intel.ru), and at the web site https://blogs.intel.com. Intel and logo Intel are trade marks of the Intel corporation in the USA and other countries.

* The Computer for a Teacher Programme operates in the operation areas of all branches of OJSC N.W.Telecom, except for the Murmansk branch. In St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast the Programme started on 1st September 2009.