VPN on the mobile Internet from Yota

Hello, friends. As you know, at the end of this summer , a new stage began in our work as the fourth federal mobile operator. We have developed the “Create an Operator Together” marketing strategy, within the framework of which our customers can offer their ideas, what they would like to see in the new mobile operator, and we implement the most popular ones. The first realized idea put forward, by the way, by users of “Habr” and vigorously discussed in our blog earlier, was the provision of the ability to establish a VPN connection on a smartphone in the Yota mobile network.

First of all, the ability to use VPN will be interesting for subscribers who need a secure connection to a corporate or personal LAN. Basically, it is necessary to access mail accounts and all sorts of local services, such as debug servers, planning systems, bug tracking services, etc.

Also, we do not limit our users in any way using the means to establish VPN connections. It can be both various web services and mobile applications.
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There is no additional charge for using a VPN. When using the Yota SIM card on mobile devices with a voice module (smartphones and some tablets), VPN traffic is not limited in any way. On tablets without a voice module, the maximum speed of the mobile Internet is 64 kbit / s. However, for tablet owners, we plan to launch a special offer on the mobile Internet with no speed limit.

Prioritization

Generally speaking, it is not always possible to give an unequivocal answer to the question “Does the speed of the mobile Internet change when using a VPN?”. The fact is that if an overload occurs at the base station, so many subscribers are connected to it, the traffic control algorithm is initiated. First of all, BS resources are being provided for interactive services (for example, voice messengers and online games), as well as DNS queries. That is, priority is given in cases when packet loss or delay is critical. VPN is also a high-priority service. This is due to the fact that this function is primarily used to solve business problems, so even overloading the base station will have a minimal impact on the speed of VPN connections.

Create an operator together

Another innovation was the service where you can make your suggestions for the implementation of any functions and features. If an idea gains a sufficiently large number of votes, we consider the possibility of its implementation. And the inclusion of VPN for smartphone users just became the first result of the new service.

You can send your ideas in three ways:

- through the special section “Creating an operator together” on the Yota website
- using our mobile application ( Android , iOS )
- or by letter to idea@yota.ru .

We invite you to actively contribute new ideas, we are open to any suggestions. And do not forget to vote for ideas you like on our site!