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KAZAKHSTAN

Useful things to know:
Prefix: +7 KZ
Money: 1 Kazakhstanian Tenge = 0.006318 Euro
Electricitye: 220V - 50Hz
Time Zone: GMT+7.00

GSM Operators

GSM Kazakhstan Ltd (K'CELL)
K'cell Prepaid Card Name: Activ
Activation Fee/Credit included: KZT 1000/500+700 units - € 6.32
Card Validity after activation: ???
Net Frequency: GSM 900
Logo, Net Code: K'CELL, 401 02
Coverage Map: GSM-World
Prepaid offer: click here
Last update: 18/01/07
Beeline Kazakhstan
Beeline Prepaid Card Name: Time
Activation Fee/Credit included: KZT 1000/1000 - € 6.47/6.47
Card Validity after activation: ???
Net Frequency: GSM 900
Logo, Net Code: Beeline, 401 01
Coverage Map: GSM-World
Prepaid offer: click here
Last update: 18/01/07
Mobile Telecom Service LLP
Beeline Prepaid Card Name: no specific prepaid brand
Activation Fee/Credit included: ???
Card Validity after activation: ???
Net Frequency: GSM 900
Logo, Net Code: NEO, 401 77
Coverage Map: Official-Site
Prepaid offer: click here
Last update: 21/03/08

Other GSM brands

Kar-Tel Ltd (K-MOBILE)
K-mobile Prepaid Card Name: Excess Card
Activation Fee/Credit included: ???
Card Validity after activation: ???
Net Frequency: GSM 900
Logo, Net Code: Kmobile, Beeline
Network: Beeline
Prepaid offer: click here
Last update: 18/01/07

Beeline and K-Mobile

GSM-World lists only 2 operators in Kazakhstan, but here you see 3... what's wrong? It seems that K-Mobile has been bought in September 2004 by VimpelCom, the Russian national operator which uses the brand Beeline. So they say on their official site:

VimpelCom is a leading international provider of telecommunications services in Russia and Kazakhstan. The Company operates under the 'Beeline' brand in Russia and Kazakhstan. In addition, VimpelCom is continuing to use 'K-mobile' and 'EXCESS' brands in Kazakhstan.
So it seems that Beeline and K-mobile are the same thing with 2 different brands and offers, something like Era and Heyah in Poland, while Excess is the prepaid offer of K-Mobile, and Time is the one of Beeline.