Lee rou. Have you canceled roaming in Russia? How to find out the price of services when traveling in Russia

Tariffication of sms, internet-traffic and calls abroad is very different from that which operates in the country within the home region. This is due to roaming - the use of cellular communications outside the service area of ​​your mobile operator through the use of foreign network resources. To save money on communication with loved ones abroad, MTS offers a choice of several advantageous services and tariff packages.

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The mobile operator has released several types of roaming tariffs, which can be divided into 4 types:

The above types of roaming involve optimizing prices not only for calls, but also for internet traffic, mms and sms messages. MTS also offers to connect additional options in order to spend funds from your account more rationally.

How to connect?

Ways to activate roaming are determined by the type of connected package or service. It should be remembered that in order to make calls outside their region, MTS users must activate two options:

1. "International and national roaming";
2. "International access".

You can activate the services by sending a system request *111*2192#, settings on the personal page on the MTS website, visiting the customer service center. But in order to make communication in roaming inexpensive, additional options should be connected.

Connecting international roaming

There are several MTS roaming tariffs that allow you to save money on calls and SMS exchange abroad. The most popular of them include:

• "Zero Without Borders" is a favorable MTS tariff for calls and sending SMS messages while roaming abroad. To connect it, you need to send a request *111*4444# and press the call button;
• "Easy roaming" is a good alternative to "International access", which can be used by all MTS subscribers. You can activate the service through the request *111*2157# and the call button. You can also send a text message "2157" to 111.

Connecting MTS roaming in Russia

You can make inexpensive calls and send messages throughout the country when you connect services such as:

• "Incoming while traveling in roaming in Russia" - an option, the activation of which allows you to receive calls for free. You can activate the service using the ussd command *111*473# or by sending sms 473 to 111;
• "Everywhere at home" - inexpensive calls to all operators for only 3 rubles per minute. To activate roaming, you need to send a message to number 111 3333; or use the system request *111*3333# ;
• "Everywhere like at home Smart" - a favorable tariff that provides free incoming and outgoing calls to MTS numbers in any region for 100 rubles per month. You can connect it using the ussd command *111*1021# .

How to find out if roaming is enabled?

Before using roaming, you need to find out if the service is connected or not. To do this, you can use the following methods:

1. On the MTS website, go to "Personal Account" and select the "Service Management" section, which will list all connected options by the registered phone number;
2. You can clarify the information of interest in the technical support center at 88002500890;
3. You can find out about service activation in another country by calling +74957660166;
4. To find out the cost of roaming while abroad, you can use the request *111*33# .

Upon returning home, roaming must be deactivated. The easiest way to do this is through the settings on the MTS website.

Favorable tariffs for roaming

When preparing for trips around the country or abroad, you need to choose MTS roaming tariffs that best meet current requirements and directions. The correct option will:

1. make free calls within the Russian Federation;
2. inexpensively communicate with subscribers within the CIS;
3. reduce the cost of calls to other countries;
4. receive free incoming;
5. make free outgoing;
6. establish an inexpensive internet connection.

Roaming means communication outside your region. And for those who are not afraid to leave their comfort zone, MTS roaming in Russia 2018 has been developed. Tourists and business travelers, travelers and truck drivers this year will receive reliable mobile communications on the best terms. With the right choice, you do not have to connect anything - just install and use the phone anywhere.

For trips around Russia, "Smart" tariffs are suitable (with the "All Russia" option enabled, highlighting the whole of Russia as the "Home Region"), "Unlimited" and "Nonstop". And the most profitable for calls from any corner of the Russian Federation will be the "Super MTS" tariff with the activated option "Call for free to MTS within Russia 100". Tariff "Your country" allows you to make calls to mobile and landline numbers at a single price from any region.

The most favorable MTS tariffs for roaming abroad are developed for Tajikistan, China and the CIS. These are "Your Country" and "Smart Mini" with the option "Profitable calls to other countries" enabled.

What is free when traveling in Russia

When using MTS while traveling around the country, all incoming calls became free, and for the Internet there are uniform home prices.

For clients of the "Smart" package who are traveling outside the region on trips around the Russian Federation, the useful options "Home package Russia" and "Home package Russia +" will make tariffs for MTS roaming in Russia more favorable. Taking care of their timely connection, you can not worry that the connection with the house will be too expensive.

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Many people who traveled to another region faced high prices for cellular communications. In this case, you used to have to purchase a new SIM card. Modern mobile phone users are more fortunate, as they can take advantage of special offers from operators. From the article you will find out if Beeline has roaming in Russia and how to save money on it.

Does Beeline have national roaming?

Roaming is the provision by the operator of various services to his client, who is outside the "home" network. There are several types:

1. International. Used when in other countries.
2. National. This species is distributed throughout the country.
3. Satellite. To use the presented option, you must purchase a special mobile phone.

All these types are present in the Beeline operator. Moreover, each of them provides its own conditions for using the Internet and other options.

In particular, the national roaming, in connection with the new law, were abolished paid incoming calls on the territory of other regions. The cost of calls in the area of ​​residence is now the same as at home. Long-distance connections remained unchanged. However, these conditions do not apply to all tariffs.

Tariffs for Internet and calls within Russia

Most of the modern tariff plans available from Beeline provide free roaming. So, when they are connected, the fee for the services used will be the same both within the home region and in other Russian cities. However, some tariffs still have restrictions for intranet communication.

Since 2018, the VSEMOOE line has been operating, which includes tariffs with favorable conditions for communication. The most popular among them is the contract "Everything 3". It has the following conditions:

For Beeline customers, a special tariff plan "All for 1800 + roaming" is provided. It offers the following conditions:

How to save money while traveling

If you use tariffs without a subscription fee, then the cost of long-distance communication will be much higher than in the connection region. However, you can reduce costs by connecting special options. Read below about the operator's available offers for profitable roaming.

Service "My Beeline"

When connecting this option, the subscriber is given 100 minutes daily to communicate within the Beeline network. When the available limit is exhausted, the fee for calls will be - 2 rubles / min. Subscription fee - 5 rubles / day. To activate, call 0674010333.

Service "My Intercity"

A special service designed for conversations with people from other cities. Upon activation, the following prices are set:

• 2.5 rubles / min for calls to any Russian numbers;
• 1.5 p. for sending an SMS;
• fee for use - 1 rub./day;
• when connected, it is deducted - 25 rubles.

To activate the service dial 06741 (06740 to disable). You can connect through your personal account.

Service "Calls within Russia"

This option is available only on tariff plans from the VSE and EVERYTHING series. When connected, the subscriber will be provided monthly with 100 minutes for calls to any numbers within the country. After purchasing a subscription, 30 rubles will be deducted from the subscriber, and a daily fee of 5 rubles will also be charged. Subscription number - 67401111. To delete, you can dial - 67401110.

How to find out the price of services when traveling in Russia

You can get information about the cost of using cellular communications at the place of stay using the following methods:

The four largest operators in Russia and the Federal Antimonopoly Service have come to a common compromise on whether or not to cancel roaming in 2018. Soon Russian subscribers will no longer pay for this service. The reason for this decision was the decree signed by the president and the national plan No. 618 of December 21, 2017, approved in accordance with it, aimed at eliminating the unreasoned difference in tariffs for mobile services when subscribers leave the home network.

On December 19, 2018, the State Duma adopted in the final 3rd reading the law on roaming developed by A Just Russia, which established uniform conditions for subscribers of cellular networks of the Russian Federation, regardless of the region.

Back in 2018, the Federal Antimonopoly Service gave the Big Four operators a directive to prepare for the abolition of roaming in Russia. Three service providers, Vimpelcom, MegaFon, MTS and Tele2, have deadlines for carrying out the necessary technical work.

According to the signed document, the new rules should come into force on 06/01/19.

The goal of canceling roaming in Russia in order to reduce unreasonably high prices was set by the antimonopoly service last year. But due to the scale of the work, it was not possible to implement it by the end of December 2018. Most likely, the problem will be solved only by the middle of 2019. There are no grounds for accruing additional charges for calls from one region to another when a subscriber leaves the home network. The coverage of the largest Russian operators covers almost the entire territory of the country (with the exception of Crimea). On the peninsula, communications are provided by their regional companies, whose activities are regulated by relevant agreements.

The FAS plans to monitor the process of refusing to pay for services for subscribers that involve the use of resources from different networks. In case of non-compliance with the requirements, the organization has the right to initiate cases on violation of clause 6, part 1, article 10 of the law “On Protection of Competition” that has come into force and initiate the seizure of income earned illegally.

In his speech, the head of the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation N. Nikiforov assumed that already in the 2nd half of 2018 there would be no global issues regarding roaming in Russia. But, in practice, the process may take at least another 6 months (until the beginning of summer 2019).

Actions of the "big four" operators

According to experts, the leading operators began to prepare in advance for the possible cancellation of roaming. Despite the requirements of the antimonopoly service for the even distribution of all additional payments for the service, they began to systematically raise tariffs. For comparison: prices for services increased by 1.5 times compared to 2016.

Regarding the implementation of the instructions to cancel roaming on the territory of Russia in 2018, the actions of the Big Four can be observed today:

• Beeline (Vimpelcom) started the process of stabilizing tariffs in national roaming in December 2017.
• Megafon plans to cancel intranet roaming in the coming weeks.
• "MTS" officially announced the reduction of tariffs for subscribers during trips across Russia, including for the period of stay in the territory of the Crimea.
• Tele2 at first took a wait-and-see attitude, but under the threat of punitive measures from the FAS, it moved to take active steps to abolish roaming.

So far, not all companies have fully complied with the intranet roaming cancellation directive. No matter how the operators resist, by May 2019 they will have to finally revise their tariffs and regulate the billing system.

According to I. Artemyev, head of the FAS RF, the agency is actively figuring out “who, why and how” and is ready to use its entire arsenal in the implementation of the national plan.

As for the territory of the Crimean peninsula, at the moment there is intra-network national roaming. At the same time, Russian telecom operators operate on the territory of the peninsula, but due to the fear of falling under international sanctions, subscriber services are provided without the participation of the Big Four.

There is no reason to fear that the refusal of roaming will provoke another wave of tariff increases in other sectors in 2018-2019. The balance of interests of subscribers and communication companies will be maintained due to additional traffic growth. According to I. Artemyev, this will be implemented by removing barriers for cellular companies and building a new model that provides for non-discriminatory access to residential buildings.

The new bill quite clearly outlined the time frame for all operators in Russia. Sergei Mironov drew attention to the fact that the government had been waiting for more than a year for active actions from companies providing cellular communication services in the territory of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. We offer you to look at the video, what promises he made not so long ago:

Now the law has been passed and, whatever the opinion of the Big Four companies themselves, they will have to comply with it from June 1, 2019.

Perhaps today only a person who has completely abandoned the outside world, from watching TV and using the Internet, has not heard about the upcoming abolition of roaming in Russia, scheduled for September 1, 2018.

Indeed, the cancellation of roaming is waiting for us, and this is great news, but this is not the first wave of such “cancellations”, and, as before, the new “advent” has its limitations. And today in this article I will try to figure out how the next cancellation of roaming will change the approach to setting tariffs and additional services for the leading mobile operators in Russia. I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the information that is known today about changes in specific operators.

What is the difference between Intranet and National roaming

Let's understand the concepts of Intranet and National roaming once and for all:

Within the network implies the possibility of making calls to the numbers of one (own) operator in different regions. As for National roaming, here we are talking about calls to any numbers of operators in other regions, as well as when traveling around the country.

Cancellation of roaming on MTS

And MTS, as you probably already guessed, preaches just the on-net version of roaming. However, some offers will also apply to national roaming.

What should be noted from the innovations that await us in just a few days on September 1? I tried to collect the most basic nuances in the list below:

• From now on, all incoming calls when traveling around the country will be free. Not so long ago, it was possible to receive free calls only from numbers in the region of stay while traveling;
• Outgoing calls in the region of stay to telephone numbers in the region of stay will be charged on the basis of similar calls in the home region.

Let me explain in a more accessible way: if you live in St. Petersburg and decide to visit friends in Moscow for the weekend, for example, during your stay in the capital, calls to the numbers of friends and other users from MSC will be charged on the basis of staying in your home region, that is, in St. Petersburg. This condition also applies to the quotas included in the tariff - if you have a minute quota for calls in your home region in St. Petersburg, when traveling to friends in the capital, local calls will consume units from this quota;

• Calls to other regions of the country for MTS subscribers will be charged as long-distance calls, even if you call your hometown, which at the time of your trip around the country will formally be considered long-distance. If the tariff used has a quota for long-distance calls, then in roaming minutes will be used from it;
• The most interesting thing is the Internet. Traffic throughout the country in the MTS network will be used from the quota available in the tariff or additionally connected service, and if there are none, it will be paid according to the TP rates in the home region;
• The cost of SMS messages also does not change if you are in the network of the MTS operator. But let me remind you once again that when traveling, your real home region will be conditionally considered intercity, and messages there will, according to the terms of the TP, cost a little more.

Cancellation of roaming in MegaFon

This is a page on the official website of the operator, on which each MegaFon subscriber has the opportunity to find out up-to-date information on how much calls, messages and the Internet will cost him in case of trips around the country. In order to get up-to-date information, just follow these steps:

1. Follow the link to the "Traveling in Russia" page.
2. Find the menu item "Determine rate by number".
3. Enter your phone number in the window found.
4. Click on the "Get code" button.
5. Read the information on the conditions under which you can communicate in roaming.

In addition, this page of the operator's website also contains information on the options that can be used today when traveling around the country to reduce communication costs.

Cancellation of roaming with other operators in Russia

If we talk about other operators operating in the country, they still have not made official statements regarding the abolition of roaming. And the cancellation, I remind you, will happen in just a few days, on September 1st. Based on this, we can only wait for the latest news, after the publication of which, the material will be supplemented.

Let's see what Beeline, Tele2 and other participants in the cellular communications market can offer us, and whether the abolition of roaming this time will really be something really pleasant for us, for ordinary subscribers.

When traveling around the country, the need for reliable and affordable cellular communications only increases - we need to call relatives, friends and colleagues, use the Internet to navigate and communicate in social networks and instant messengers.

A few years ago, when arriving in another region of the country, the prices for calls and the Internet for a Beeline subscriber changed, which created significant inconvenience and increased costs. Today we can say with confidence that Beeline has canceled Roaming in Russia. Travel around the country using mobile communications at the usual prices and conditions!

Beeline mobile communications on trips around Russia

On all Beeline tariffs, intra-network roaming in Russia has been canceled. While traveling around the country, being in the Beeline network, the subscriber can call, send SMS, use the Internet and service packages included in the tariff on the terms and prices of the home region. Connection of any special options for roaming or additional payment for existing services is not required.

When traveling in Russia, the region of stay automatically becomes home for the subscriber and, in accordance with his location, the tariffication conditions for communication services are adapted. At the same time, the cost of local and long-distance calls and SMS is determined by the terms of the tariff plan:

• Calls and SMS to numbers in the region of stay are charged as local, just as if you were at home.
• Calls and SMS to numbers in other regions, including the one where the SIM card was purchased, are charged as long-distance.
• Incoming calls and SMS messages from any number throughout the country are always free.

Mobile Internet always operates on the standard terms of the tariff plan in the Beeline network in Russia.

The cost of international calls and SMS while traveling around the country does not change and corresponds to Beeline's basic tariffs.

Roaming conditions in the networks of other operators

Despite the fact that Beeline mobile communications are available throughout Russia, the operator's network of base stations is not available throughout its entire territory. In areas of the country where there is no coverage of the Beeline network, communication services are provided using the networks of other operators on the basis of national roaming.

In the networks of other operators, service packages and connected additional options do not work, and on all Beeline tariff plans, uniform tariff conditions are established:

calls andSMS:

• Incoming calls and SMS are free.
• Outgoing calls within Russia - 2.03 ₽/min.
• Sending SMS to Russian numbers - 2.03 ₽/pcs.

Mobile Internet:

When accessing the Internet in roaming, the first 3 MB of traffic used during the day will be charged at 2.03 ₽/MB, and then a 110 MB package will be connected for 203.39 rubles per day. After the package ends, until the end of the day, Internet traffic will be paid per megabyte, at a price of 2.03 ₽/Mb.

How to save money while traveling around the country?

When planning a trip, decide what services you will need - how much you will call numbers in the region of your stay and other phones in Russia, whether you will need mobile Internet and how much traffic you will need.

When traveling, it is important to remember that all calls and messages within the region of your stay are charged as local, and to numbers in other regions (including the one where the SIM card was purchased) are charged as long-distance.

Beeline subscribers do not need to connect to roaming - the billing of communication services while traveling in Russia does not change. But, since different tariffs have different opportunities and conditions, when going on a trip, you can make mobile communications more profitable by choosing the most suitable tariff plan or by connecting additional options.

When choosing a tariff with a service package, pay attention to the conditions for using minutes and messages:

• only within the home region, then during a trip around Russia you can only use them for calls and sending messages to numbers in the region of your stay.
• If minutes and SMS are for calls and sending messages to any country numbers, which means that while roaming in Russia, you can use them in the same way, without restrictions.

Check if the tariff provides for the possibility of unlimited calls to Beeline numbers in Russia. This will save on long-distance calls if most of your relatives, friends and colleagues also use Beeline mobile communications.

On tariff plans without a package of minutes intended for long-distance calls, you can reduce the cost of calls within Russia using the additional options "" and "".

How to find out the cost of communication services during a trip?

You can find out the parameters of your current tariff plan and the cost of services in the region of your stay by calling the toll-free number 0947, through the "" application or on the official Beeline website:

On the Beeline.ru website, select from the menu "Services" and go to section "Traveling in Russia"(or