MTS: roaming in Belarus. Tariffs, connection

It is very convenient for Russians who are going to Belarus to use roaming from MTS. In some cases, using this service in Belarus is even beneficial, given that roaming is always much more expensive than communication in your home country. MTS offers packages of services with which you can call home and not only, use the Internet, send regular SMS.

Who is roaming available for?

In order to use MTS roaming in Belarus, Russian citizens usually need to have two tariffs on the phone. This is "International and national roaming" and "International access". On this, the requirements of MTS are not limited. Connect these packages can only Russian residents, including legal entities.

"International access" goes in addition to "International and national roaming". The fact is that if the International Access is refused, the service of calls outside the Russian Federation extends only to other regions of Russia.

What to do before leaving for Belarus?

If you do not want to go to the MTS office, you can connect roaming yourself. To do this, there are as many as 3 ways: connecting through a special command that you need to enter on a smartphone or another phone, order through the official website of MTS in your personal account, connect to this service will help and contact center.

To connect to roaming via the USSD command, you need to dial * 111 * 2192 #.

With the help of the Internet connection is made after a simple registration on the official website of MTS - www.mts.ru. To do this, you need to select your region and use the "switch".

The MTS contact center has ample opportunities and besides roaming. So, to connect roaming or solve any other problem, you can use several methods offered. Firstly, you can call the short number 0890 from your cell phone, and secondly, when you are in international and national roaming, dial +7 495 766 01 66 (it's mandatory to start dialing from +7), and thirdly , Call from home phone or from operator number not MTS to number 8 800 250 0890.

When you can not connect roaming yourself?

Independent connection of MTS-roaming for Belarus and trips to other countries will be possible in two cases. The first is if the SIM card that you want to connect to roaming is valid for less than 6 months and the balance is less than 600 rubles. The second one is a SIM card less than 12 months old, and if during this period at least 1 month payment was missed, that is, it amounted to 0 rubles.

Connection of roaming through the communication salon or MTS office

Do not despair if your MTS number does not match the conditions for self-connection. You can connect roaming in the service center of MTS. What is needed for this? To do this, you will need to personally come to the MTS office or salon with a passport and have some kind of positive balance on your account. Also, an authorized representative of the subscriber can call the service center for help. The power of attorney in this case is formalized through a notary.

But it's not always possible to connect to roaming, even if you visited the MTS office. But do not despair.

"Easy roaming and international access"

In Belarus and in some other countries it is possible to go, having preliminary connected to "Easy roaming and international access". This service includes the ability to call and receive / send SMS to MTS in Belarus. Also, thanks to this service, you can use the Internet through a smartphone. But for using the Internet it is necessary to connect additional services, such as "BIT abroad" and GPRS.

The service "Easy roaming and international access" does not require monthly deductions, as well as payment for its connection or disconnection.

Corporate numbers and vip-rates with city numbers, alas, will not be able to use this service to use MTS-roaming in Belarus.

It should be remembered that this service is not available with all tariff plans, which it is desirable to clarify in the support service or in the office of MTS. "Easy roaming and international access" can not act together with "International and national roaming". They mutually disconnect, and if there is a need to re-switch to one of them, then connect it again, as the first time.

Cost of services in Belarus

MTS-tariffs for roaming in Belarus are quite democratic at a price, especially when it comes to Belarus itself, and Russia, too.

Thus, incoming calls from Russia and outgoing to Russia will cost 70 rubles per minute in roaming in Belarus. The same cost of calls for Belarus. If the call is made to one of the CIS countries, Georgia, South Ossetia or Abkhazia, then its cost increases to 109 rubles. In the rest of the countries on MTS-roaming from Belarus, the call will cost 135 rubles per minute.

All incoming SMS messages in roaming in Belarus are free, and outgoing costs 10 rubles.

Internet with the service "BIT abroad" will cost unlimited 450 rubles per day, and without special services - 10 rubles for 40 KB of incoming or outgoing information.

Service in roaming

The most convenient number to solve problems with the connection of MTS in Belarus, is 0890. The fact is that Belarus is part of the so-called "countries of presence" group. And therefore, being on the territory of this country, you can get free consultations and help, without using the standard number +7 495 766 01 66 for most countries.

On the territory of Belarus, the problems that have arisen can also be resolved in the Belarusian MTS salons. In addition, even roaming itself, if it was not connected in Russia, it is possible to connect in the Belarusian communication salon and carry out international calls with MTS.

All information on roaming, its tariffs and services can be obtained while on the territory of Belarus. To do this, enter the command * 111 * 33 # on the phone.

Already on the territory of Belarus, the phone should automatically select the operator MTS-Belarus. If this did not happen, then you just need to contact the Salon with the question of how to activate MTS roaming in Belarus.

Payment

Pay for MTS services is not easy on the territory of Russia. There are many ways. As they say, choose your taste.

Simka, as well as the personal account of another person, while abroad, you can replenish with a plastic card MasterCard or Visa. To do this, you just need to call +7 495 766 01 66 and use the voice menu instructions. Less than 100 rubles when using this service can not be replenished.

From the card, you can replenish the account by using the Internet in your smartphone. The link for this manipulation is www.pda.mts.ru/online.

Temporarily get money for the phone at the expense of the operator. The "Promised Payment" service is here to help. In this case, at the expense of MTS on the phone will appear from 50 to 800 rubles. From the balance sheet, the company will withdraw the funds back in 7 days. The cost of this service is only 5 rubles. In debt, you can also take 1,500 rubles, but if in total for the last 180 days the mobile account was replenished for an amount not less than 1500 rubles. In general, the available amount that can be borrowed by sending SMS to MTS depends on how much was replenished recently. You can find out this affordable amount, as well as use the service through the USSD-command * 111 #.

It would be reasonable to download the application "Easy payment" before going abroad. With him, you can easily replenish your phone bill not only in Belarus and other countries, but also in Russia without leaving home.

You can add money to your account by requesting the "Refill my account" request. But relatives, in order to carry out this manipulation, can use the service "Direct Transfer". Thus, you can replenish the balance from the number to the number of MTS.

You can take money for a SIM card on credit from MTS. For this, there is a special service "At Full Trust". But it should be remembered that in this case the "Promised payment" will not be taken until the loan is repaid.

Well, the most convenient way to replenish the phone bill for calls from MTS to Belarus, Russia and other countries is to use the "Autoplate" service. "Autopayment" allows you not to think about paying a phone bill. With this service, money will be automatically deducted from the card and placed on the account of the phone number. This can also be used on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Recommendations

In order not to encounter during the visit to Belarus with communication problems and easily make international calls via SIM cards, it is better to follow some simple recommendations.

• Put on the phone the necessary amount of money in advance.
• Learn about the tariffs of the most Belarus, being on the territory of this country. After all, they can be used during the trip.
• With frequent trips to Belarus it makes sense to learn about discounts in roaming from MTS and to use roaming "MTS without borders".
• It must be remembered that even 1 second in roaming is considered to be a full minute, which means that money for the whole time, less than a minute, will be written off as for a whole minute. No per-second charging is provided for roaming.
• To replenish the account on the territory of Belarus it is necessary, but it is more reliable to have the service "Full trust" on the phone. The availability of this service allows you to use communication services at zero and minus balance.

Thus, the use of Russian MTS in Belarus is not so expensive. In addition, it is pleasant that with any problem with the connection of MTS in the territory of this country it is quite possible to understand. But still, when traveling to the Republic of Belarus, it is better to be reinsured once again and connect all the services and packages in advance and always stay in touch.