“Easy roaming and International access” from MTS - the opportunity to always stay in touch when traveling abroad. International roaming mts

On the wave of travel abroad among clients mobile communications A number of difficulties arise, not only with choosing a place to relax, but also with paying for communication services. Without using additional options in roaming, clients of MTS and others mobile operators Russia can spend a lot of money. To protect yourself from unnecessary expenses, you need to use one or more of the services presented in the article.

Description

When traveling to other countries, the cost of calls and messages in roaming increases significantly, and the payment for using the Internet changes similarly. To reduce such costs, MTS customers are encouraged to connect additional services to their active tariff plan, which will reduce the cost of using certain services.

Each offered option has its own advantages and disadvantages, as well as different conditions provision, which will be discussed below. Before using any services, customers must enable international roaming service on their phone. As a rule, it is activated automatically, but sometimes you may need to connect manually; to do this, enter the request *111*2192# on your phone . After this, you can connect any service for roaming abroad.

Options for calls and SMS abroad

Among the services offered for roaming abroad, MTS has developed several advantageous offers. Options for calls and messages include the following:

Zero without borders.
Free travel.
Outgoing calls from 19.9 rubles.
SMS package.

In addition, there are services that will reduce traffic costs abroad. Of course, the cost of traffic abroad will differ significantly from in home network, but without the connected option the prices will be even higher. Now we need to consider each offer from MTS in more detail.

Zero without limits

The “Zero Without Borders” service will not work if the user is in Russia. In other words, the service will be activated only after switching to international roaming, and the connection is carried out in the CIS countries. The service is intended for communication only. Rest mobile services, in the form of messages and the Internet will be provided at standard rates.

The optional subscription fee will be 95 rubles. Funds are written off every day, but for this money there will be the following advantages:

An outgoing call for the first minute will cost the cost provided by the host country, and starting from the second and up to the 5th minute, the payment will be 25 rubles per minute. Subsequent tariffs will be according to the prices of the host country.
As for incoming calls, calls will not be charged for up to 10 minutes, and then the payment will be 25 rubles per minute.

There are certain restrictions that need to be taken into account:

200 is credited per month free minutes to receive calls. If the limit runs out, then payment for incoming calls will be 25 rubles for each minute of communication.
To check the remaining free minutes you need to use the code *419*1233# .

If you are satisfied with the offer, then you can safely connect it, use the following methods:

Use combinations *111*4444# or *444# . These requests can only be used within Russia.
You can also connect the option via SMS to number 111, the body of the letter indicates code 33. The connection method is suitable for anywhere in the world, but the tariff will be according to the prices of the host country; in Russia there is no charge for SMS.
The last connection method is to use your personal account on the MTS website.

If the service has become unnecessary, it can be disabled as follows:

An SMS is sent to 111, with the code 330 indicated in the body of the letter.
You can use your personal account for quick deactivation.
Service request is sent *111*4444# .

Switching off is necessary upon returning home in order to subscription fee was not written off.

Free travel

This option will allow you to call any number in Russia, as well as receive calls in international roaming completely free of charge, starting from the first minutes of communication. According to the terms of the service, clients have the opportunity to use 60 minutes per day to make calls to Russia and receive incoming referrals while in another country. If the limit is exhausted, then you will have to pay 10 rubles every minute. You can find out the list of countries in which Free Travel will operate on the MTS website.

As for payment, it will be charged every day and will amount to 190 rubles. The cost may seem high, but for those who value communication, it is very advantageous offer. To check the balance of accrued minutes, you can use your personal account or the combination *100*1# .

If the conditions are suitable, then you can choose any activation method and, using it, enable the saving option:

Can be used for self-connection personal account.
Use the service request entered on the phone *111*943# . Next, and open menu you need to select the required item.
Send a text message to 111, with text 943.

You can activate the service at any time convenient time, even while abroad. All connection methods are free in Russia, as well as abroad. When you arrive home, it is recommended to deactivate the offer to maintain your balance. For this, methods similar to connection are used, but when using SMS, the code 9430 is indicated in the body of the letter.

Outgoing calls from 19.9 rubles

To receive preferential rates for calls from abroad to Russia and within the host country, you must use the request *137*. After this, the discount on calls will be activated, and the cost per minute outgoing call will be from 19.9 rubles. Detailed information By country, you can check on the MTS website. Billing for this service will be per minute and starts working from the very beginning of communication.

To make calls on favorable terms, it will be enough to enter the combination *137*number of the called subscriber in international format. This offer is only available individuals, and clients corporate tariffs will not be able to use the offer. After entering the number using this method, clients will receive a message that the request has been accepted and they need to wait a little, then they will make a call, which they need to answer and wait for a connection with another subscriber. The service does not work on all tariff plans, so before using it you will need to check the details on the website or with the operator. The client to whom the call is made will pay for the conversation at standard rates.

SMS package

Not all people want to talk while abroad, but sometimes communication needs to be maintained. In this case, MTS offers to use message packages that can only work in European countries, as well as around the world. All packages are one-time, so after the accrued messages are exhausted, you will need to connect again. The following packages are available for connection:

If your stay is in Europe, then 50 SMS are provided at a price of 250 rubles. To connect, use the request *111*1104# or message by phone 111, with text 1104.
There is also a package for Europe, which includes 100 SMS, at a price of 350 rubles. To activate such a service, you must enter the request *111*1103# on your phone. or write a message to number 111, in the body of the letter indicate code 1103.
If the trip is all over the world, then a package of 50 SMS can be used to send from anywhere in the world, the cost of which will be 500 rubles. Activation takes place via request *111*1102# or by SMS to number 111, code 1102 is indicated in the body of the letter.
If you need more SMS around the world, use a package of 100 SMS, costing 700 rubles. To use this offer, you need to dial the combination *111*1101# on your phone. or send an SMS by dialing 111 with the text 1101.

Activation of any package is possible through your personal account on the operator’s website. You can find out the countries in which the packages will work on the operator’s website. All offers are valid for a month, and balances after 30 days will be canceled. To control the balance of messages, use the request *100*2# , and data will also be provided on the remaining days of operation of the selected message package.

Unlimited internet with the “BIT abroad” option

The MTS operator offers its customers an option called “BIT abroad”, with which users will be able to access the Internet at preferential rates. Connecting to the service is free, and fees for using the Internet will be charged only when you actually connect to the network. In other words, if the subscriber does not access the Internet, then no payment is charged. The cost of the offer may vary depending on the country of residence; in addition, the accrued traffic also depends on these parameters. Thus, users will be able to add from 5 to 50 MB of traffic, the cost of which varies from 300 to 1300 rubles. Details on quota and cost can be found on the MTS website.

To connect “BIT abroad”, several methods are used:

Service combinations entered on the phone: *111*2222# or *212# .
Dispatch text message using service dial 111 with code 2222.
Use to activate your personal account.

In case the used traffic is low, customers can use the "Turbo button abroad". To disable the service, use your personal account, request *111*2222# or SMS by phone 111 with the text 22220.

It's no secret that when you are in intranet and international roaming, mobile communication services are much more expensive than when you are in home region. Moreover, without taking care of roaming connection in advance, you may completely lose the opportunity to use communication services abroad. To avoid such a situation, you need to know how to activate roaming on MTS. To comfortably use mobile communications abroad, you need not only to activate roaming itself, but also to connect to services that allow you to save money when traveling around the country and the world.

First of all, you need to connect the services “International and national roaming" and "International access". Without these services, you will not be able to use your mobile phone abroad. You should also take care in advance about separate options for intranet and international roaming. If you don’t do this, the money on your phone balance will run out instantly, because the fee for communication services will be charged at roaming rates. In this article we will tell you how to activate roaming on MTS for traveling around Russia and the world. Let's start with international roaming, because this is what causes greatest number questions. When traveling around Russia, you just need to select the roaming option to reduce communication costs, while communication services will be available without connecting additional options. To travel abroad, you must initially enable the ability to use your mobile phone while roaming, and then consider saving options.

How to activate roaming on MTS abroad

If you plan to use MTS services abroad, then you need to activate roaming before departure, otherwise this task becomes significantly more complicated. You should also take care in advance about connecting to services that allow you to save on roaming. The cost of communication services in international roaming is too high, so without additional options the costs will be huge. Below is a list of services that need to be activated in order to use a mobile phone abroad.
To use communications when traveling abroad, activate the following services:

“International and national roaming”;
"International access";
"Easy roaming and international access» (If the first service is not available to you).

In order not to be left without communication abroad, it is enough to activate the “International and National Roaming” service, while the “International Access” service will be activated automatically. It is worth noting that the “International and National Roaming” service is not available to all subscribers. There are a number of conditions without which the service cannot be activated. However, even if you do not meet these conditions, do not worry, you will still be able to use your mobile phone abroad, but using a different service. The “Easy Roaming” service is available to all MTS subscribers. The disadvantage of this service is that it allows you to use communication services only in certain countries(the list of countries is presented on the MTS website). That is why it is preferable to use the “International and National Roaming” service. As part of this service, it is possible to make calls, receive calls, send and receive SMS, as well as use the Internet anywhere in the world.

Terms of the “International and National Roaming” service:

More than six months must have passed from the date of purchase of the MTS SIM card;
Medium-term communication costs for 6 months must exceed 650 rubles;
The monthly amount of accruals to the balance must be above 0 rubles.

If all these conditions are met, then to activate the “International and National Roaming” service, dial the command * 111 * 2192 # on your phone . You can also connect the service through by calling help center or by contacting the MTS salon. To activate the “Easy Roaming” service, dial the command * 111 * 2157 # on your phone or send an SMS with the text 2157 to 111.

Services for saving on international roaming

We told you how to activate roaming on MTS abroad, but this is not enough to comfortably use communications while traveling around the world. As has been mentioned many times, roaming rates are very high, especially abroad. Many subscribers are greatly mistaken, sincerely believing that when traveling around the country or the world it is enough to simply activate roaming, and you will have to pay for communication services according to the terms of your tariff plan. Unfortunately, this is not the case. To reduce communication costs while roaming, you need to activate a special service. MTS has several offers for subscribers planning to travel abroad.

To save on international roaming, you should use the following services:

"Zero without borders";
"Free travel";
"BIT Abroad".

We will not provide a detailed description of these services as part of this review, since we have dedicated separate articles to this. Here we will consider only the main aspects. The whole point of these options is that you can make, receive calls and use the Internet while roaming abroad with decent savings. and the “Free Travel” option are designed to reduce the cost of outgoing and incoming calls in international roaming, but there are significant differences between these products, so we recommend that you familiarize yourself with them separately. The option will be useful for subscribers who need Internet when traveling around the world. IN lately becomes popular. A detailed description of the option can also be found on our website.

Important

In addition to calls and the Internet, SMS may be needed when roaming. In this case, you should activate the SMS package when traveling around Europe and the world. You can find out more about the service on the MTS website.

How to activate intranet roaming on MTS

Some subscribers are thinking about how to activate roaming on MTS while traveling around the country. If, when asking this question, you mean the ability to use a mobile phone, then you don’t have to worry about it. To use communication services when traveling around Russia, it is not at all necessary to activate roaming. Registration in the network of another region will occur automatically. However, this does not mean that you can safely go to any region of the country and not worry about possible problems with mobile communications. You can indeed make calls, send SMS and use the Internet anywhere in Russia without connecting to any services, but the conditions for using communications will be extremely unfavorable. If you plan to actively use mobile communication services in intranet roaming, then you must activate the appropriate services in advance.

The following services may be useful when roaming in Russia:

Option ;
Option ;
Option “Incoming when traveling in Russia”;
SMS packages when traveling around Russia (50 and 100 SMS).

Important

Some MTS tariffs by default provide for the ability to use communication services in intranet roaming on favorable terms. Before activating any option, please read the terms of your tariff again.

Again, we already did detailed review all these options, so we will not return to this issue again. One has only to add that before using this or that service, study all the offers. Please also note that these services are subject to pitfalls, which we mentioned in separate articles. In most cases, the options for intranet roaming allow the subscriber to save significantly, but in rare cases their use is unjustified. If you very rarely use your mobile phone when traveling around Russia, then perhaps it will be more profitable for you not to connect additional services. In any case, everything should be calculated.

You can’t imagine life without the Internet and mobile communications. Even on vacation, you want to be able to go online to chat with friends, get directions in an unfamiliar area, or simply post on social network fresh photographs. In addition, using mobile Internet You can diversify your leisure time by watching interesting movies and discussing plans for the next day with other travelers, choosing places and attractions worthy of attention. Many travelers are faced with the fact that huge amounts of money are debited from their account while roaming. This can ruin the entire impression of a pleasant vacation. Are there ways to talk and access the World Wide Web abroad without overpaying? Internet roaming is not cheap, but you can still save money.

Connecting roaming at home

Co standard tariffs Russian operators You can go broke while roaming. Before your trip, you should ask whether roaming will be activated automatically or whether you will need to connect it yourself. Connecting will give you the opportunity to save a considerable amount not only on using the Internet, but also on calls and SMS.

If you do not intend to use the Internet while on vacation, you need to disable this option, because the phone can automatically connect to the network anywhere.

International SIM card

Download the necessary applications and everything that may be useful on the road in advance

When preparing for your trip, be sure to download any apps you may need, as well as maps, movies, and music tracks. This will save you from additional expenses while traveling. Update all applications available on your smartphone.

Use mobile versions of sites and disable image playback

Remember that there are mobile versions websites and portals. They weigh less and work mobile devices better. Disabling images in the browser will significantly reduce traffic. Indeed, in email, for example, pictures do not carry a semantic load, so their absence will not affect its use in any way.

Free Wi-Fi

If possible, try to book a room in a hotel that has free wifi. The ability to regularly access the network without paying will keep the costs of using the World Wide Web to a minimum. Even if Wi-Fi in a hotel is paid, it will probably be cheaper than using mobile Internet. Using the Internet exclusively at the hotel, you can use offline maps (for example, Here) while walking.

However, you can also use free Wi-Fi in cafes, libraries and other public places. Wi-Fi is always available at McDonalds, Starbucks, Burger King And Apple Store. The fact that the establishment has the Internet says special icon Wi-Fi.

It is also possible to connect to closed Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi Map, WiFi Spot, WiFiMaps and other applications will help you find out the password.

Local SIM cards

It is very profitable to use local cards abroad. The costs of Internet, calls and messages are significantly reduced. However, not all foreign operators provide cheap rates, so first study the terms of use of the SIM card.

Package offers and various options from Russian operators

Domestic operators offer connection of various options to reduce costs. However, the services will still be expensive, although not as expensive as without connecting options.

“My Planet” from Beeline, “The Whole World” and “Around the World” from Megafon, “Zero Without Borders” and “Free Travel” from MTS make roaming communications more economical. There are also special offers for active Internet users, these are “BIT Abroad” from MTS and “Internet Abroad” from Megafon. Current prices for Internet and mobile communications can be found on the operator’s website. This option has a drawback - you cannot control when the purchased megabytes run out.

Take care of your mobile phone

Keep a close eye on your smartphone when abroad. In case of theft, the attackers will have at their disposal not only the phone, but also the ability to call and go out. world wide web from your SIM card.

You should also carefully monitor children who may go online and download a game or some application. It will be very expensive abroad.

Payphones

Payphones are often found abroad. This, of course, is not a mobile connection, but it is a perfectly acceptable way to make a call when necessary. Such devices are located in crowded tourist areas and on the streets. From a modern payphone you can call anywhere using a credit card to pay. At the same time, the price will be lower than outgoing calls in roaming, and often lower than calls from a local SIM. In some places there are also free devices.

Calls from a hotel room

You can tell your friends the phone number of your hotel room. The cost of calls will depend on the hotel, but you won’t have to make incoming calls, as you will have to pay international communications will be the one who calls.

IP telephony

Abroad, you can make calls from an Internet cafe, but the quality of the call depends on the channel load and Internet connection. Of course, there will be no incoming communication. You can also take a router with you, for example, ComfortWay. You can talk to him via Multifon, Skype, SIPNET, etc.

If you are planning to travel outside your region or region and want to use your MTS SIM card, then be sure to activate roaming on MTS with the option “Everywhere is like home” and use MTS communication services via favorable prices all over Russia.

If you decide to travel around Russia with your MTS SIM card, then you do not need to do anything additional settings your phone, you will always stay in touch because when you leave your region, you will be automatically connected to roaming with the basic tariff for communication services. If you have problems connecting to the MTS network while roaming, simply turn off and turn on your phone.

To avoid spending large amounts of money from your MTS number when roaming with the basic roaming service automatically activated, we recommend activating the “Like at Home Everywhere” option. If you do not activate roaming with the “Everywhere at home” option, then tariffs with basic service Roaming can reach per minute from 8.90 rubles for incoming calls and from 8.90 rubles to 14 rubles for outgoing calls. See below cost of connecting to roaming on MTS with the option “Like home everywhere” and the cost of calls with the roaming service activated on MTS “Everywhere at home” throughout Russia.

All incoming calls are free.
- Outgoing calls throughout Russia to MTS mobile numbers 3 rubles/min.
- Outgoing calls throughout Russia to other numbers 3 rubles/min.
- The cost of connecting to roaming on MTS with the option Everywhere at home is 30 rubles.
- The cost of daily payment for the option Everywhere at home is 5 rubles.
- Disabling roaming “Everywhere is like home” on MTS zero rubles.

To connect MTS roaming with the Everywhere at home option, use one of the following methods:

- Call 0590511.
- Send an SMS to 111 with the text 3333 to connect.
- Use the Internet assistant.

To disable MTS roaming with the Everywhere at home option, use the following methods:

Dial the command *111*3333# on your phone and call.
- Send an SMS to 111 with the text 33330 to disable it.
- Use the Internet Assistant.

Attention!!! In the Yamalo-Nenets, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Volgograd, Penza regions and Perm Territory, in addition to the MTS network, there are networks of partner operators. In some cases, the phone may be registered in the network of a partner operator. In this case, the cost of communication services will differ from MTS tariffs, discounts and options will not apply. To register in the MTS network, select the required network manually through the phone menu. After registering in the MTS network, you will see the name of the network on the phone screen - MTS, MTS RUS, RUS MTS, RUS 01.

Information about roaming throughout Russia on MTS with the option “Everywhere at home” was taken from the office. MTS website on the page http://www.mts.ru/mob_connect/roaming/n_roaming/discounts/kakdoma/ 07/25/2014

We hope that this article helped you on how to enable and disable roaming throughout Russia on MTS with the “Like at home everywhere” option.
We will be glad if you add your comments, additional information And useful tips to the article, helping other operator users cellular communication mts.
Thanks for the comments, additions and useful tips!

09-05-2017
07 o'clock 52 min.
Message:
This is not roaming like at home, but deceiving customers. When leaving the region with a tariff of 200 per month, you must pay 30 for the transition, 210 for roaming everywhere like at home and also for calls of 3 per minute, what will it cost. It’s easier to come and buy a SIM card and it will be much cheaper.

18-02-2017
11 o'clock 19 min.
Message:
Hello! I typed everything as written. “Everywhere is like home” and numbers were displayed. And where to press the number 1 Will you receive a notification about the connection?

29-12-2016
10 o'clock 48 min.
Message:
Good afternoon. The following problem arose: I am outside the Russian Federation in Lugansk, but I did not connect to roaming on MTS, I topped up my account with 200 rubles and nothing changed... phone number +79885332482. Please help me connect to roaming, because . it is very necessary.

10-11-2016
21 o'clock 25 min.
Message:
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18-10-2015
6 p.m. 26 min.
Message:
My operator is MTS, I am in another place where MTS does not receive reception and there are no communication stores, I want to connect through another operator TELE2, but I couldn’t, it says registration refusal, how to connect to roaming?

11-09-2015
06 o'clock 58 min.
Message:
Option, it’s like being at home everywhere.. In the salon they said the daily fee is 2 rubles, but here I read that it’s not 2 rubles, but 5 rubles???

19-06-2015
2 p.m. 28 min.
Message:
Please tell me whether incoming calls to an MTS phone will be free while the subscriber is in the Crimea (Evpatoria)?

27-07-2014
21 o'clock 52 min.
Message:
Thank you very much.

When traveling around Russia or abroad, many people do not think about the cost of mobile communications when in national or international roaming. Subsequently, such subscribers are very surprised that their balance almost instantly became negative. To reduce communication costs when you are outside your home network, you need to take care of connecting to roaming in advance.

Within this review we will look at how to activate roaming on MTS, and also provide a description of additional options that allow you to reduce communication costs when in national and international roaming.

Brief information:

To be able to make calls when you are outside your home network, you need to activate the “International Access” and “International Access” services. International roaming and national Roaming". To activate these services, dial *111*2192#.
To make communication in roaming cheaper, you need to connect additional options.
For traveling around Russia - “Everywhere is like home.” Connection: *111*3333#.
For traveling around the world - “Zero without borders”. Connection: *111*4444#.
To find out more, read the entire article.

International and national Roaming

First of all, it should be said that roaming can be national and international. The first operates within the country, the second - throughout the world. Once on this page, you would probably like to know how to activate roaming on MTS in order to stay in touch when you are abroad. The fact is that without connecting special services, the subscriber will not be able to make calls, send messages and access the Internet while outside their country. As for national roaming, in most cases registration in guest networks is carried out automatically. The only thing you need to do in this case is to activate the “Everywhere at home” option to make roaming communications cheaper. We will return to this service later.

Regardless of what kind of roaming you are interested in (national or international), you can find all the necessary answers in this article. Let's start with a description and activation of services that allow you to activate roaming on MTS, and then we will look in detail at additional options that can help make roaming communications cheaper.

Connecting international and national roaming

As mentioned earlier, communication outside the home network will not be available if services are not connected “International and national roaming” and “International access”. These services are activated simultaneously by entering a special command. Other methods of activating services are also possible.

You can activate roaming on MTS:

Using USSD command * 111 * 2192 # ;
Through ;
By calling contact center;
By contacting the MTS office.

Before you activate roaming on MTS using one of the above methods, you should make sure whether connection to these services is available to you. If you have been using a SIM card for less than 6 months and have spent less than 600 rubles over the entire period, then connecting to the “International and National Roaming” and “International Access” services will be impossible. In this case, the only solution will be to connect to the “Easy Roaming with International Access” service.

You can activate the service:

Using the command * 111 * 2157 # ;
By sending an SMS with the text 2157 to number 111;

How to activate roaming on MTS - special options

The process of connecting services that allows you to register in the network of another operator while anywhere in the world was described above. You will be able to use the connection while roaming, but the costs will be quite significant. MTS has developed special options, the activation of which makes roaming communications cheaper.

If you don’t know how to activate roaming on MTS to reduce communication costs when traveling around Russia, then you need to activate the “ ” option.

You can activate the service:

Using USSD command * 111 * 3333 # ;
By sending an SMS with the text 3333 to number 111;
Through your MTS personal account.

You can get acquainted with the features of the “Everywhere at home” option on the operator’s official website or on our website in a separate review, the link to which is provided above.

If you are interested in saving money when traveling abroad, then you should enable the “ ” option.

You can activate the service:

Using USSD command * 111 * 4444 # ;
Through your personal account in the “Service Management” section;
Through the MTS contact center.

Before connecting roaming to MTS using one of the above options, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with detailed description services. We have prepared separate articles on this topic, links to which are provided above.

How do I know if roaming is enabled?

If you do not know whether you have roaming enabled or not, check this information using one of the following methods:

Log in to your MTS personal account and in the “service management” section, see if the previously described services are connected;
Call the customer support center at 8 800 250 08 90 and ask your question. If you are abroad, you can call +7 495 766 01 66 ;
To find out the cost of communication services in your host country, dial * 111 * 33 # .

If there is a need to disable roaming on MTS, the easiest way to do this is in personal account or by calling the operator.

This is where we will end this article. Now you know how to activate roaming on MTS. As you can see, there is nothing complicated in this procedure. If you have any difficulties, you can ask your question in the comments.