MegaFon: tariff option “Crimea.

The vast territory of the Russian Federation necessitates switching to Roaming mode when traveling, which entails increased costs for communication services. An increase in communication costs will not come as a surprise to you if you familiarize yourself with all the information in advance.

To plan your expenses and navigate issues related to providing communications while traveling, contact Megafon technical support staff with a request for advice. You can find out about current tariffs by visiting the operator’s website: http://moscow.megafon.ru/roaming/. Here you will find all the information you need regarding tariffs for sending SMS and MMS messages, for using mobile Internet and making calls.

Check which services are active on your phone. If there is no urgent need for this, disable forwarding and services linked to the mobile Internet. This will help you significantly save money on communications while traveling.

You can find out about the cost of the services offered by the company on the website at the above address. A company consultant will advise you regarding tariffs; just call the Megafon operator number, he will give comprehensive answers to all questions. If you are in Crimea, you should call the international number +7 9261 1105 00. Roaming mode can be used by absolutely all clients of the operator’s network, and no separate connection is required.

If you have an IMPORTANT or very URGENT question, ask!!!

How to top up Megafon account in Crimea

If you have planned a trip to the peninsula, it is better to top up your subscription account before departure, while at home. Try to have enough funds for the entire upcoming trip.

But if you did not have the opportunity to replenish a sufficient amount, then you can do this on the spot. On the territory of Crimea, almost all methods available for replenishing an account are valid, except that electronic machines are not common enough.

You can top up your balance using a bank card, either MasterCard or VISA. All you need is the Internet. This type of replenishment is characterized by almost instantaneous transfer of funds and the absence of commissions.

Besides, there is always a backup option. You can turn to your loved ones and relatives for help so that they transfer a certain amount from their account to yours.

IMPORTANT: The information on the site is provided for informational purposes only and is current at the time of writing. For more accurate information on certain issues, please contact official operators.

Crimea is a wonderful place not only for a summer holiday on the Black Sea coast. The peninsula contains picturesque places and beautiful cultural sites that are worth seeing. But in view of recent events, many are asking the question: “Which cellular operators work in Crimea and how are things going with telephone conversations and the Internet from the Big Three?”

We will analyze each operator available on the peninsula separately and in more detail, so that everyone can decide for themselves: take a SIM card with a convenient tariff from their favorite provider or take care of changing it in advance.

Megaphone

From Megafon it allows you to connect a special option “Crimea” (incompatible with the “Around the World” tariff plan). It is valid throughout the entire Crimean Peninsula and in the surrounding area, provided that the subscriber is in the cellular network of the mobile provider K-Telecom, that is, with the WIN MegaFon identifier on the screen of your gadget. In order to find out what cellular communication works in Crimea and specifically on your phone, you need to go to the gadget settings and in the menu items responsible for reception, select “select current provider” (menu branches may differ depending on the operating system).

Naturally, the “Crimea” option cannot be used for ordinary calls to numbers of Ukrainian telecom operators. In this case, calls will be billed at the standard roaming rate: 35 rubles per minute of conversation and 6 rubles per sent short message.

Reviews and prices

The feedback from Megafon is not very good: many are not satisfied with the spotty coverage: the signal seems to be good, but while you walk the same 100 meters, the connection will either disappear or appear, and so on throughout the entire peninsula. And “Personal Account” is very reluctant (for some reason) to change services and tariffs from one to another.

The prices from the company are not very encouraging: 10 rubles per megabyte of traffic is too expensive. And judging by the type of cellular communication in Crimea from Megafon (frequent interruptions, delays and high cost), it is better to take a closer look at a more loyal operator. Nevertheless, the company promises to soon “fix” all the critical shortcomings, but ardent fans of the “green” can only wait patiently.

"Beeline"

Cellular communications in Crimea from Beeline are provided on the basis of the same K-Telecom network as part of intranet roaming. Last year, the company launched the “Goodbye Roaming” promotion for “All for...” tariff plans, thanks to which roaming was disabled throughout the Russian Federation. But there is one catch: the Kamchatka region, together with the Crimean peninsula, are included in the list of exceptions, so in these territories normal intranet roaming operates at standard tariffs.

But fans should not be disappointed - for all those who like to travel around Russia, and Crimea in particular, there is a special option - “My Country”, which, judging by the reviews, can quite compete with other providers.

Cellular communications in Crimea with the “My Country” option are provided under the following conditions:

connection - 25 rubles (one-time payment);
3 rubles per minute of incoming call for the first minute, subsequent time is not charged (free);
3 rubles per minute of outgoing call with per-minute billing;
3 rubles for outgoing short message;
incoming SMS - free;
There is no subscription fee.

Just like other cellular operators in Crimea, Beeline provides the “Personal Account” service, where you can easily enable or disable this option. You can also call the call center support center at 0611 if you have any difficulties with your “Personal Account”.

Internet

For fans of the World Wide Web, the company offers two options to choose from - “Planet of the Internet” and “The most profitable Internet in roaming” with prepaid and postpaid, respectively. Both tariffs do not require any manipulation in the same “Personal Account” (activation/deactivation) and are connected when the device is roaming. The price of a standard 30 MB package will cost 150 rubles; after exceeding the traffic limit, you will have to buy additional megabytes at 5 rubles per unit.

If cellular communications in Crimea are used mainly for surfing, then it makes sense to connect to the “Internet Roaming Week” service, where 300 MB of traffic is provided for seven days. If you were unable to meet the weekly deadline and ran out of traffic earlier, then the cost of each subsequent megabyte will have to be paid at 5 rubles per 1 MB.

User opinions

User reviews about the Crimean Beeline are twofold: it seems comfortable to talk, and the tariffs are more or less acceptable, but the Internet very often freezes, lags and generally behaves somehow strangely, and such a “bouquet” can be obtained even while sitting under a tower operator, which is very strange. Nevertheless, there are a lot of Beeline fans and users on the peninsula, but the company is still inferior in popularity to the next respondent.

Crimea, cellular communications: MTS

Owners of SIM cards from MTS, when they enter, are automatically transferred to the home roaming zone, which entails a significant increase in communication prices. For such cases, the company actively advertises a very interesting service “Everywhere at home.” The main and extremely useful advantage of this service is free incoming calls from any Russian region. The outgoing minute tariff in this case will be 3 rubles. For connection you will have to pay 30 rubles once and pay daily depending on the location of the main SIM card (for example, Moscow - 7 rubles/day).

It is worth noting separately that the service is not automatically disabled, even when the subscriber returns to his home region. You can remove the service by using your “Personal Account” or by sending a short message to number 111 with the text 3333 (USSD request - *111*3333#).

Also, for those who receive incoming calls more often than outgoing ones, it would be useful to familiarize yourself with the “One Country” option, where, by analogy with “Everywhere at home,” incoming calls are not charged, but, unlike the latter, it is possible to work with all tariff plans, and this, judging by user reviews, is a significant plus. You can activate the service by dialing *808# or USSD combination - *111*808#.

Access to the Internet

As for the tariffs for mobile Internet, judging by the numerous laudatory reviews, they are the most “delicious” here. It is enough to use the convenient service “SuperBIT”, which operates throughout Russia. Instead of any daily surfing limits, the company offers a 3GB monthly package. The price tag may vary slightly and depends on the home region of the SIM card: Moscow - 350 rubles/month, and regions - about 200 rubles/month. You can activate the option using the combination *628#. Before performing any actions to connect, be sure to check which cellular operator in Crimea is currently available to you, so that there are no misunderstandings later.

Summarizing

In terms of mobile communications, the Crimean Peninsula still stands apart. Moreover, even the Big Three are forced to fulfill their obligations to subscribers through the Crimean provider WinMobile.

As company representatives explain, they are simply afraid of sanctions from the European Union: if a domestic Russian network “enters” the territory of the Crimean Peninsula, this is fraught with significant losses and significant fines. Therefore, until the boom around Crimea subsides and the corresponding amendments are adopted, there can be no talk of high-quality and affordable communications.

Nevertheless, the “troika” promises to resolve the situation by next season and provide its clients with accessible, and most importantly, high-quality communications, so that the residents of our huge country can take full advantage of all the advantages and benefits of civilization. We hope that this will be the case.

On the eve of summer and the holiday season, information about the cost of communication services at the largest Russian resorts is becoming increasingly relevant. On this occasion, the Internet project “Be Mobile” analyzed roaming tariffs in Crimea and Sevastopol for the six largest Russian operators. These are Beeline, MegaFon, MOTIV, MTS, Tele2 and Yota. As it turns out, you can communicate on vacation inexpensively. But first things first.

Despite the fact that the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol have been part of the Russian Federation for more than three years, subscribers are forced to pay for roaming. Moreover, this roaming costs much more than roaming on the mainland of the country. The main reason is that Russian operators do not have their own communication lines in Crimea and Sevastopol. They are forced to use the infrastructure of local operators, and accordingly, costs increase.

However, the operators managed to agree on a significant reduction in prices for clients from mainland Russia coming to Crimea and Sevastopol with their SIM cards. Some tariffs by default include preferential roaming; in this case, there is no need to activate additional options. Other offers require the activation of special services that make any incoming calls free, and outgoing calls, SMS and mobile Internet cheap. We will tell you about them in our selection. Let's start alphabetically with the offers of the Beeline operator.

Beeline

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For the summer season, Beeline launched new roaming tariffs in Crimea and Sevastopol. The main advantage is that they operate by default and do not require manual connection. There is no subscription fee or any other additional fee.

On the “Zero Doubts”, “Everything” and “Everything 1” tariffs, all incoming calls cost 1.5 rubles per minute. Outgoing calls to numbers of any Russian operators, including mobile and landline, will cost 4 rubles per minute. Sending SMS - 4.95 rubles, 1 MB of mobile Internet - 9.95 rubles. For subscribers of the “All 2”, “All 3”, “All 4”, “All 5” tariffs, even more favorable conditions apply: mobile Internet is charged at 3 rubles per MB.

It is also worth noting that the prices given do not apply to all archived Beeline tariffs, where the cost of services can hardly be called affordable. However, representatives of the operator assured that they continue to negotiate price reductions with their Crimean colleagues.

Megaphone

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MegaFon has very high basic roaming tariffs. For this reason, everyone who travels to Crimea and Sevastopol should activate the “Crimea” option. The subscription fee for using this service is 15 rubles per day.

Under the terms of the option, all incoming calls while in Crimea and Sevastopol are free. Outgoing calls to numbers of any Russian operators - 5 rubles per minute. Sending SMS - 3 rubles per piece. Mobile Internet - 5 rubles per MB.

When returning home, do not forget to disable the “Crimea” option. Otherwise, they will simply write off 15 rubles from you every day.

MOTIVE

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The Ural operator MOTIV on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula and its resorts has a base tariff comparable to its competitors. To reduce prices, you can use one of three options.

“Roaming NON-STOP” makes all incoming calls free. Prices for other destinations are charged at the base price. Connection is paid - 12 rubles. Subscription fee - 5 rubles per day.

"Roaming. For Conversations”, in addition to free incoming calls, reduces the cost of all outgoing calls to numbers of Russian operators to 7 rubles per minute. Activation of the option costs 20 rubles, subscription fee – 7 rubles per day.

"Roaming. For everything” adds a discount on mobile Internet to free incoming and preferential outgoing. When the service is activated, it is charged at 7.17 rubles per MB. Connection is paid - 50 rubles. Subscription fee - 7 rubles per day.

As is the case with all paid services, when returning, it is important not to forget to disable the option.

MTS

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The MTS operator in Crimea and Sevastopol has basic roaming, read expensive, valid on all archived tariffs and tariffs without a subscription fee, such as “Super MTS”, “Guest”, “Per-second”.

In order to receive free incoming calls and a preferential tariff for all outgoing calls - 3 rubles per minute, just activate the “Like at home everywhere” option. The cost of its connection is 30 rubles, the subscription fee is 5 rubles per day.

Mobile Internet users should connect to the SuperBIT service, which provides a 3 GB package valid in Crimea and Sevastopol. Subscription fee 300 rubles per month. If at the time of debiting the monthly fee there are insufficient funds in the account, then the option fee is debited daily in the amount of 12 rubles per day until the balance becomes sufficient for a one-time debit of the full monthly fee. If the monthly traffic quota is exceeded, an additional 500 MB are automatically provided for 75 rubles.

For lovers of conservative communication via SMS, the “50 SMS when traveling around Russia” and “100 SMS when traveling around Russia” packages for 135 and 180 rubles, respectively, may be of interest.

Smart package tariffs provide for separate roaming tariffs in Crimea and Sevastopol. Thus, on the Smart and Smart Bezlemitishche tariffs, 15 rubles per day are automatically debited from the subscriber. Moreover, all incoming messages are free. Outgoing calls to home region numbers, SMS and mobile Internet are consumed from the prepaid service package. There is no additional fee. The only exception is outgoing calls to numbers of Russian operators, with the exception of the home region. Here you will have to pay 5 rubles per minute.

On the Smart+ tariff, the same conditions apply without a monthly subscription fee of 15 rubles per day.

On Smart Top, Ultra tariffs, packages of minutes, SMS and mobile Internet are provided without any additional payment when traveling around Russia, including Crimea and Sevastopol. Outgoing calls within Russia are also included in the service packages, for this reason you will not have to pay for them either.

Tele2

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The Tele2 operator in Crimea and Sevastopol, in addition to basic roaming tariffs, has a special option “Like at home in Crimea”.

When activated, the subscriber is charged 6 rubles every day. The service makes all incoming calls free. Otherwise, the pricing corresponds to the basic tariff: outgoing within Russia - 5 rubles per minute, sending SMS - 3.5 rubles per message, mobile Internet - 5 rubles per MB.

Yota

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The virtual operator Yota does not have special services and options for those who go on vacation and resorts in Crimea. A basic tariff applies throughout the entire peninsula: all incoming - 9 rubles per minute, all outgoing within Russia - 19 rubles per minute, sending SMS - 19 rubles per minute, mobile Internet - 92.16 rubles per MB.

If you are going to actively use mobile communication services in the Republic of Crimea and in Sevastopol, talking about your travels and vacations on social networks (VKontakte, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Odnoklassniki), and also watch films or TV series, then you should take a closer look at the maps of local operators.

Currently, there are 4 operators operating on the peninsula - K-Telecom (Win Mobile brand), KTK TELECOM (Volna Mobile brand), Krymtelecom, Sevmobile and CDMA operator Intertelecom. About tariffs of local operators, coverage map, availability of 3G and 4G networks

If you have carefully studied the conditions of most tariff plans sold by modern cellular operators in Russia, you have probably noticed that roaming calls provided you are on the territory of the Crimea Peninsula are often offered on rather unfavorable terms. It is noteworthy that this trend applies not only to MegaFon, but also to other leading cellular operators in the Russian Federation.

However, MegaFon subscribers can get rid of the problems of expensive communication using the “Crimea” option. We will look at it in detail below in our article today.

Briefly about the service

This offer is designed for the operator’s subscribers who plan to go on vacation or on a business trip to the territory of the Republic of Crimea, but want to stay in touch on fairly attractive and favorable terms. By activating the “Crimea” tariff service, for a certain subscription fee, clients will have access to the use of familiar services on terms that are significantly different from those that are implemented for Crimea in most current tariff plans.

The service is available for use by all MegaFon subscribers, with the exception of those customers who have activated the Around the World tariff plan.

Of course, you should understand that this option offer is relevant for work exclusively on the territory of the Crimean peninsula, as well as the city of Sevastopol.

Detailed terms of the Crimea service from MegaFon

In order to understand for sure how profitable the offer for calls in Crimea and the use of other communication services from MegaFon is the service in question, it is necessary to pay attention to its basic conditions. And their list looks like this:

Offer activation: 0 rubles;
Subscription fee within the framework of the offer: 15 rubles in a daily format;
Receiving incoming calls: 0 rubles per minute, regardless of which number the incoming call comes from;
Making outgoing voice calls: 4 rubles per minute of communication;
SMS mailing: 3 rubles for each message;
Use of mobile internet traffic: 5 rubles per megabyte;
Tariffing for outgoing calls and text messages to numbers belonging to Ukrainian mobile operators: 35 rubles per minute and 5.95 rubles per 1 message, respectively.

As you can see, the conditions for using communication services within the framework of this offer are quite favorable, which is why it would be rational to think about connecting it when planning a trip to the peninsula.

How to activate the MegaFon “Crimea” option

Activating the service, as is the case with most other additional options of this operator, can be done in several different ways at once. The full list of these is as follows:

Connection form on the operator’s website;
Subscriber's personal account (registration instructions);
USSD code *105*1037*1# ;
Sending an empty SMS to a number 05001037 .

How to disable “Crimea” on MegaFon

The roaming service in question is offered to subscribers for use on an indefinite basis. This means that from the moment of connection it is automatically renewed on a daily basis, which leads to a subscription fee of 15 rubles being charged every day.

Of course, upon returning home, this option loses its relevance, because in other regions, as we have already noted, “Crimea” does not work. However, this does not stop the subscription fee from being charged. That is why it is necessary to take timely care to transfer the service to a deactivated state.

You can disable the “Crimea” option using the combination *105*1037*2# . In addition, you can use the personal account interface, where this option is also available to disable.

After the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol became part of the Russian Federation, issues of servicing subscribers of mobile operators arise. At first, international tariffs were in effect in this territory, but Megafon offers roaming in Crimea 2015 on preferential terms. The new prices came into force on October 1, 2014.

The news that Megafon will now charge roaming in Crimea at internal rates was liked by all vacationers. They no longer need to add additional options or look for more favorable service conditions. Representatives of the mobile operator report that the Crimean and Sevastopol branches continue to develop. This applies to both tariffs and the entire network infrastructure.

The following tariffs are currently in effect:

Incoming calls – 9.99 rub/min.
Outgoing calls – 9.99 RUR/min.
SMS - 3.90 rub.
1 MB – 9.99 rub.

The previous rate in the operator's network in this region was canceled. Now we offer more favorable conditions for Megafon subscribers for roaming in Crimea 2015, tariffs have become more transparent and understandable.

The company currently provides extended roaming to all its subscribers. It connects automatically as soon as you enter a particular region. However, to optimize costs, you need to carefully study the information provided. On the territory of the Republic of Crimea, there are now general tariffs that are most convenient for all categories of subscribers.

go to your “Personal Account” on the official website (you can quickly get a password by calling *105*00#);
call the Customer Service using the short number 0500;
use the USSD short command system (there is a corresponding SIM card item in the phone menu).

For owners of tablet computers, it is best to use the “Personal Account” option. In addition, this allows you to view detailed information and find unnecessary expenses.

However, if disabling Megafon roaming causes difficulties, then it is better to consult with support representatives. They will manually quickly carry out the setup and disable unnecessary tariff options. All this can be done in just a few minutes!