Cellular communication abroad. Mobile Internet in roaming abroad: what kind of sim card for traveling in Italy is better to choose

July 5, 2017, 0:18

Against the background of the cancellation of roaming in European countries, Proturizm begins a series of articles about mobile communications and the Internet abroad. Let's start with the comparison of the tariffs of international roaming and the Internet of Russian mobile operators.

Vacationers in the resorts abroad can be quite free Wi-Fi in the hotel's lobby. In some southern countries, calls from street payfone is more profitable than mobile communications. If you are tied to the cell number, tourist sim cards will be interested. Although, redirection is a difficult thing, and maybe you will think about changing the mobile operator. Here we simply provide an overview of rates and tariffs for reflection.

We will check the rates for mobile communications in roaming from Russian tour operators Tele2, Beeline, MTS and MegaFon on the example of roaming in Turkey.

Beeline

The Beeline operator automatically connects roaming. With the outgoing and, pay attention to the incoming call in roaming from your account 200 rubles is written off. And you are provided with a loan of 20 minutes of conversations for the day (until 23.59.59 local time). With outgoing calls, this is understandable, but with incoming - causes some regret. Be careful - do not answer calls, without thinking.

Sending SMS - 20 rubles.

When entering the Internet, you will also automatically write 200 rubles. and provide 40 MB for the day. More internet can be connected separately for 350 rubles. (Package per 100 MB per day). Please note that the day ends at 23:59:59 (local time).

In the days when you have no calls or you do not go online, the board operator Beeline is not written off.

MTS

Roaming MTS in Turkey costs 60 rubles per min on incoming, outgoing on local and outgoing on Russian numbers. Calls to other foreign numbers - 135 rubles / min. Sending SMS - 19 rubles.

For use mobile communications In Roaming, MTS needs to be connected in advance two functions: roaming and access. The complexity arises here. You can connect functions if you are a subscriber of MTS for more than six months with spending per month on the connection of more than 650 rubles, or more than a year with spending a month more than 0 rubles. Otherwise, you offer "Easy" option - ATTENTION! - Connect which you need in the MTS salon or the sales office!

For calls abroad, MTS offers a tariff with a subscription fee of 95 rubles. in a day. At the rate, you are provided "for free" for 10 minutes of incoming (from 11 minutes - 25 rubles / min.) And "discount" on the outgoing call from 2 to 5 minutes (1st and from the 6th minute - the usual roaming rate country). Within the calendar month you can take 200 minutes of incoming calls for free, hereinafter - 25 rubles per min.

100 MB of Internet can be connected in 450 rubles. The fee is written off at the first exit to the network, the day is "considered" until 23:59, but by the time of the subscriber's home region.

Megaphone

MegaFon offers roaming for 79 rubles per min on all incoming and outgoing calls in Turkey (129 rubles / min to other countries). SMS - 25 rubles.

Mobile Internet megaphone - 70 MB / day for 350 rubles. The board is written off when entering the Internet abroad. The traffic package is available within 24 hours, after the resolution of the volume is blocked until the next period of 24 hours.

For 600 rubles. For a day, you can connect an option with unlimited Internet. The subscription fee for the Internet will be charged daily. Do not forget to disable the option on the return.

An additional option for calls abroad, which MegaFon offers - with a subscription fee of 59 rubles / day will provide you with 40 minutes of incoming calls per day.

Another option of an additional option "Lines" the price of incoming and emanating to Russia and in Turkey - 13 rubles per min and offers SMS for 11 rubles. Connection option - 15 rubles. And daily subscription fee - 9 rubles per day.

These options are available for connection not on all tariffs. It must be checked in advance in your account or in the contact center.

IN international Roaming MegaFon You have a free balance check using USSD commands * 100 # call. Calls to the contact center are also free: +7 926 111-05-00.

Tele2

Roaming Tele2 (like biline) does not require connection. The phone is automatically registered in the network of the country of stay. If this happens - select the network manually.

Incoming and outgoing calls in the roaming of Turkey in Tele2: local in Turkey, to Europe, to the CIS countries and Russia will cost 15 rubles / min. Megabytes of the Internet will cost you 25 rubles. Outgoing SMS and MMS - 6 rubles.

For 100 rubles. On the day you can connect the Internet of the Internet in 10 MB. For the activation of the service will have to pay extra 100 rubles. For each MB, over the limit, you will write 10 rubles with you. The board is debited every day, regardless of the use of the Internet, so do not forget to disable the service upon return.

The operator offers very interesting information about what is 1 GB of the Internet.

For incoming calls in international roaming tele2 offers a tariff with a subscription fee of 5 rubles. in a day. The board is written off daily regardless of the availability of calls. No service charges.

Free room help service Tele2 roaming +7 951 520-06-11. Check the balance on the trip * 105 # call.

How to call in roaming abroad?

"Then I compared the cost of international roaming at the" Big Troika "- Beeline, MTS and MegaFon. By studying prices for calls abroad. Today I will conduct a comparison of the price of the Internet in roaming, also at Beeline, MTS and MegaFon. Perhaps this post will help You choose an operator for more advantageous internet use abroad.

The following will be taken for comparison:
1) Three cellular operators: Beeline, MTS, MegaFon.
2) Two countries, popular from Russian tourists - Egypt (can soon open), Thailand. I do not consider Turkey yet, since there are no prospects yet.
3) Internet prices for all three operators, along with options.

ATTENTION: In all options, the selected traffic volume is available within 24 hours after the first Internet access in roaming.

1. Beeline. This operator offers the following separate service. " favorable Internet in roaming ". The cost of 40MB is 200 rubles per day. Over the norm - 5 rubles for 1MB. Without problems, it is automatically connected in roaming. Very convenient! You do not need to recruit no commands and think about switching on-shutdown.

2. MegaFon. The company offers tourists two IDA options for connecting the Internet abroad - "Internet abroad" and "online leave".

"Internet abroad." In this option, Egypt and Thailand are included in the zone "Popular countries + CIS". The following rates are offered here: 10MB - 329 rubles, for 30MB - 829 rubles. Connection and shutdown is required.

"Vacation online." The cost of connecting the option is 30 rubles. Then the cost of 1MB traffic is 19 rubles. This option will work only in Egypt. For Thailand, she is no longer suitable.

3. MTS. The company offers several options "bit abroad", "Maxi Bit abroad" and "Super Bit abroad". In all options, the connection fee is missing. Trunk shutdown and connection. All options work in Egypt and Thailand

"Bit abroad". 30 MB - 300 rubles.
"Maxi bits abroad." 70MB - 600 rubles
"Super bits abroad." 200 MB - 1500 rubles.

And now you can sum up. As can be seen, the most affordable Internet in Roaming (Egypt and Thailand) offers Beeline - 200 rubles for 40 MB.

In second place in the availability of mobile Internet in roaming - MTS. Here, in the cheapest option "Bit abroad", the Internet can be purchased for 300 rubles per day, receiving 30 MB.

The most expensive Internet at MegaFon. In the option "Internet abroad" cost is 329 rubles in just 10MB. In the option "Vacation online" 1mb - 19 rubles. Ie 10MB is already 190 rubles. Also expensive.

P / S All the indicated comparisons, my personal visitor and opinion obtained on the basis of information on the sites of operators

Mobile communication on trips is always a bit "cat in a bag." In tariff plans cellular operators It is difficult to understand, consider costs for a long time. Therefore, the debt for communication services is often becoming a surprise for a traveler.

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If calls are important

We chose the most profitable offers of the "Big Four" operators and wrote an explanation for each item.

Megaphone

MegaFon offers several favorable options at once. If you drive in the USA, Canada, Cuba, Tunisia or Mexico, choose the "World's World" option. Subscription fee 59 rubles for 40 incoming minutes per day. So, the price of an incoming minute about 1.5 rubles - cheap. If you exceed the tariff, the price of an incoming minute will be 89 rubles.

In the countries of Europe, the CIS and Turkey, it is advantageous to take the option "Around the World" - all incoming and outgoing challenges will cost on 13 rubles. per minute and 11 rubles per SMS. If we are going to Thailand, UAE, Israel, Vietnam, Australia, Japan or Indonesia, tariffs will be more expensive.

How to save on outgoing? Call 0500 subscriber service and type the desired number is free. The system will throw a challenge, contact the interlocutor and call back the sam.

If you often drive to work, it is convenient to connect the "Around Light" to the second SIM card.

Once again, it is possible to check everything and choose the economical roaming option on the MegaFon site, indicating the country of stay.

The option "Zero without borders" - for those who go for a short time and speaks little.

Incoming for free, but the call must be no longer 10 minutes. For a month you can take calls no more than 200 minutes. If both conditions violates both conditions, it will be necessary to pay 25 rubles per minute. For the first minute of outgoing paying 85 rubles., But with the second on the sixth - 25 rubles. per minute. Next - again 85 rubles.

The option "Free Journey" is suitable for those who are going to call home often. For 190 rubles. per day is given 60 minutes for incoming and outgoing. If you exceed, pay 10 rubles. in a minute.

Both options will not work if roaming is not connected. Before traveling, call 0890 and ask the operator to check.

If you want to send SMS cheaper, you can connect the services "50 SMS in Europe" for 250 rubles. or "50 SMS on trips around the world" for 500 rubles.

Tele2, "Conversations without borders"

For those who are on vacation only on the most important calls, it is the best way. Subscription fee 5 rubles per day, and 5 rubles minutes of an incoming call.

To connect the service, dial the * 143 * 1 # command on the phone. Disable - * 143 * 0 #.

Beeline, "The most profitable roaming"

Beeline automatically writes off 200 rubles from you as soon as you accept incoming call In roaming, and provides a package of 20 minutes. "Fishka" is that it is both incoming and outgoing minutes. SMS to Russia costs 10 rubles. If you go online, a 40 MB packet is automatically connected. for 200 rubles.

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If Internet is important

Win-win option - Wi-Fi in a hotel or cafe. But if you are constantly moving around the city, it is inconvenient to use it. It is better to buy a tourist or local SIM card.

You will be told about the good local tariffs at the reception of the hotel or a hostel in which you stop. Do not ignore communication salons: go to a few, ask prices and choose the appropriate rate.

Interesting Lyfhak for travel to Europe - Prepaid SIM Card. There are many operators such sim cards, and often they are sold directly at the airport or large stores. For registration may be asked the passport.

Tariffs for the Internet at Prepaid SIM Card Fabulous: from 5 euros per gigabyte. For example, the mobile operator Cosmote in Greece sells 5 gigabytes for 30 euros. SIM card validity period - 30 days.

The most profitable from tourist SIM cards at the moment is "Drimsim". Everything is simple here: buy it in Russia before leaving, put in a smartphone and go on a trip.

Funds are written off for traffic that is spent. Prices are considered for megabytes, but differ from the country to the country. For example, in England or Thailand Gigabyte costs 10 euros, and in Germany and France - 25.

Cheap calls via the Internet

If you have a permanent inexpensive Internet and smartphone, you can call Russia almost on household fares. How?

We put the SIM card with inexpensive Internet and install the appropriate application. MegaFon is Emotion: with him incoming calls to the Russian number are free, and the outgoing maximum of 1.5 rubles per minute.

MTS subscribers to establish "MTS Connect". For outgoing, minutes from your package are written off, and incoming - for free. It is necessary that the MTS SIM card stand in the phone, otherwise the application will not work.

Tele2 offers Wi-Fi-Calls. Also install the application and talk if you have access to the Internet in your tariff plan.

For subscribers "Bilayna" applications are not yet. But you can install, for example, AvoApp - it is both for Android, and for iOS. In the application, save the Russian number with the help of redirects and you can receive calls to roaming at the price of local. For outgoing - about 5 cents per minute.

If you do not want to buy a SIM card for the Internet, simply connect to any free Wi-Fi - everything will work the same way.

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Have a good travel!

In our reviews, we have already talked about the tourist SIM cards - the thing is interesting, but not always comfortable. Many people never think about buying them. It is easier for them to choose the most suitable tariff from their operator. It turns out more expensive, but more convenient. In this review, we will tell you with what the tariff plan is most advantageous to send it on a trip where international roaming is valid. We will try to find one by one favorable sentence From each operator (and maybe two).

Connecting international roaming

Before you go on a journey, you need to choose a suitable tariff plan and connect international roaming. On iOT, it is available in automatic mode - no additional services are needed. The same applies to the operator of the tele2. On the megaphone it is automatically available. But if you have a trip to the country where online charges do not work, you need to connect the "Advanced International Roaming" service.

On Bilene, everything is transparent - international roaming for the subscribers of the prepaid system is available automatically, provided that there is online roaming in the destination country. Otherwise, it is necessary to have at least 600 rubles on the balance sheet. As for the subscribers of the postposal system of calculations, they will need to connect the "International Communication" service in both cases.

On MTS we are waiting for small difficulties. On the number of the traveler, two services - "International and National Roaming" and "International Access" must be connected at once. They are connected through personal Area, contact center or service offices. You can also dial the USSD command * 111 * 2192 #. For countries with online roaming, you need to connect the "Light Roaming and International Access" service - type the command * 111 * 2157 #, visit the office or look into your personal account.

Online Roaming (Camel Roaming) - international roaming with tariff services in real time. If there is no agreement between the home and the guest operator, the billing is carried out with a delay of several days (as accounts arrive).

If you want to disable international roaming, contact your operator. Although it is not necessary to disable it. Disabilities require only additional options that reduce the cost of communication services on trips - in home network They can entail unnecessary write-off of the subscription fee.

Roaming abroad from MTS

The cheapest international roaming from the MTS operator we will meet at the SMART Zabugorische tariff plan. It provides for a weekly allocation of service packages - 7 GB of Internet traffic and 350 minutes to the home area rooms per week. And these services are accessible even when it is abroad. Or rather, in popular countries. The list includes India, Armenia, UAE, Czech Republic, Thailand, Germany, Taiwan, Greece, Israel, Hungary, Canada, Italy, USA, Malta, Egypt, Netherlands, Australia, Portugal, Ukraine, Romania, Switzerland, Spain, France, Turkey, Abkhazia and the United Kingdom. The subscription is 250 rubles / week.

Roaming abroad from biline

Favorable international roaming on biline is represented by two tariff plans:

"All for 1800 + roaming" - the offer includes 15 GB of the Internet, 3000 min calls around the country and 3000 SMS. True, only the Internet is valid in international roaming, but this is a plus. The subscription fee is 1800 rubles / month.
"All everything" is a premium and the most expensive tariff plan. It includes packages of services for foreign trips and individual packages for spending on the territory of the Russian Federation. Abroad, subscribers receive - 100 MB of traffic, 100 minutes of outgoing calls and 100 SMS per month, as well as 30 incoming minutes every day. In Russia, 60 GB of traffic, 6000 outgoing minutes are provided, 600 minutes for foreign rooms, unlimited inside the network and 6000 SMS in Russia. Subscription fee - 6000 rubles / month.

If both suggestions seem too expensive, use any other Beeline Tariff. Here you will be waiting for the service "the most profitable roaming", including packages of calls from 100 rubles / 10 minutes, traffic packages from 200 rubles / 40 MB and inexpensive incoming calls - from 10 rubles / min. The cost of traffic after the package is exhausted - from 5 rubles / MB. The service is provided without a subscription fee.

Roaming abroad from megaphone

Tariffs for international roaming from this operator we do not raise. He simply has no specialized sentences. Therefore, you can choose any tariff plan and connect one of the options to it:

"The whole world" - free incoming challenges abroad, 40 minutes for 99 rubles / day.
"Around the World" - incoming and outgoing calls from 13 rubles / min with a subsidiary from 9 rubles / day.
"Packages of minutes" - a family of batch options, from 329 rubles in 25 minutes of incoming and outgoing minutes.
"In Abkhazia as a house" - the option retains homework on this developing direction. The subscription fee is 30 rubles / day, the one-time price of the connection is 30 rubles.
"Vacation-online" - the cost of traffic in popular directions will be 15 rubles / MB. The connection fee is 30 rubles, there is no subscription;
"Online World" - Unlimited traffic in 69 countries of the world for 600 rubles / day.
"SMS Packages" - inexpensive text messaging packages from 195 rubles for 50 pieces.

Thanks to the options you can make your current tariff more profitable.

Roaming abroad from tele2

Yes, there are no specialized tariffs on megaphone for international roaming. But he is full of options. But the tele2 does not have any other. But the pros is still present - this operator is initially low prices for calls abroad. Additionally, we note the service "Unlimited Internet abroad" for 350 rubles / day. It acts only in popular directions.

Roaming abroad from iota

And here we are again faced with the lack of special tariffs for international roaming. The operator praises initially low prices On calls and the Internet when staying on the territory of other countries. But in general, the rates are obtained even more expensive than on tele2. But subscribers receive the following advantages:

Traffic control every 40 MB - the network controls the flow, not allowing overspending and wild waste of money;
Half an hour of unclean incoming calls for 39 rubles / day;
Free messengers - you did not hear, the most popular messengers work in international roaming from iota completely free. You just need to limit Internet access for other applications and services on your smartphone.

Thus, roaming from iota also boasts a certain benefit.

What to choose as a result

Make your choice in accordance with the operator used and the destination. In the most popular directions you will always be waiting for inexpensive calls and inexpensive Internet. The easiest way in this respect is with a megaphone - with a set additional options You can make a beneficial to almost any tariff plan. And remember that you can change the telecom operator at any time without parting with your number.

Overcoming all the economic crisis and fragments of all ups and downs of the national currency, residents of the Russian Federation gradually began to return to the practice of vacation abroad. Mobile operators, on the other hand, also did not remain aside from all these events and radically changed tariffs for the use of mobile services abroad. We present to your attention an overview of roaming options abroad.

Calls outside the Russian Federation for lazy

The main goal of roaming abroad is the immediate possibility of accepting a call to the number of your mobile phone Regardless of location. It is clear that social messengers are conveniently, but on vacation it can be limited to the rule "if it should be, they will find", and limit communication in the network to a minimum.

On the fact, take calls to your phone is not so expensive. Let's start with the tariff from MTS for the roaming "zero without borders", where only 95 rubles per day of the subscription fee you can talk to the house completely free. Of course, there are also their limitations. First, the duration of the conversation should not exceed 10 minutes (in case of exceeding this rate, the billing will be calculated at a cost of 25 rubles - 1 minute). Secondly, in a month, within the framework of the service, it is possible to speak only 200 minutes, otherwise you will again be introduced to the above tariffing for exceeding.

MegaFon offers roaming abroad in the form of the "World without Borders" tariff, where 59 rubles will be removed from you a day. In the case of using this tariff service, you will be provided with 40 minutes of incoming calls per day without the right to accumulate.

Beeline offers roaming abroad in the form of writing off the amount of 200 rubles from the account in case of adoption incoming challenge From the Russian Federation at the time of stay on vacation in distant countries. After removing you are provided for 20 minutes, however, at the same time you can be used both for incoming and outgoing calls. In other words, you will have the opportunity to make home yourself and, for example, congratulate friends with the New Year.

Tele2 offers roaming abroad in the form of the service "Conversations without borders". In just 5 rubles you can take every minute of the call, wherever you are. However, the subscription fee in the amount of 5 rubles per day will be removed from you. Among all the above options, this option looks like the most profitable, since the operator invites you to talk as much as you yourself consider it necessary.

Favorable roaming rate for advanced

Not only mobile services, but also themselves mobile operators It is understood that communication through the use of VoIP technology is much more profitable than ordinary. The main thing is to have access to the Internet and smartphone with support for all necessary options.

In this context, you can offer two options for tariffs from megaphone and television operators2:

MegaFon proposes to establish its customers an Emotion application that will allow you to receive calls anywhere in the world completely free. Whereas, the cost of outgoing calls depending on the billing will reach a maximum of 1.5 rubles per 1 minute.
Tele2 operator offers its customers the Wi-Fi Calls service. This will also need to download. special applicationwhich will allow you to talk on the phone as part of its tariff plan, wherever the communication consumer itself is.

Internet for lazy

It is no secret to anyone that in addition to providing ordinary communication services for many abroad, the presence of the Internet will also be important.

Among the most accessible service options from various operators, the following options can be distinguished:

Beeline - 200 rubles for 40 megabytes;
MegaFon - 350 rubles for 70 megabytes (in some countries 50 megabytes);
MTS - 380 rubles for 30 megabytes (in some countries 450 rubles - unlimited Internet With a speed limit up to 128 kbps after use 100 megabytes).

Internet for advanced

If there are more than a hundred and speed on vacation megabytes than fast as possible, then in the domestic operators in this case it is not necessary to hope. There is always an option to acquire a SIM card in the area of \u200b\u200bstay, but not always local tariffs will be the benefit from our homeland known. The cost of roaming abroad in this case will not be a subscriber, but a contract, that is, you get strictly that they bought, without exceeding any limits. In this case, you can offer SIM cards designed specifically for tourists:

GoEurope - for 1 euro you get 100 megabytes of traffic.
Comfortway - approximately 10 euros per 1 gigabyte traffic depending on your location.
Drimsim - 10-25 euros per 1 gigabyte traffic depending on the country of location.

It is worth noting that the operator itself automatically determines your location, therefore, on how to connect roaming abroad, it is not worth worrying. As a rule, all tariff plansThe above begin to work immediately after crossing the border. In the opposite case, you will be given abundant SMS informing for all tariff options and the correct transition to them.

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