How to disable 3g/LTE Internet while roaming on iPhone and iPad

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"Service Guide" will help you establish a ban on calls and SMS. The service is available only to users who have registered in their personal account (PA) on the operator’s website.

The personal account is accessible both from a computer and from a mobile phone.

Registration procedure:

1. We go to the website - https://lk.megafon.ru/login/.

1. In the new window you are required to indicate a valid mobile number (detailed instructions are presented in the right corner of the form).
2. The password can be obtained by dialing the request on your phone – *105*00# , or by sending an SMS with the numbers “ 00 ” to the number – 000110 .
3. An SMS with a password will be sent to your cell phone number, which should be entered in the appropriate field.
4. Press the “Login” button.

Having logged in, we proceed to install a ban on communication services. For this:

• find the section “Manage services and tariffs” and click on it;

• in the list of active options we find those that directly relate to roaming. Here you can disable the use of communication services, as well as additional services. options. For example, if the list contains or “The whole world”, they can be deactivated.

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There, there is a specialized type of sentence - “My Country”. This is an option from the provider, which allows you to use mobile communications on favorable terms without a subscription fee. For example, you can turn off the “my country” option using the command *110*0020#.

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Modern smartphones can independently connect to the Internet, for example, if they access applications or receive push notifications. Usually, the smartphone user does not even notice this in his home region. However, when traveling beyond its borders and entering the coverage area of ​​another network, his Internet costs can increase significantly, even if he does not use it. The “Online Ban” option provides the ability to block access to the Internet using a SIM card. This service is provided completely free of charge.

Important! Now this option is archived! And it turns off automatically.

Disabling the Internet while roaming

The cost of using the Internet in foreign countries is much higher than in the region where you operate. It is recommended to reduce costs by activating the “Internet in Russia” (for long-distance roaming) or “Internet abroad” (for international roaming) option.

Disabling the Internet while roaming is carried out by:

• USSD commands – *105*747*0#;
• sending SMS to phone number - 000105746;
• deactivating the service in your personal account;
• call the operator's support service;
• contacting the Megafon salon.

GPRS roaming is disabled using the command – *105*746#.

How to disable roaming on Tele2

As mentioned earlier, upon arrival home, roaming is turned off automatically. However, in some situations this does not happen. For example, the subscriber is too close to the border. Or there are technical failures in the network.

In this case, several ways can help:

• Restart your smartphone or switch it to airplane mode and back;
• Contact technical support and ask the operator to switch to home services;
• Manually set the necessary settings in the phone settings.

Let's consider the last option in more detail. It is recommended to adhere to the following algorithm:

1. Open your phone's settings.
2. Go to the "Connections" section.

3. Here you need to select the “Mobile networks” item.

4. At the next stage, you need to tap on “Network Operators”.

5. Below you need to select a SIM card corresponding to Tele2. Then click on “Select manually” and specify the network of the operator in your home region.

After this, roaming will not be activated automatically. You will have to repeat this procedure every time you travel; choose the roaming option.

Cancellation of roaming within the country

Deputies of the State Duma came to the conclusion that charging subscribers an additional fee for using communication services in another region without leaving the country is, to say the least, unfair.
As an example, one of the initiators of the implementation of the law on the abolition of roaming, Sergei Mironov, noted that within the European Union there is a single tariff for cellular communications, regardless of which country the subscriber is located in.

Federal Law of July 7, 2003 No. 126-FZ “On Communications”

Background of the bill

It is noteworthy that the Federal Antimonopoly Service became interested in this issue back in 2010.
The FAS tried to achieve a complete abolition of roaming in the country, but representatives of the “Big Four” Russian mobile operators found ways to circumvent the bans. In July 2021, final warnings were given to cellular providers and final deadlines for the abolition of roaming slavery were announced. In August, cases were opened and fines were issued.

When will roaming be cancelled?

After the FAS work, providers agreed to disable roaming for their subscribers.
In particular, MTS, Megafon and Beeline had to perform this action in January 2021, Tele2 - no later than May 31. However, in practice, the matter was delayed again. As a result, Beeline canceled fees for incoming calls outside the home region on August 20, Megafon and Tele2 - in September. MTS also decided to follow their example, but did not give specific dates.

Roaming in Russia has been completely canceled

On May 27, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree, which became the final stage in the abolition of roaming when traveling within Russia. In addition, the government plans to abolish roaming between member countries of the EAEU, a similar scheme works in the European Union. Since yesterday, the abolition of roaming has been enshrined in the rules for the provision of telephone services. Medvedev said that the rules are a document that is primarily provided when concluding a contract between a subscriber and a mobile operator; now it will reflect current changes. “This is the final solution to the issue, the point in resolving this issue is already at the level of a by-law - an act of the government,” Medvedev said at a meeting with deputy prime ministers.

The Prime Minister said that according to the law, domestic roaming in the country will be canceled starting next month - from June 1, 2021. According to the prime minister, cellular operators are already working according to the new standards. The legislation stipulates free incoming calls throughout Russia, including the Crimean peninsula.

Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov recalled that there are territories in the country where federal operators do not operate, and local operators provide cellular services there. Such territories include Crimea and Sevastopol. Charges for incoming calls are also canceled for these territories.

In addition, the deputy chairman recalled that, on Medvedev’s instructions, the pace of work on the gradual abolition of roaming between member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union was accelerated. This union includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. An example for members of the union are the rules for the abolition of roaming between EU members, which came into force in 2021.

“The first step on this path will be the adoption of an agreement to create a single tariff space for calling services. This is the first step. The draft document was submitted by Russia. It is being studied at the EEC site by our commission. And we expect that this year we will agree on a document for its speedy signing,” Akimov said. He also noted that the changes need to be implemented in such a way that the interests of Russian telecom operators are not affected.

Medvedev agreed that the standards and rules for the provision of cellular communication services in the EAEU need to be unified, adding that as part of the creation of a single economic space, a project for the implementation of 5G communications in the format of the Eurasian Union will be prepared.

It is worth noting that the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) began the fight for the abolition of roaming when subscribers travel around Russia in 2021. At that time, there were two types of roaming. The first, preferential intranet roaming was provided outside the subscriber’s home region in those regions of the federation where his cellular operator operates. More expensive national roaming appears in regions where there is no company network that serves the subscriber.

The networks of the “Big Three” cellular operators have been operating throughout Russia for several years, except for Sevastopol and Crimea. Tariffs for national roaming are equal to preferential tariffs for intranet roaming in all regions.

At first, FAS tried to negotiate with mobile operators to cancel roaming. When an agreement could not be reached, the FAS issued an order to federal operators to cancel intranet roaming. Due to the fact that this order was also not fulfilled, the service had to initiate a case of inflated prices by the specified operators in national roaming.

At the end of 2017-2018, mobile operators reduced prices for roaming in Crimea. In addition, intranet roaming was partially abolished, so that when traveling around the country, the subscriber continued to pay for communications at home rates, but incoming calls were free only if they originated from the region of residence.

The FAS was not satisfied with this approach, so a new stage of interaction between the regulator and telecom operators began. As a result, at the end of August last year, all federal companies announced a voluntary refusal of intranet roaming.

A bill to abolish both intranet and national roaming was introduced into parliament in 2021. Later it was modified, and it was the modified version that was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in December 2018. As stated above, it comes into force on June 1, 2021.

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1. Fania
   05/26/2021 at 14:54 Does that mean there is no roaming in Sochi? If you call from Adler to Orenburg
   Reply ↓ Anna Popovich
   05/26/2021 at 16:35

   Dear Fania, roaming has been canceled within the same network within the country.

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