Comparison of current tariffs for 2021 in Kazakhstan: Beeline, Tele2 and Altel

Many subscribers of the “Active” operator make their choice towards tariffs with unlimited Internet. They allow you to use instant messengers (WatsApp, VK, Telegram, Odnoklassniki, etc.) and video services like YouTube without restrictions at high Internet speeds.

At the same time, the subscriber can still make calls to Active numbers and other operators. Below is information about the main tariffs with unlimited Internet in Kazakhstan, as well as how to connect and disconnect them. The unlimited Internet service is provided by the following tariff plans:

• Real bezmilit S;
• Real unlimited M;
• Real unlimited L.

Beeline

Screenshot of the website beeline.kz
Beeline offers various tariffs, dividing them by device: 9 tariffs for connecting a phone, 7 tariffs for a tablet and 8 tariffs for a USB modem. Moreover, you can connect the tablet tariff to your phone, and the telephone tariff to the modem. The divisions by device are conditional, and if you throw out all the inhumane conditions that offer several megabytes per day, as well as special packages with free tariffication of various media content, then you will be left with tariffs that differ from each other in the number of prepaid gigabytes per month of use.

The cheapest gigabyte from Beeline costs 79.7 tenge when connecting to a tariff of 30 gigabytes for a month.

Package for a day

This service is provided to Active subscribers and offers three options:

• 45 MB, connection cost - 39 tenge. 2 activation methods: *444*1*1*1# or SMS to number 2002 with code 45.
• 190 megabytes per day, connection cost - 74 tenge. 2 activation methods: *444*1*1*2# or SMS to number 2002 with code 190.
• 350 megabytes per day, connection cost - 115 tenge. 2 activation methods: *444*1*1*3# or SMS to number 2002 with code 350.

If the provided traffic is exceeded, each subsequent megabyte used is paid according to the following scheme:

• 45 megabyte package - 4 tenge for each additional one.
• 190 megabytes - 2 tenge.
• 350 megabytes - 0.5 tenge.

You can check the rest of the package with the appropriate command *444*1*3#. Only 1 package is provided at a time.

The operator does not provide this service to subscribers in roaming, as well as with “Contract” and “Beneficial Smartphone” tariffs.

To disable the service - *444*1*4#. You can also send a message to number 2002 with the words “stop” or “stop”

Kcell

Screenshot from the website kcell.kz
This operator is as easy to deal with tariffs as the previous one - the same division into packages depending on the device, but in addition to this there are also “all-in-one” packages, which in addition to the Internet -traffic you buy SMS, voice calls and other services. But if we assume that you buy only the coveted gigabytes of the Internet, and everything else is nothing more than a pleasant bonus for you, then prices from Kcell will look something like this:

The cheapest gigabyte from Kcell costs 62.45 tenge when connecting to the “Annual Internet” package.

Current Altel tariffs

note

1. *
   - the subscriber can choose unlimited Internet traffic for what he needs: YouTube - 200 ₸, social networks Instagram, Facebook, Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki - 200 ₸, instant messengers Whatsapp, Telegram and Viber - 100 ₸.
2. The “Personal” tariff allows you to add call minutes to other operators of the Republic of Kazakhstan: +60 minutes for 200 ₸ or +210 minutes for 800 ₸.
3. Gigabytes of traffic are added in the same way: 600 ₸ for 10GB (maximum available 30GB)
4. If the minutes limit is exceeded, the SMS package is exhausted, or if there is not enough money in the account at the time the subscription fee is charged, the call is charged at 15 tenge per minute of conversation and 9₸ for sending one SMS.

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TELE 2

Screenshot from the website tele2.kz
Tele2 also has packages that include everything you need in addition to individual Internet tariffs. There is no summary table of all tariff plans on the site, so you have to sift through a bunch of pages just to compare the difference between tariffs.

The cheapest gigabyte is 66.7 tenge when connecting to an Internet package for a year.

How to connect and update the “Personal” tariff?

To connect to the “Personal” tariff plan, you can use one of the following methods:

• in your personal account on the official Altel website;
• via mobile application.

Important! Switching from another tariff plan is free. When changing the tariff, all previously unused packages and services are reset.

Subscribers of the “Personal” tariff can update it using the command *908#. To do this, it is necessary that the account has an amount not less than the subscription fee. It is also possible to reconnect the tariff through your personal account or mobile application.

Altel

Tariffs for mobile Internet from Altel JSC
Well, for those who always knew that the word “unlimited” means with our mobile operators something like “here we put a beautiful word, like everyone else” and reads the terms of service carefully, We will show you new Altel tariffs, which are almost no different from the old ones.

The cheapest gigabyte costs 85.4 tenge when purchasing a tariff plan with the largest prepaid amount of traffic.

Now let's see how things stand if you decide to connect your home to the Internet bypassing wireless technologies. Several Kazakhstani providers offer Internet connection via cable. Unfortunately, not all of them are available in different regions of the country, and that, in principle, is why people connected to “unlimited” from Altel. And many simply did not want to deal with wires. But, as they say, if you press, you will have to.

Wired access is not limited in traffic, which is a plus, it has a more stable and, as a rule, high speed, but suffers from a lack of mobility. And this is the only disadvantage of such a connection. The largest Kazakhstani providers will extend their wiring into your home for about the same amount of money:

Calls to Kazakhstan via IP telephony

IP telephony allows you to dramatically reduce the cost of voice communications with Kazakhstan. For its operation, it is not telephone lines or channels of cellular operators that are used, but Internet channels. As a result, calls are very, very cheap, but the cost depends on the direction.

As an example, let's try to figure out how to use IP telephony for calls to Kazakhstan. To do this, we will use the services of the operator Zadarma. This is one of the well-known IP telephony operators in Russia with low prices. What should be done:

• Register an account.
• Top up your account.
• Download the application to make calls.
• Set up the application and call Kazakhstan.

First, let's look at the pricing. It is really low, the cost depends on the direction and operator to which the called subscriber is connected. For example, a call to Astana (the capital of Kazakhstan since 1998) on the Economy tariff will cost 2.08 rubles per minute - this is quite cheap. Calls to mobile phones are more expensive.

Account registration

The registration procedure is simple - follow the link, indicate your email address and your name, and set a password.

Next, go to your mailbox and confirm account registration. We log into your account and enter a phone number in it - this is necessary to receive a bonus of 20 rubles (enough for almost 10 minutes of conversation with Kazakhstan).

The entrance to your personal account is located on the main page - enter your email address and password, go inside. Now we add a mobile phone number, confirm our intentions with an SMS code and top up our account. You can top up your account in a variety of ways:

• Bank card.
• Electronic money.
• Through terminals.
• Through Sberbank Online.

It is also possible to top up by bank transfer using full details.

Setting up the application

Now you need to download the proprietary Zadarma application - it is available for Windows, Android and iOS. They are configured in exactly the same way, using SIP and a password - get them on this page.

We take the login (aka SIP) and password from here and write them in the application.

Next, we launch the application (in our example, this is an application for Windows), enter the login and password received in accordance with the above instructions, and wait for login. Now you can start making calls by dialing the number of the person you are calling - do not forget to connect a headset or microphone with headphones to the computer. You don’t have to connect anything to the laptop, since it has built-in speakers and a microphone. We set up applications for Android and iOS in the same way - you only need a login and password, no complications.

Please note that the login and password for your account are not involved in setting up applications - if you use them, the server will return an error.

We call directly from the site

There is an option to do without any applications at all, because Zadarma allows you to call directly from the website - just go to this page. A simple “dialer” with a keyboard will open, you can dial a number and call Kazakhstan. There is also a phone book for saving numbers.

Megaline

Screenshot from the website telecom.kz
It must be said that Kazakhtelecom still has ADSL Internet access under the Megaline brand, which gives completely inhumane prices, but due to the lack of competition, if there are no other options, you will have to pay monthly

Megaline Turbo Plus 8192 Kbps – 4600 tenge. Megaline Hit – 4096 Kbps – 3830 tenge. Megaline Start – 1024 Kbps – 1930 tenge.

If it’s not clear to anyone, there are 1000 kilobits in one megabit, the maximum speed of Megaline is about 8 Mbit/s.

Additional services

Holders of the “Personal” tariff can, for an additional fee, subscribe to services for which traffic is not charged:

• Altel TV – 700 tenge/month. More than 80 TV channels, the ability to watch archived programs.
• ivi + 30TV – 690 tenge/month. Access to the ivi online cinema, plus 30 popular TV channels as a gift.
• Start + 30TV – 899 tenge/month. Access to the Russian Start platform, plus 30 popular TV channels as a gift.
• Megogo – 690 tenge/month. A huge selection of TV series, films and cartoons.
• Qazaqsha – 690 tenge/month. More than 500 hours of films and TV series, mostly foreign.
• Nur Music – 560 tenge/month. The largest collection of Kazakh works, more than 7 million tracks from all over the world.

Attention! You can connect or disable access to services in your personal account or through the mobile application.

Alma-TV

Tariffs from AlmaTV
The largest television provider has long and comfortably existed in the market for providing Internet connection services. Surprisingly, it has the largest number of tariffs, but the connection depends, as indicated on the website, on the availability of technical connectivity.

10 Mbit/s – 2100 tenge 30 Mbit/s – 3200 tenge 60 Mbit/s – 3800 tenge 100 Mbit/s – 4400 tenge 300 Mbit/s – 9900 tenge 500 Mbit/s – 13900 tenge