MTS tariffs for Crimea
At the moment, Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory are part of the Southern Federal District. But these are two different regions, so a SIM card purchased outside the peninsula, for example, in Kuban, will not work in Crimea under the terms of the client’s home region.
If a subscriber leaves his region and ends up on the peninsula, the tariffication of the service package has the following features:
- tariffs at the place of registration - packages of minutes are spent when making calls on the peninsula, calls to other regions are considered intercity;
- plans with services within Russia - the package is spent on calls to any destination, which is extremely convenient for those who travel frequently.
All incoming calls remain free, so when traveling around Crimea, one-way communication with family and friends will not require the activation of additional functions.
Without additionally connected services in 2021, tariff plans of the Smart, "Tariffische" - with unlimited on board, and "Super MTS" lines operate on the territory of Crimea.
Before you decide which plan will be the best deal for your vacation, you need to know your rate. This can be done using standard USSD commands or on the MTS website.
Internet in Crimea on MTS
The Internet is valid on all connected tariffs of customers who decide to spend their holidays on the peninsula. There is no additional need to activate the Internet. When crossing the border and being in the coverage area of the mobile operator Win Mobile, free service packages may be disabled due to the special current conditions of the “Russia Home Package” options and its extended version “Plus”.
In some cases, the data transfer option can seriously affect the current balance when the subscriber does not need traffic - the cost of the service can be too high. Therefore, you should turn off the Internet using the internal functionality of your smartphone, that is, deactivate the mobile connection through the settings. The same can be done through your personal account or application.
You can connect to mobile Internet not only using MST, but also via Wi-Fi operating in a specific tourist area. If this option is available, the subscriber may not use the traffic provided by the operator.
To find out exactly how much communication and Internet will cost in Crimea with the current service package, you can use the calculator presented on the official MTS website.
The most favorable MTS tariff in Crimea
When choosing a tariff plan exclusively for travel, it is recommended to use the service calculator. It will allow you to calculate the exact cost of the tariff per month and understand which one will be the most profitable.
You should choose based on your individual needs for calls, messages, and Internet traffic. Since the activation of an additional option will cover the need for communication in the peninsula area, the service package that allows you not to connect services beyond the existing packages will be beneficial. For example, on the “Smart Top” tariff, the subscriber has 3000 minutes, and when he is in Crimea, these will be used for calls.
Since all internal MTS services are still operating on the peninsula, you can easily check minutes using USSD commands. This will allow you to be aware of your current balance and communication expenses.
MTS tariffs in Crimea
In contrast to standard roaming conditions in Russia, national roaming applies to MTS subscribers in the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. Despite this, compared to other operators, MTS offers the lowest prices for calls and Internet.
The cost of mobile communications on the peninsula depends on the connected tariff plan and options. On most MTS tariffs, while in the territory of Crimea, free packages of minutes, messages and traffic are not available, and the same basic prices are set for calls, sending messages and mobile Internet:
Calls and messages | Price |
Incoming calls and SMS | for free |
Outgoing calls within Russia | 3 rub./min. |
Outgoing SMS within Russia | 3 rub. |
Mobile Internet in Crimea , on basic terms, is paid per megabyte - every 1 MB of information received or transmitted will cost 1 ruble.
reduce the cost of mobile communications in roaming by changing your tariff plan to a more suitable one or by connecting additional options:
Rates | Recommended services |
With subscription fee | |
Smart My Smart Tariff Tariff X For tablet For laptop Smart device | "Home package Russia" |
No monthly fee | |
Super MTS Red Energy Your country | “Russia is like home everywhere”, “BIT”, “Super BIT” |
on the “Our Smart”, “Smart TOP” and “Ultra” tariffs - for them, the conditions for roaming in Crimea are similar to the conditions applicable to tariffs with active.
Instead of changing the tariff and connecting services, while in the Republic of Crimea or Sevastopol, you can purchase a “local” MTS SIM card without roaming with a special version of the “Super MTS” tariff for Crimea.
Services for calls and internet in roaming
In Crimea, only a few MTS options are guaranteed to work: “Russia Home Package”, “Russia Like Home Everywhere”, “BIT” and “SuperBIT”; most other services do not work in national roaming. Therefore, before your trip, we recommend checking the active options on your number and disabling unnecessary ones - how to find out the connected services on MTS.
Home package Russia
is intended only for tariffs with a subscription fee and is presented in two versions. They both have the same capabilities, and differ only in the conditions for charging the subscription fee - daily or monthly.
With the service activated, while in Crimea, you can use packages of minutes, messages and traffic without restrictions. Also, with it, all incoming calls on the territory of the peninsula become free and lower prices are set for calls and sending messages when free packages are exhausted or in their absence:
Services | Prices |
Incoming calls | for free |
Outgoing calls within Russia | 2 rub./min. |
Outgoing SMS within Russia | 2 rub. |
On tariffs with unlimited Internet there are no restrictions on the use of traffic in national roaming. On other tariffs where traffic is limited, after the package is exhausted, additional Internet can be extended automatically in accordance with the terms of the tariff plan or connected by the subscriber independently using ]Turbo button[/anchor]", "Plus Internet" or "Lots of Internet".
You can enable or disable the option using USSD commands:
Price | Team | |
"Home package Russia" | 10 rubles per day* | *111*743# |
"Home package Russia+" | 100 rubles per month | *111*128# |
*When paying daily, money for the service is debited only on those days when the subscriber used mobile communications.
Everywhere is like home Russia
The “Russia is like home everywhere” option is available only on MTS tariffs without a subscription fee. When connecting to the service while located in the Republic of Crimea or the city of Sevastopol, all incoming calls for the subscriber become free.
The cost of the option is 5 rubles per day. The subscription fee is charged daily, regardless of whether you use mobile communications or not.
You can activate or deactivate the service using the USSD command: *111*528#
BIT and SuperBIT
The “BIT” and “Super BIT” services are used to connect traffic packages at tariffs without a subscription fee and can significantly reduce the cost of the Internet. They both operate throughout Russia, including the Crimean peninsula, regardless of the presence of other options on the tariff plan.
The terms of use of the services are similar, the main differences between them are the cost and volume of traffic provided:
Service | Subscription fee | Traffic volume |
BIT | 200 rub./month. | 75 MB per day |
SuperBIT | 350 rub./month. | 3 GB per month |
Both options, in case of exceeding the daily or monthly limit, provide for an automatic increase in Internet packages for an additional fee.
You can connect and disconnect services using short commands:
- BIT – *111*252*2#
- SuperBIT – *111*628#
Any of the options or tariffs can be turned on and off in the MTS Personal Account, through the mobile application or by contacting the support service for help.
How to activate roaming in Crimea?
On MTS tariffs, roaming in Crimea is enabled by default. When visiting it, the subscriber can, at his request, use communication services on basic terms or activate additional options.
Since there is no MTS network coverage on the peninsula, on its territory the phone will automatically register in the network of another mobile operator - depending on the signal strength, this could be Win Mobile (K-Telecom), Volna, Krymtelecom or Sevmobile.
If you successfully register in the network of another operator, the name of the network in whose coverage area you are located will be displayed in MTS RUS
If automatic re-registration on the network does not occur, reboot the phone (turn it off and on). Also, you can independently select the network in the settings - “ WIN ” or “ 25032 ” is recommended, they both belong to the K-Telecom operator with the widest coverage in the Republic.
MTS Russia service packages in Crimea
To be able to easily keep in touch with family and friends, you need to activate one of the available options - “Russia Home Package” or its “Plus” option.
Features of the standard tariff:
- suitable for short trips;
- operates throughout Russia;
- connection is possible for subscribers of Smart, “My Unlimited”, “Tariffische”, “X”, “Mobile. BIG", "Smart Devices", including archived options;
- subscription fee - 10 rubles per day, charged only when making calls or sending SMS;
- the option allows you to use service packages of an active tariff plan in the Crimea;
- connection using the command *111*743# or via personal account.
Description of the extended service package:
- suitable for long trips;
- available on all mentioned tariff plans;
- subscription fee - 100 rubles per month;
- minutes of the provided package are spent on long-distance calls;
- valid both in the home region and when traveling around Russia;
- connection and management of the service by command *111*128# or via personal account.
When choosing, you should take into account the time spent in Crimea. If it exceeds the ten-day period, it is better for the subscriber to activate the extended option and not worry about running out of minutes or SMS.
Which cellular operators operate in Crimea 2021
Now MTS, Megafon, Beeline, Tele2, Iota, Volna, Sevmobile, Krymtelecom .
Cellular communications in Crimea 2021 - MTS
Due to the peculiarities of network construction, connection to the MTS Russia network in the Republic of Crimea is provided with the involvement of a roaming partner and at Russian tariffs. Thus, the coverage and quality of communication currently depends on the MTS roaming partner in the region.
As mentioned earlier, mobile communications from MTS are operational in Crimea. This company provides tariff plans of the “Smart” line, this is the best tariff, because you don’t need to connect any options - the Internet will work, all incoming calls are free, outgoing calls to MTS in Russia are also free.
- The Smart mini tariff plan (in some places, of course, the connection is poor, but it will do - it costs 200 rubles) contains: 100 minutes for on-net calls, 200 messages and 1 GB of Internet. Calls to other operators will cost 12 rubles/min. abroad (within the border - 1.5 rubles), SMS - 1.95 rubles. Incoming calls are free. Smart mini tariff requires connection.
- For the Smart , you do not need to connect additional options if the terms and conditions say “all over Russia.”
- Tariff plans Smart (monthly fee from 300 rubles) and Smart Unlimited (at least the Moscow unlimited works without problems - 12.9 rubles / day in the first month, 15 rubles / day in all subsequent months) are better to choose if when you are going to communicate on the phone mainly with subscribers of other operators. These tariffs provide a more impressive number of minutes and Internet.
- “Home package Russia +” - this package must be activated by all subscribers of the Smart in order to use the included minutes and the Internet in Crimea. Costs 100 rubles. per month.
- Smart tariff is a very cool tariff, but it is not available to most users. MTS employees receive this tariff and can give several secret codes to their friends or relatives to connect. On the Internet, secret codes are sold from 1,500 rubles. Monthly fee 200 rub. includes 10 GB of Internet throughout Russia, 600 minutes of calls, free calls to MTS. In Crimea, no options are needed, because the included minutes and Internet in the tariff are already valid throughout Russia.
- If the tariff is not Smart (any other old tariff from MTS), then you will not be able to use communications the same way as in your region.
- MTS has a tariff called “guest” , incoming and outgoing calls (to subscribers who have purchased an identical tariff plan) will be free, other services in this area - 1.5 rubles / min. In addition to calls to subscribers of other mobile companies, their cost will be 3.5 rubles.
- To use the Internet, you need to connect the SuperBIT Smart , for 10 rubles/day, you will receive 3 GB within a month.
- “Everywhere is like home” - all incoming calls to the subscriber are free, and other prices correspond to the selected tariff plan.
- There is an MTS bonus - points are awarded for using communications, you can connect to additional Internet, which also works in Crimea. Last year, MTS announced the closure of the bonus program; now there is only MTS cashback.
Crimean Peninsula 2021 — Megafon
***There is information from Megafon that the “Crimea” option is not working now.
- On Megafon’s official website there is the phrase “In Crimea and Sevastopol, special conditions apply to all tariffs.”
- Megafon tariffs in Crimea: incoming calls are free, outgoing calls to all Russian numbers are 3 rubles. per minute, SMS to Russian numbers 2 rubles, Internet 2.2 rubles. per MB.
- There is an option for Crimea “Vacation without worries” : subscription fee 99 rubles. per day, it includes 100 MB Internet, 60 minutes of outgoing calls. Internet over the volume 2.2 rub. per MB, outgoing calls from 61 minutes 3 rubles. in a minute.
Which telecom operators are in Crimea - Beeline
- Beeline is also expensive in Crimea. Communication is normal as far as calls are concerned. But the Internet is at astronomical prices. Per day with option 250-350 rub. Without options it could be even more expensive. Tourists often complain about bills of several thousand rubles.
- Tariffs for Beeline calls in Crimea : incoming calls - 0 rub./min; outgoing calls within Russia - 2.5 rubles/min; SMS within Russia - 2.5 rubles.
- Internet tariffs : the first megabyte is free, then a tariff with unlimited Internet for 1 day is automatically connected for 249 rubles. Option “100 MB in Crimea and networks of other operators” - 100 MB for 99 rubles. Per-megabyte pricing is RUB 2.50/MB.
- On their website they have a mysterious phrase: “Beeline may provide preferential pricing on several tariff plans.” In fact, no one saw this “preferential” tariff.
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Roaming in Crimea. What is mobile communication like in Crimea - Tele-2
- It is officially impossible to buy cellular cards from this operator on the Crimean peninsula.
- Even if you have a tariff with unlimited Internet in Russia in your home region, it will not work in Crimea. In the tariff description there is the phrase “the Internet package included in the tariff plan is available in Russia, with the exception of the city of Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea.”
- Tariffs in Crimea : all incoming calls and SMS are free; all outgoing calls, as well as SMS and MMS within Russia – 3 rubles/min.; the cost of 1 MB of Internet traffic is 3.00 rubles.
- Yes: 1 MB of Internet in Crimea for 2.50 rubles. Calls within Russia 3 rubles/min., SMS and MMS 3 rubles. Subscription fee 6 rubles. per day, connection 30 rub.
Crimean Peninsula 2021 - Yota
For 9 rubles/min. Incoming calls, outgoing calls will cost 19 rubles per minute, messages will also cost 19 rubles, connecting to the Internet will cost 9 rubles. for 1 KB.
How to activate roaming in Crimea
National roaming conditions apply within the peninsula. That is, subscribers of one Russian operator are served in the coverage area of another. Accordingly, different prices are set for the use of certain services, and some option packages become unavailable. Since all mobile operators in Crimea became Russian after the peninsula was included in Russia, different conditions apply to MTS customers.
MTS subscribers are automatically registered in the Win Mobile network upon entering Crimea and are served, as in any other region of Russia, thanks to the cooperation of the companies.
Since mobile communications and the Internet in Crimea depend on the technical capabilities of operators operating on the peninsula, not all subscribers of Russian companies will be able to use the 4G standard without problems. But this opportunity is available to MTS clients who are automatically registered in the coverage area of the Win Mobile provider and, under certain conditions, can safely use the available option packages in Crimea.
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