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September 27, 2019
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The editors of 42.TUT.BY often receive messages from subscribers of Belarusian mobile operators with complaints about connected paid Internet subscriptions. In this text, we decided to tell you what to do if such a subscription has already been activated and how to avoid accidentally “picking up” it again.
What is the price?
The cost of a subscription in the radio coverage area of Mobile TeleSystems JLLC* to the MTS Press service is 0.30 rubles. per day including VAT**.
When subscribing for the first time, the subscriber is provided with a free trial period of 3 calendar days. The service is provided free of charge to users. Mobile traffic when reading with the activated MTS Press service is not charged.
USSD requests *656#, *656*2# and SMS to short technological number 6565 in the radio coverage area of Mobile TeleSystems JLLC* are not charged.
*If you are in international roaming, mobile traffic is charged in accordance with the current price list of tariffs for international roaming services of Mobile TeleSystems JLLC.
**If the subscriber is partially blocked, the MTS Press service is provided, and funds for using the service are written off.
1. Name of the Promotion: “MTS Press: Read and get 3 rubles!”
2. The promotion is carried out from July 01, 2021 to July 31, 2019.
3. Participants in the campaign “MTS Press: Read and get 3 rubles!” (hereinafter referred to as the Promotion) subscribers of Mobile TeleSystems JLLC who, during the period from July 01 to July 31, 2021, can become subscribers. will subscribe to the MTS Press service for the first time.
Complete list of USSD requests for MTS subscribers
USSD requests are a simple and fast way to get the necessary information from your mobile operator. All you have to do is enter the required request on your phone. However, it is simply impossible to remember them all. So save and use the HF directory with all USSD requests for MTS subscribers.
- *100#
— find out the balance - *145#
— get information about the last five paid actions by phone number - *111*10#
- find out your phone number - *111*11#
— find out the list of connected services - *111*12#
- find out your tariff
- *111*31#
or
*113*amount#
— enter the Promised payment - *111*32#
— view credited payments - *111*33#
— find out accruals for the current month - *113*0#
— cancel the Promised payment - *114*amount#
— enter Urgent loan - *114*1#
— find out the maximum available amount of a Term loan - *115*payment_card_code_(14_characters)#
— top up your account with a payment card - *115*payment_card_code_(14_characters)*375YYXXXXXXX#
— top up the accounts of another MTS number with a payment card - *121#
— menu Request for account replenishment - *121*375ХХХХХХХХХ#
- send a Request for account replenishment - *150#
— connect the Credit method - *150*0#
— disable the Credit method - *150*1#
— find out the availability of the Credit method - *363*375YYХХХХХХХ*amount#
- transfer money to another MTS number, Share balance
- *111*40#
— Internet service management menu - *111*401#
— enable/disable Data transfer (Internet, MMS) - *111*421#
— Hyper.Net - *111*422#
— 3G-Lite - *111*423#
— Excellent internet - *111*424#
— Internet Person - *111*403#
— Internet Guest - *111*431#
— Internet Guest 100 MB - *111*432#
— Internet Guest 500 MB - *111*433#
— Internet Guest 1 GB - *111*434#
— Internet Guest 2 GB - *111*435#
— Internet Guest 3 GB - *111*436#
— Internet Guest 5 GB - *111*441#
— Internet 2 - *111*442#
— Internet 4 - *111*443#
— Internet 6 - *111*463#
— Unlimited VIP - *111*464#
— SuperBIT - *111*465#
— BIT - *111*466#
— MiniBit - *111*407#
— Wi-Fi access - *111*471#
— Wi-Fi - *111*472#
— connect MTS Wi-Fi 60 - *111*473#
— connect MTS Wi-Fi 180 - *155#
— connect Internet Persona - *155*0#
- disable Internet Persona - *790#
— connect 3G Lite - *790*0#
- disable 3G Lite - *510#
— connect Unlimited Internet from your phone - *510*0#
— disable Unlimited Internet from your phone - *530#
— connect Unlimited Internet from your phone, per day - *530*0#
— disable Unlimited Internet from your phone, per day - *531#
— connect Internet 2 - *531*0#
— disable Internet 2 - *532#
— connect Inte 4 - *532*0#
— disable Internet 4 - *533#
— connect Internet 6 - *533*0#
— disable Internet 6 - *534#
— connect Internet Mini - *534*0#
— disable Internet Mini - *535#
— connect Internet Midi - *535*0#
- disable Internet Midi - *536*
— connect Internet Maxi - *536*0#
— disable Internet Maxi - *740#
— connect MiniBIT - *740*0#
— disable MiniBIT - *741#
— connect BIT - *741*0#
- disable BIT - *742#
— connect SuperBIT - *742*0#
- disable SuperBIT - *743#
— connect Unlimited VIP - *743*0#
— disable Unlimited VIP - *714#
— connect the turbo button - *880#
— connect the “Native Language” service - *202#
— connect Mobile Cinema - *202*0#
— connect disable Mobile Cinema - *208#
— connect Home Cinema - *208*0#
- disable Home Cinema
- *111*20#
— enable/disable International access - *111*21#
— enable/disable SMS roaming - *111*22#
— connect Roaming
- *111*233#
— enable/disable Receiving SMS from the site - *111*234#
— enable/disable Receiving SMS from email - *111*251#
— connect SMS package 50 - *111*252#
— connect SMS package 100 - *111*253#
— connect SMS package 300 - *111*254#
— connect SMS package 500 - *111*55#
— enable/disable SMS-Extra - *111*261#
— connect MMS package 10 - *111*262#
— connect MMS package 25 - *111*263#
— connect MMS Drive
- *111*231#
— connect/disable 1st class Voicemail - *111*232#
— enable/disable Class 2 Voicemail - *111*235#
— enable/disable Call Forwarding - *111*236#
— enable/disable Caller ID (service cost is according to the tariff plan) - *111*237#
— connect/disable Caller ID (service cost is according to the tariff plan) - *111*238#
— connect/disconnect Call waiting (hold) - *111*239#
— connect/disconnect Conference call - *111*240#
— enable/disable Call barring - *500*1#
— connect Live Balance via USSD - *500*0#
— disable Live Balance via USSD
- *106*200#
— connect 200 minutes to all networks — for the “Corporation” tariff - *106*400#
— connect 400 minutes to all networks — for the “Corporation” tariff - *106*600#
— connect 600 minutes to all networks — for the “Corporation” tariff - *106*0#
— disable 200 minutes to all networks, 400 minutes to all networks or 600 minutes to all networks — for the “Corporation” tariff - *108#
— connect My company — for corporate tariffs - *108*0#
— disable My company — for corporate tariffs - *111*241#
— connect/disconnect Mobile Office - *111*242#
— connect/disable Internet Assistant - *111*243#
— enable/disable Monthly detailing (cost of service is according to the tariff plan) - *111*244#
— connect/disconnect Don’t sleep! — for tariffs “Start”, “All yours” - *111*245#
— connect/disconnect Have a nice weekend! — for tariffs “Start”, “All yours” - *160#
— connect Urgent Unlimited - *160*0#
— disable Urgent Unlimited - *170#
— connect/disconnect (cost of services is according to the tariff plan) - *118*0#
— MTS dating - *550*0#
- English language learning - *770*0#
- learning Russian - *987*0#
— disable the “Be informed” service
Money down the drain: how mobile operators connect us with “extra” services
Sometimes our cell phone bills are higher because of services we don't really need. 42.TUT.BY has compiled a list of the most common tricks of Belarusian mobile operators and ways to avoid them.
We visited three Minsk mobile operator showrooms, connected new SIM cards, and then studied the “bouquet” of default services. At the same time, we decided to see what tariff plan the consultants would offer to an undecided buyer. To do this, we asked for “the most common tariff with calls and Internet.”
Please note that all services were connected absolutely legally with the consent of the subscriber. The problem is that an absent-minded person can notice an unnecessary paid service only six months after he “eats” a decent amount.
MTS did not impose a tariff: they showed a table with the SMART line and asked to choose it yourself. We took the cheapest “SMART light”, which offers 250 minutes of calls and 250 MB of traffic for 3.9 rubles per month (in the first months the monthly fee is lower and there are more bonuses).
turned on the number itself. It allows you to watch TV channels using a smartphone and costs 26 kopecks per day (approximately 7.8 rubles per month). The first three months are free, after which the money begins to be debited automatically. The specialist at the salon said that the service was available, it was visible in the contract, and after the first connection, a cheerful SMS was also received with a reminder about the “bonus from the company.” True, we still did not ask to connect television.
Toning also appeared , which automatically set the “ Melody of the day ”. For some reason, he chose a song with the words “take everything I have, just be with me here and now.” Fortunately, he was not going to write off everything - 47 kopecks for “Toning” and “Melody of the Day” every month. The first 30 days are free, then for money. True, for some reason the online assistant lists the cost of both, but I had to look for the real price and the button to turn it off on a separate website.
The contract also included some “advertising mailings.” In fact, it turned out to be “ Be in the know ” - a mystical option that regularly sends SMS messages advertising paid services. It's free, but the advertising messages are not what we expected from a new SIM card. It is impossible to find it in the Internet assistant. “For your convenience, the service starts working automatically,” explains the description on the site.
By the way, the operator even adds advertising to USSD requests , such as *100# to check the balance. You can answer them and get a subscription to films, jokes or horoscopes.
They don’t take money for this, but an inattentive person or child can accidentally answer the request and acquire a completely unnecessary service. By default, everyone has advertising; they can be disabled upon request. It is curious that other operators do not have such a “service”.
What is an Internet subscription and how much does it cost?
An Internet subscription is a service that allows you to access a variety of content for a fee: from videos and music to games and dating sites. In any case, that’s what it says on the official website of one of our mobile operators.
Simply put: if you accidentally click on a pop-up banner (or other message of dubious origin) on any website, the user’s subscriber number may be assigned access to a service that he or she does not really need.
The cost of such services may vary, but the price of most of those indicated on the official websites of the operators A1, MTS and life:) ranges from 20 to 30 kopecks per day. At first glance, not so much. But it’s almost 10 rubles a month.
Will double verification help?
In most cases, operators assure that subscribers activate such subscriptions themselves, having inattentively read the terms of use, which are necessarily indicated on sites with such offers. However, recently the format of Internet subscriptions has changed - now it will become more difficult to connect them.
Representatives of A1, at our request, explained that after the introduction of double verification, the subscriber “must confirm his agreement with the rules for the provision of the service by checking the appropriate field (checkbox) of the Internet page, and then click the “Subscribe” button. “In this case, the subscriber can interrupt the subscription process using the “Exit” button,” A1 adds.
In other words: clicking on the cross on a pop-up banner on an unfamiliar site will not automatically activate your paid Internet subscription. Now, to enable it, you will have to at least once again confirm your intention to receive it. In addition: the page on which you sign up for a subscription will include information about the cost and how to cancel.
