Date: April 18, 2021 | Updated: September 6, 2021 | Author: Moblie-man
Beeline, along with a wide range of tariff plans and an even larger family of additional services, also offers its clients the services of content providers for use. These are additional options within which users can receive various newsletters on their devices: news, entertainment content, games and applications, etc.
Preamble
It’s easy to guess that such content is not offered to subscribers for free, and you have to pay for it. In general, this is why the audience of regular users of the services of content providers is, to put it mildly, not very wide.
And all because very, very often subscribers “receive” paid subscriptions to all sorts of “jokes of the day”, “horoscopes” and “weather forecasts in Uryupinsk” without even giving consent to connect them. Simply careless owners of websites that Beeline subscribers visit from mobile phones monetize them through automatic subscriptions of subscribers to the content of the service.
Telecom operators really liked this situation, because it generated additional income, but subscribers actively complained and in 2014, the Federal Law of July 23, 2013 No. 229-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Communications” was adopted and came into force.
Its essence is this:
Each telecom operator in Russia is obliged to provide the subscriber with the opportunity to open a separate account to pay for the services of content providers (read paid subscriptions).
At Beeline, this option is called “Expense Control” or “Separate personal account for paying for Provider services.” We’ll tell you how to connect it and get rid of subscription costs.
Content account: MTS | MegaFon | Beeline | Tele 2
How to prohibit paid subscriptions to Beeline: video instructions
Service management
You can disable and enable the option through your “Personal Account”, mobile application, USSD requests.
Connection
Activation of a separate account is performed as follows:
- Switch the phone to dialing mode, enter the combination *110*5062#. The number receives a message about connecting the content balance.
- Register on the website beeline.ru or in the mobile application. The latter is downloaded to your smartphone from the App Store or Play Market. Using the search bar on the main page, look for “Expense Control” or “Content Account”. Near the found object, press the “Connect” button.
- Visit the service center. You need to contact an available employee with a passport and inform them of your intention to activate the service.
- Call the hotline number 0611. Activation of the option is carried out using prompts from an automatic informant.
You can activate the service remotely without visiting the organization’s office.
Shutdown
This option is not provided by the operator. The only option is to stop using it. The remaining money is transferred to the main account, and the content balance is no longer replenished.
This option allows you to create an additional account balance for any subscriber, which will have one single purpose - the funds from it will be spent exclusively on paying for content services provided by Beeline partner providers. Thus, now subscribers do not have to worry about the fact that the content is all funds from the main account, and will leave them without communication.
Connection/disconnection and use are free.
The operator positions this option as controlling children’s expenses from expenses on paid content and subscriptions, but nothing prevents any Beeline subscriber from connecting “Expense Control” to themselves.
As a result: If there is no money in the additional account of a Beeline subscriber, then no paid subscriptions to your main number will be activated. It's simple.
Content services at MegaFon
The advantage of the content blocking service from any operator is that by activating it, the subscriber will be able, if necessary, to pay for additional services via short numbers. True, this applies only to the services of the operator itself, or those provided by government agencies. Therefore, you don’t have to worry that if you block calls, messages and requests for short numbers, you won’t be able to pay for parking.
If you use entertainment services, but want to protect your main account from them, you will need to contact the operator’s salon with a written application to open a “Content Account”. After that, it can be controlled via USSD.
The operator also warns about the virtualization of money that has been in the “Content Account”. Even if they are transferred to the main one, they can only be used to pay for communication services, but this amount cannot be cashed out or transferred to another number.
A special feature of the service on MegaFon is that the “content account” does not have a virtual number, and is retained by the subscriber even if the phone number is changed. Replenishment occurs from the main balance using the command *939#.
Managing an additional balance to pay for Provider services
Of course, for the additional balance to work correctly, there must be money on it. Using the Beeline personal account, subscribers can set up automatic transfer of funds from the main account to the additional one. In addition, you need to remember the following commands:
- *622# (to check the status of the additional account);
- *220*100# (to transfer 100 rubles (you can enter any other amount) from the main account balance to the additional one). If you do this, subscriptions may be activated;
- *222*100# (to transfer 100 rubles (you can enter any other amount) from the additional account balance to the main one.
In addition to using the requests described above, you can, of course, also set up an additional balance via the Internet, using your personal account, or a mobile application. With the help of these services, the setup procedure will even look simpler and more intuitive for most modern users.
Content account in Beeline
Theory
Beeline's implementation is very different from that of other operators; it is at the same time the most convenient and the most terrible. Beeline is the only telecom operator where you can connect a content account using a USSD command in 5 minutes, without visiting the office and without having to write an application by hand. The service is activated instantly, there is no need to wait 10 days. Everything looks very good, but there is also a “fly in the ointment”: Beeline 2 have almost identical ones, the first of them connects a content account with auto-replenishment from the main account. That is, as soon as you purchase a content service, money is automatically transferred from the main account to the content account and debited from there. This scheme completely eliminates the beneficial effect of the content account and there is no need to use the first type of account. Be careful when connecting a content account yourself or through an operator.
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The second provides a normal account, which must be topped up manually; such an account will protect you from unnecessary spending, as it should. To connect the correct type of content account , execute the USSD command: *110*5062# .
Practice
Send USSD command:
In response we receive the following message:
And after a few minutes you will receive a confirmation SMS:
Everything works great, the main thing is to connect the “correct” content account.
What does an additional account number look like?
As for the information about what the additional account number looks like, intended exclusively for paying for the services of content providers, it does not differ much from the main phone number. The only exception is the first digit. If the main phone number is 9, then the additional balance should start with 6 instead of 9.
That is, if your phone number is 9031234567, then the additional balance number will be the same, with the exception of the first digit – 6031234567.
Once again. Remember: We enable the “Expense Control” option and do not replenish a new separate account, there should always be 0 rubles. We enjoy the absence of paid subscriptions to the services of content providers.
Content account in MTS
Theory
To receive a separate content account at MTS, the subscriber must visit the office and write a special application. The content account will be connected within 10 days, the subscriber receives the following SMS: “A separate personal account for the number +79000000000 has been successfully created, virtual phone number +71000000000. Use it to top up your funds and request your balance.” Unlike other operators, the MTS content account can be topped up directly via the Internet or terminals, since MTS allocates a special virtual number to the subscriber. Very touching concern on the part of the MTS company, especially considering what this very account is needed for.
Practice
When visiting an MTS salon, be careful; employees will try to give you a free SIM card. If you don’t need such a card, be sure to refuse, otherwise after a while a negative balance will form on this SIM card and they will start to “knock” your debts out of you. You shouldn’t have any other problems; your application will be accepted and your account will be connected within 10 days.
Good luck to you!
First part of the article: How to connect a content account to Megafon and Tele2
What is additional balance from Beeline
Often, paid options appear on a tariff plan that are added accidentally. Additional balance is an account that is designed to record transactions related to payment for services, content, subscriptions and requests. It needs to be refilled separately. Beeline has specially developed an additional personal account so that subscribers can control their expenses.
A list of all services that Beeline clients can use is provided on the company’s virtual portal.
How the service works
Before debiting money from the additional account, the client receives an SMS notification. Funds will not be transferred without confirmation. After activating the service, the following options will appear:
- request permission from the subscriber before purchasing the service;
- information about visiting paid Internet pages;
- information about the content provider: cost, functionality, restrictions, activation and deactivation options;
- monthly report on expenses on the balance sheet;
- messages about payment for each item that is issued on a Beeline client’s SIM card.
The additional balance is suitable for the child's number. With its help, parents will be able to keep costs under control, block requests for paid content, see time periods for accessing the Internet, and set a ban on certain functions.
How to disable the service
Deactivating the Beeline operator option is quite simple. As with the activation procedure, you just need to use two effective methods. In the first case, you need to visit the official website of the provider, go to your personal account and find the section called “Cost Control”. In the window that opens, a button will appear to disable the service, which you will need to click and wait for an SMS confirmation.
In the second case, you can visit the nearest operator’s office and ask the service manager for help. In the conversation, indicate the reason for deactivation and wait for the deactivation. You can also call your mobile operator's hotline or technical support.
The third and longest way is to spend all the money and not use the additional balance for a long time. In this case, sooner or later it will turn off on its own.
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How to connect an additional balance to Beeline, there is no normal information on the official website.
The Beeline additional balance service can be found on the operator’s website “Content Provider Services”:
- Enter the number: *110*5062# and press call. The result is sent to the message
- In your personal account. After authorization in your account, we take the following actions:
- Through the main menu at the top, go to the Services tab, specify - Mobile communications and Internet;
- Using a small search string “Content Provider Services”;
- Click Connect.
- Operator's office.
Service cost and connection team
The service is absolutely free. You don't need to pay money to connect it. There is also no subscription fee for using the service.
How to connect an additional balance on Beeline? If you are interested in this question, dial *110*5062# on your phone. After the pound sign, press the call key. After sending the command, you will receive a notification on your phone that the application has been accepted and you should wait for the SMS notification. Literally immediately after this, you will receive a message about the successful connection of an additional balance to pay for the services of content providers.
Immediately after connecting to the service, you can verify that an additional balance appears. Dial *622# and press the call key. After a few seconds, the screen will display an additional balance, which is initially zero.
Search for services in your personal account
You can activate “Expense Control” in your personal account. To connect with an additional balance, go to the official website of the mobile operator. Log in to your personal account using your phone number and password. Go to the “Connected services” section and click on the “Go to mobile services catalog” link. Enter “Content Provider Services” in the search bar. This is the second name of the service that provides an additional balance to the number. In the search results you will see several services with this name.
Before connecting, read the description of each service. One of them allows you to simply check the cost of content before you subscribe. If you are looking for a way to get rid of subscriptions imposed on you and save money on your balance, then this service is not for you. Read the descriptions carefully. The service that is right for you is one that simply provides an additional balance on Beeline to pay for services and does not have any other features. If you find a service with this description, then feel free to click the connect button.
How to connect a content personal account
We have prepared instructions for readers that allow them to create a content account with the main Russian operators (their list also includes virtual operators, including Tinkoff Mobile, the leader of Russian “virtuals” in terms of profit and size of the subscriber base).
Megaphone
Content LAN on MegaFon is connected only in offices, upon application from the subscriber. You need to have your passport with you. If the office consultants do not know about the existence of such a service, put pressure on them and let them look for information. Remember that the obligation to connect content LANs at the request of subscribers is imposed on operators in accordance with Law 229-FZ - refusals are unlawful. Creation of a personal statement takes 1-2 days from the moment the application is accepted. The *393# command does not work today - you don’t have to try.
Beeline
Beeline has this one. It is connected at the request of the subscriber at sales offices. And Beeline is the only one who discloses a detailed description of the service on the official website. In particular, he gives control commands:
- Balance check – *622#;
- Transfer of funds from the main account to a separate one – *220*amount#;
- Transfer of funds in the opposite direction – *222*amount#.
The connection is made within one day, the number of the additional balance corresponds to the main one, but the first digit of the federal code is changed - from 9 to 6.
Tele 2
Like other operators, Tele2 drives its subscribers to offices. Connect here to pay for infotainment services. Moreover, if you can open it only by a personal visit and writing an application, then you can close it by calling 611 (this is the Tele2 hotline number). The application is considered for a whole week, the results are received in the form of SMS. If the service is activated, then the subscriber is not afraid of any subscriptions.
Control commands:
- *160*1# – check additional balance;
- *160*amount# – command to replenish the content account from the main balance;
- *160*amount*0# – debiting funds from the content account to the main balance.
Use them to control drugs.
MTS
MTS, as always, is in its repertoire - employees in its offices are silent about the existence of the service. The voiced request to issue an application to connect the service causes sincere bewilderment in their eyes. There are probably some internal instructions that do not allow you to directly answer about the possibility of connecting a content account. If employees act surprised, tell them about current legislation and have them call the call center for information. They MUST give you an application form to connect a content LAN.
This service does not apply to MTS’s own content – content from third-party providers is paid for from the content account.
An alternative to an additional account is . It is free, you can connect and disconnect through your personal account. However, there are no descriptions on the official website. The service blocks not only third-party content, but also its own content.
Tinkoff Mobile
This operator does not have. But it is not needed here - Tinkoff Mobile does not have mobile subscriptions, so there is no need to worry about write-offs. This is truly a secure and most reliable operator in this regard. By the way, if you are tired of mobile subscriptions and constant charges, go to Tinkoff using the appropriate form on the operator’s official website.
Danycom
The Danycom Mobile operator does not support mobile subscriptions, so there is no separate balance to pay for the content service. Go to this operator’s network if you are tired of endless disappearances of funds from your account.
SberMobile
We have before us another virtual operator that does not support subscriptions and content services. It is absolutely safe to use, but number porting does not work yet - only new connections with a new number are available, which is not always interesting.
Features of connecting and disconnecting the “Content Account” from Beeline
The “Content Account” from Beeline will allow you to control the money spent on the purchase of various services for your smartphone. Upon request, the subscriber will be provided with comprehensive information about costs, and it is also possible to transfer money between accounts. C/s is suitable not only for entrepreneurs, but also for active network users who often use mobile applications not only for commercial purposes.
