The cheapest mobile communications - Review of all tariffs

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Tariffs for communication and Internet services from leading mobile operators are constantly changing. New offers for subscribers appear. And advertisements scream about almost free tariffs and tariff options. And in order not to get lost in all this diversity, you should study the offers of operators and compare them with each other.

Package tariffs "Beeline" (Moscow)

Beeline offers tariffs for Moscow and the Moscow region in 2018 as part of package offers that include sms, minutes and Internet packages at the same time. Depending on the chosen tariff, the fee for communication services can range from 400 rubles. up to 2,500 thousand rubles.

Table 1 - Beeline package tariffs

Package tariffs "MegaFon" (Moscow and region)

MegaFon offers a wider selection of package tariffs. By connecting to one of these tariffs, in addition to the services included in the package, subscribers can count on unlimited communication within the network throughout Russia (except for the “Turn On! Write” and “Turn On! Listen” tariffs) and unlimited use of popular Internet resources. Connection can cost from 400 rubles to 3,000 rubles.

Table 2 - Package tariffs of MegaFon Moscow (2018)

Main line of tariffs

When choosing a tariff plan, it is important to consider which city the calls will be made from most often. For example, if a person buys a prepaid SIM card in St. Petersburg, but plans to use the phone in Moscow, the tariffs in the capital will be higher.

The cost of telephone calls depends on what region a person is in and where he is calling. The tariff for local calls, for example, in Moscow, is standard, but if you need to call from the capital to another city, the cost will increase by the minute. In general, cellular operators have standard tariffs.

To better understand the pricing packages of leading mobile phone companies, below is a comparison table with current packages.

These plans are for smartphones and tablets only. Their use in modems or mobile routers is prohibited. For example, MTS identifies the most commonly used modems and routers by their IMEI number and blocks mobile data usage on such devices.

Mobile tariff calculator

Has your phone become too active a consumer of your cash reserves?
Don’t have time to deposit money into your account when it immediately runs out? These alarming signs indicate that you urgently need to analyze your mobile traffic and choose a different tariff for your cell phone. Fortunately, the choice of unlimited tariffs for each operator is very wide. Among them, any user will be able to find the ideal offer for themselves. But you must admit that the average person does not always understand the specific terms of cellular operators. It can be difficult for a non-specialist to figure out which service he will definitely need, and which will remain paid for, but unclaimed. And sometimes it’s not easy to figure out the Internet: how many megabytes are needed to check email, and what traffic package to connect to watch videos and movies.

Our website takes a big step towards the users of mobile phones and smartphones and offers a simple and convenient tariff calculator.

Now you can choose an unlimited tariff for your mobile phone by pressing just a couple of buttons! Our interactive module will analyze your needs and provide several of the most suitable mobile communication plans. Among them, you can choose the cheapest, most profitable, or choose a new, most attractive tariff from your usual telecom operator.

MTS operator

MTS is the largest operator, serving about 78 million subscribers, which has licenses in 83 regions of the country. This operator-provider can also use roaming in Crimea.

4G/LTE coverage has reached all 83 regions of MTS presence. 55% is at 1800 MHz, the rest at 800 and 2600 MHz.

Unlike other operators, MTS blocks incoming calls from many VoIP networks, as they are considered illegal.

The “Red Energy” tariff from MTS does not have a subscription fee, it has simple and understandable conditions. “SMART” is one of the most favorable tariffs for those who make a lot of calls and often send SMS. “Super-MTS” is a popular tariff among those who communicate a lot within the network. This is also a tariff without a monthly fee.

Tariff prices are relevant for Moscow and Moscow Region.

Super MTS tariff is the best tariff plan subject to daily payment. This plan has very cheap mobile communications and internet. The main advantage of the tariff is unlimited outgoing calls to other MTS numbers in the same region per day and to most city numbers in Moscow. Calls within the country are made at an additional cost.

Another benefit of this plan is that you are allowed to add the All Super+ option. It is activated automatically and gives up to 3 GB per month with a daily fee of RUB 9.40. If it is not activated, you need to dial *111*259#.

The MTS Smart smartphone series offers monthly combo plans including calls, SMS and data. For many users, this is the cheapest mobile connection in Moscow.

The big advantage of these plans is their availability (including with roaming in Crimea). All Smart tariff plans include unlimited calls to other MTS Russia numbers.

Unlimited number of social networks in tariff plans X and Tariff includes the use of:

And also Snapchat, YouTube, MTS Music, Apple Music, Google Music, App Store, Google Play, MTS Connect and some games.

The monthly fee is deducted from your account balance at the time the plan is activated. The next debit will occur exactly 30 days after the activation date. If the account is insufficient for the next monthly fee, all services (voice and data) will be temporarily suspended. To unlock, you will need to top up your account.

Mobile operator "Tele2" (tariffs in Moscow)

Any Tele2 subscriber can customize their package tariff for themselves. The operator allows you to exchange minutes for Internet traffic. This means that the client can pay exactly for what he uses. In addition, all such tariffs provide unlimited access to popular instant messengers and social networks. Unused service packages are transferred to the next month. But it is necessary to take into account that at such favorable rates, packages received as a result of their exchange are not subject to transfer to the next billing period.

Table 4 – Package tariffs of “Tele2” Moscow

Budget tariffs of Moscow mobile operators

Each mobile operator in Moscow provides both budget cellular tariffs and premium ones. Budget tariffs imply a lower subscription fee, but the volume of included packages is also reduced. The smallest monthly fee is provided within the “My Conversation” tariff from Tele2. But if you compare it with the offers of other operators, the “All for 350” tariff from Beeline looks the most attractive. Although this tariff is more expensive than “My Conversation,” the “All for 350” connection provides more minutes and Internet traffic.

Table 5 – Comparison of the Big Four budget tariff plans

Favorable tariffs of Moscow mobile operators

Any operator has tariffs that are most popular among subscribers. This is due to the fact that such tariffs include the most optimal set of connected packages at an affordable price. The most favorable tariffs of Moscow mobile operators include “SMART Zabugorishche” from MTS, “Turn on! Communicate” from MegaFon, “All for 600” from Beeline and “My Tele2” from Tele2.

Table 6 - Comparison of favorable cellular tariffs

Comparison of tariffs of Moscow mobile operators with per-minute or per-second billing

Not all subscribers are accustomed to using the full package of services included in tariff plans with a subscription fee. In order not to pay for those packages that are not used, you can connect to a regular tariff with per-minute or per-second billing. You can get acquainted with such tariffs of mobile operators in Moscow and compare them all in the table below.

Table 7 - Comparative characteristics of per-minute tariffs of the Big Four

MTS Internet options

For active Internet users, there are options with favorable mobile Internet tariffs. The service fee depends on the volume of traffic provided. MTS options within the tariffs for Moscow in 2021 are valid both in the home region and when traveling around Russia (except for BIT).

Table 8 - Mobile Internet tariffs from MTS

MegaFon Internet options

MegaFon offers a large selection of cellular Internet tariffs. Here are presented both budget options that apply only to the home region and involve a small traffic package, as well as more voluminous ones that operate both at home and throughout Russia.

Operator Beeline

Beeline is a national operator operating in 78 regions and serving about 58 million subscribers. It is popular for calls to CIS countries and offers tariffs at lower prices.

Beeline is present in almost all regions of the country, its 4G coverage is concentrated in populated areas, but is still limited in rural areas. 4G/LTE coverage is available in almost all cities.

Beeline has high-speed 3G internet almost everywhere in the country, including the countryside between Moscow and St. Petersburg and Lake Baikal + Olkhon Island, which is ideal for traveling to remote areas and traveling by train. However, currently the Beeline 2G network has noticeably lost quality. There are some issues with voice call clarity and data speeds. The problems are related to signal strength and coverage. However, this operator has good tariffs for international calls, especially to the CIS countries, where Beeline has its own and partner networks.

Like other operators, Beeline has monthly combined plans with included rates for voice calls, SMS and Internet, valid throughout Russia.

Messengers are unlimited, these include WhatsApp, Viber, ICQ, Skype, Google, Snapchat (including voice and video calls). Movies, Music and Cloud are the operator's special offers for streaming video and audio and 10 GB of cloud space.

When data is exhausted, a very high auto-renewal rate is charged. So we recommend choosing a volume sufficient for you initially.

The carrier offers an option that allows users to share the included data allowance in combo plans with other carrier users in the same region.

MTS: Moscow tariffs 2021

MTS, as part of its tariffs for Moscow in 2021, provides its subscribers with absolutely free communication within the network and even outside the region. Tariffs are valid throughout Russia, which means they are perfect for those who often travel around the country or are forced to go on business trips. The cost of connection can be from 500 rubles. up to 1,950 rubles per month.

Table 3 – Package tariffs of the MTS operator

Operator MegaFon

MegaFon (mainly owned by the Russian USM Holding and Gazprombank) is one of the three largest Russian mobile operators. Many users consider MegaFon to be the best operator in the country due to its nationwide distribution and high Internet speed.

MegaFon was the first to launch 3G networks (at 2100 and 900 MHz) and 4G / LTE in the country. This is the only network that is available in all regions of the country. 4G/LTE primarily operates on the 2600 MHz frequency (B7) and covers all 83 regions.

Operator Tele2

Rostelecom's Tele2 is building its fourth national network, active in 60 regions, with approximately 44 million customers.

The cheapest mobile Internet is from Tele2 - 27 rubles/1GB.

Other operators

Certain mobile operators provide preferential packages at affordable prices, operating outside the main Russian mobile networks. Yota, for example, is considered a subsidiary of MegaFon and a major player in the MVNO market.

The operator's main idea is completely unlimited data traffic, but with some restrictions in other areas, for example, blocked P2P networks. Despite the fact that the network is the same as MegaFon, the user may not have access to LTE in some regions where Yota SIM cards are not sold, unlike MegaFon subscribers.

Yota became the first operator in the country to provide fixed prices for all regions. But still, the operator charges different prices depending on where the SIM card is purchased. The operator is targeting residents of large cities who use smartphones, tablets or modems.

The cheapest mobile connection in Russia without the Internet is from Yota.

Anyone can calculate their tariff plan independently on the website using the constructor.

Yota also provides a special plan for use with a modem or router. It has completely unlimited data. This solution is LTE (4G) only, no voice capabilities, internet only.

However, if the SIM card is not used in a smartphone (for example, in a router, modem or tablet), the speed will be reduced to 64 Kbps. If a smartphone is used as an access point for a modem, the speed is limited to 128 Kbps; this limitation can be removed for 2 hours for 90₽ or for 24 hours for 190₽. When using file-sharing networks, the speed is reduced to 32 Kbps. Often the operator does not warn its users about this.

Some regions also have local operators, such as Motiv in Yekaterinburg, Kurgan, Ugra and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Tattelecom in Tartastan or Vainakh Telecom in the Chechen Republic.

Tinkoff Mobile started as one of the first virtual operators in 2021 of Tinkoff Bank. The operator operates in the Tele2 network. SIM cards are sold throughout the country, as the company has opened stores in large shopping centers. From 2021 they also offer eSIM, but are currently only available to Tinkoff card holders.

The operator offers to try mobile services completely free for a week!

Tinkoff Mobile offers attractive offers for new subscribers. On the official website you can calculate an individual tariff plan.

Compare tariffs and choose the most profitable one

The most common and largest mobile operators in Russia are Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), MegaFon, Beeline and Tele2Russia (owned by the state provider Rostelecom). Services and prices are competitive in major cities but vary by region.

It's time to sum up the results and decide on the winner. The cheapest mobile communication tariff from MTS is “Tariffishche”. For the first 6 months, new subscribers will be able to pay 585 rubles for the entire package of services, and later - 600 rubles. Megafon offers this package of services the most expensive - 1000₽ for 30 days.

Mobile operator MTS has launched the best tariff plan for 300 rubles

Miscellaneous 12/31/2019 | 0

The less a tariff plan that is offered for connection to everyone costs, the more people will want to connect to it and, after that, use it on an ongoing basis. To the delight of all those who love extremely favorable service conditions, the mobile operator MTS has launched the best tariff that can exist. You need to pay less than $5 monthly for it, and to be precise, only 300 rubles. It is important to immediately notice and indicate that such a low price is not the result of some temporary New Year’s promotion or something similar. We are talking about a permanent offer, so over time you definitely won’t have to pay more money for the tariff plan, and this is quite a real fact.

Every month, as part of the launched tariff, the client of the telecommunications company receives certain sets of capabilities, which he can dispose of at his own discretion, doing this without unnecessary restrictions and difficulties, and this, without any doubt, is worth a lot, because not so long ago such a thing was not I had to dream, because telecom operators allowed them to be spent only on certain actions, which, of course, created a lot of inconvenience. For a modest subscription fee, a client of the MTS mobile operator receives 1200 minutes of calls and 1200 SMS messages, and making voice calls, as well as sending text messages, is allowed to any Russian numbers without unnecessary difficulties, and this is quite a real fact.

A client of the MTS mobile operator has the right to count on completely free incoming calls, as well as a complete absence of roaming when traveling around Russia. Due to this, you can easily and simply move around the country and absolutely not experience any inconvenience associated with additional restrictions, expenses or anything like that. In addition to minutes of calls and SMS messages, the tariff contains 30 GB of mobile Internet at maximum speed in 2G, 3G and 4G LTE networks, and this can reach a huge value of as much as 1 Gbit/s. Such bandwidth, without any doubt, will be sufficient for any purposes and needs, especially since traffic can be used for any variety of tasks.

The tariff costs only 300 rubles for one month, and money is debited from the account once every 30 days, so monitoring the balance is very, very easy. The mobile operator MTS tried to do everything to make its new tariff plan as attractive as possible in all respects, and it fully succeeded in achieving this. This tariff is called “My Smart”, and on such favorable terms it is available in many parts of Russia, including the Irkutsk region. In order to connect it, you need to go to the telecommunications company's showroom and, after that, get a SIM card there with this one, and this is allowed to be used in any electronic devices, and not just in smartphones and tablets, as is very often the case in such cases.

Earlier it was found out that the federal cellular operators MTS, MegaFon, Beeline and Tele2 will reduce prices for mobile Internet and voice communications by five times.

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