An article for those who want to know what 100 minutes are in the MPR in MTS. What does it mean? Why is the option available on the Smart and other tariffs? How to understand and how to use? In these questions we will understand what all these names mean.
The additional one from MTS stands for “100 minutes in international roaming”. This function appears when roaming is activated, that is, when it is possible to use communications abroad.
Recently, you can find quite a lot of options for this action - some of them have become outdated, giving way to the most advanced and budget analogues. In this manual, we will try not to use unnecessary information and talk about the most current services from MTS Russia.
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What is 100 minutes in MPR on MTS
MPR is international roaming. As a result, 100 minutes in the MPR is 100 minutes in international roaming. The function appears if the subscriber has activated the use of communications outside of Russia. This requires roaming services.
In recent years, a lot of such options have accumulated, and some of them have become outdated. Nowadays modern services at lower prices are very popular.
After crossing the Russian state border, the subscriber must connect the necessary services in order for the new tariff to take effect. It could be:
- international access;
- national and international roaming.
For the convenience of the subscriber, the operator provides a small number of steps necessary for connection. Both options are activated automatically, since one does not work without the other. The following commands should be executed:
- dial *111*2192#;
- a message about roaming activation will be sent to your phone;
- If connection in tone dialing mode is impossible, you should call the MTS call center or contact the nearest service point.
All these actions are possible only for those citizens whose card is valid for at least 6 months after activation. In addition, the account should be topped up at least once a month. The service is activated free of charge, but the balance at this time must be positive. The only exceptions are cases where the credit calculation method is used.
The option can be used after activating special offers for roaming (for example, “Easy roaming” or others). Internet access is included. At maximum speed, 500 MB per day is provided, after which the data transfer speed drops to 128 KB/s.
Fact No. 2. The training won't teach you anything.
But they can make you an alcoholic.
The training process itself consists of several stages: 3 days of training -> 2 weeks of work at the point -> 3 days of training -> Exam -> Entering the point on a permanent basis. Real knowledge is acquired only at the stage of two weeks of work at the point.
For the next n months - this is your kitchen, dressing room and rest room all in one
The trainings are mainly stories about what a wonderful company MTS is, how much you will earn and how you will be able to travel around the world at someone else’s expense. A minimum of information about the actual work is given. This regularly creates a problem: new employees, when they go to work, have no idea at all about what and how to do.
are working for two people during this period – serving their clients and explaining how to work to newcomers. Needless to say that already on the second day you will be hated and cursed after every “Vasya, help me accept the payment”?
However, there is also a bit of positivity. Training days will be a real paradise for drinkers, because one of the oldest established traditions involves drinking alcohol together every day in a corporate apartment (often together with a trainer).
Supported plans
For subscribers who want to efficiently use the network abroad, the “Foreign” option is provided. Some time ago there was such a tariff plan, but now it is inactive.
To use the “100 minutes in MPR” option, the subscriber must have one of the following tariffs:
- "Tariffishche". The minimum cost of the package is 650 rubles. The cost of the tariff depends on the size of the package of minutes and the number of SMS. For 3 thousand minutes and the same number of SMS per month you will need to pay 1,550 rubles. For users who have subscribed to the most expensive packages, additional services are provided, such as a free subscription to an online cinema, etc.
- Any of the “Smart” tariffs. MTS has a line of tariffs with the “Smart” prefix. Their advantage is the availability of an impressive number of prepaid services at a reasonable fee. Its average cost is 400 rubles per month.
- "Ultra". The tariff is best suited for those who love to travel and often go abroad. The cost of the tariff is from 2,900 rubles monthly. The advantage of the tariff is that unused minutes, messages and Internet traffic are not written off, but are transferred to the next month. Moreover, the subscriber will not have any restrictions on calls within the MTS network. Up to 5 thousand minutes are allocated for conversations with subscribers of other operators.
In the near future, this list may be supplemented with new services. To obtain the latest information, you should contact your operator.
Fact No. 3. They will try to deceive you on your first day of work.
Real life story. The scene seems to be Kurgan.
Until you really get to know everyone and join the team, experienced employees will look at you like fresh meat.
In the best case, you will be forced to connect your home Internet and television, and also issue from one to five (more simply will not work) MTS Bank plastic cards. For the sake of the plan, of course, for the sake of the point! You want to stay and work here, right? That's the same, then don't show up and give us your passport.
In a more advanced version, scams of different colors and types may await . As the most common option: when you arrive at the point, by hook or by crook you will be persuaded not to carry out a recount of goods and an inventory (come on, what are you talking about, they’re all your own, the day before yesterday we were all considered exactly like we were some kind of animals, breeding new ones?!) . On the very first visit to the auditor, it turns out that the point is missing a couple of iPhones and other little things.
Of course, you will have to pay, because the Agreement on Collective Liability will be handed to you to sign as soon as you have time to change your clothes.
Cost of the MPR service
costs 390 rubles per day. However, the subscription fee will only be charged if the option is used that day. If a subscriber has been abroad for several days or weeks, but he made calls only on one day, then he will only pay for that day.
To account for minutes, a “transfer” system is maintained. This means that if the tariff provides for free minutes within the Russian Federation, then they are converted into “roaming minutes”. If you have such a tariff plan, you will not need to pay extra.
If the free time according to the tariff has ended, you will need to pay 25 rubles per minute. There is no need to pay for incoming calls (up to 100 minutes for 24 hours). If this limit is exceeded, payment will be made at the rate of 25 rubles per minute of conversation. These conditions are available only for “Popular countries”, a full list of which is presented on the MTS website. This includes only the countries most frequently visited by Russians: the USA, Germany, Portugal, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, etc.
If the subscriber uses in countries that are not included in this list, the conditions are as follows:
- incoming calls begin to be charged from the 11th minute of conversation at 39 rubles per 1 minute;
- The cost of outgoing calls is 39 rubles per minute;
- Every 5 minutes will be charged at the full cost of roaming in a specific country.
The option does not apply if registered in the networks of operators in countries such as Cuba, Turkmenistan, Andorra and others.
Fact No. 4. You are unlikely to become a good salesman
But you will be an excellent cleaner.
MTS (RTK) is trying to get away from the definition of “seller”, for some reason considering it unworthy. They look for euphemisms for job titles, such as “specialist” or “head of the sales office,” or even “shift supervisor.” The essence of the work does not change - to sell.
But you will devote only 15-20% of your working day to sales. The lion's share of time will be spent on:
writing endless reports; performing administrative tasks - monitoring competitors' prices, photo reports and hanging accessories from one display case to another (and back); washing floors and display cases. Washing display cases and floors. Washing floors and display cases. Endless
You will be allowed to talk with clients only according to a strictly established sales script. If a deviation is detected once, a reprimand will be given. 2 times – disciplinary action. On the third, dismissal under the article.
You won't understand phones either. Firstly, it’s simply difficult to remember the characteristics of 30-40 different models. Secondly, this is not necessary.
A typical sale looks like this:
– Take this phone, it’s very cool, everyone takes it (which means “take this phone, I’ll get into the motivation program for it, but I don’t know what’s going on in terms of cores, pixels, resolutions”).
As a last resort, you can always open an online store and read the characteristics from there. Sometimes it’s especially funny to watch some blonde girl (no stereotypes!) explain the difference between Samsung and iPhone:
- Well, the Samsung Ten ES seems to be more powerful, but the iPhone 10 ES is more prestigious, and it seems to have a better camera, it also has such a cutout on the screen...
In general, you understand. Unfortunately, this can only be called sales with a stretch.
How to connect MNR to MTS
To connect to the promotion you will need to take a few simple steps. The first step is to connect one of the tariff plans that is compatible with this service, and then activate the “Foreign” function.
The easiest way is to use a USSD code. On your phone you should dial the following combination: *111*771#. In a few minutes, the system will process the request and provide an answer. After this, the subscriber will receive an SMS indicating the status of the request (positive or negative).
In addition, you can use your personal account or mobile application for activation. To do this, you should take the following actions:
- enter your username and password for authorization;
- find the “Services” tab and go to it;
- find “Connect new services” and check the required option in the window that opens;
- here you can activate services for international roaming;
- click on the “Next” button;
- find the “Add services” option;
- After activating the request, you will be able to find the “Foreign” function in the list of connected services, and a corresponding notification will be sent to your phone.
Activation of the service is completely free - fees are charged only if you use it.
Fact No. 5. Prepare to make a deal with your conscience every day
Or sit without money.
Here you can have a long discussion about how feasible or impossible the plans are. About whether it is possible or not to deceive clients. But the reality is this: in the vast majority of cases, plans turn out to be greatly overestimated . Two objective facts can be cited in support:
1. The real situation is that at a distance of 100 meters from one salon another opens. The plan for the first point is increased by 10-13% from last month, the same plan is set for the newly opened point.
Total: previously it was necessary to sell a conditional 100 SIM cards and phones worth 500 thousand rubles, provided that the entire client flow goes to one salon. And now we need to sell conditional 220 SIM cards and phones worth more than 1 million, despite the fact that the same customer flow is now divided into two points.
2. Each plan for the current month will always be higher than the plan for the same month last year.
From here, a fairly simple logical chain is built: employees cannot fulfill the plan -> employees are sitting without money -> employees either quit (see points 1 and 9), or are looking for a way to make money on the “leftist” -> employees cheat on a massive scale clients.
And all this is done with the silent permission of management , which is also interested in employees fulfilling their plans.
Screenshot from the author’s personal archive: before the last day of the month, an official command is received to “stir up” the settings
There will be a separate post a little later about how exactly deception and divorce occurs in MTS. Spoiler: it's tough.
Fact No. 9. You will leave there as soon as possible
A very subjective point, but still not based out of the blue.
Even a psychologically stable person is under great pressure from the combination of the disadvantages listed above. Some special form of the instinct of self-preservation itself gives rise to the idea that this must be ended.
I’m willing to bet that if you walked into the first salon you came across right now and asked the employees, “Is it even worth going here? All good? Have you thought about quitting? – you will hear a lot of complaints and pain .
Daily rating of plan implementation. If you are not in the first three lines, get ready to have your brain blown and threatened by your superiors
I have a lot of friends who still continue to work at MTS (RTK). Each of them, with some frequency, expresses a desire to quit and forget it all, like a bad dream.
Why don't they do this? Often because there is simply no alternative. The main pool of employees is young guys 18-22 who decided to earn money after graduating from school. Realizing that without education and experience they will only be welcome in other mobile retail, and even then not always.
As soon as even a ghostly prospect of a job change appears on the horizon, everyone at MTS takes advantage of this chance.
By the way, fun fact: RTC won't let you go that easily. Each manager has a monthly quota for resigning employees, and if this is exceeded, a deduction from the bonus occurs.
Therefore, as soon as you start talking about dismissal, you and your manager will first have to go through all 7 stages of accepting the inevitable before the cherished “Please resign of your own free will” is signed.
Description
Any mobile operator is interested in expanding the range of subscribers as much as possible. The easiest way to do this is by offering the most favorable conditions for calls within the network. If many of your friends use the services of one operator, you will inevitably think about taking a SIM card from the same operator. The “Call for free to MTS Russia 100” option is one of those profitable offers that allow you to attract new customers and at the same time retain old ones.
This service is free minutes on MTS. Packages of minutes for calls within the network are by no means uncommon in the product line of any cellular company. Such offers have become familiar to users and do not require a special story about themselves, but MTS came up with the idea of extending the option not only to calls to subscribers in the home region, but also beyond its borders. For 3 rubles 50 kopecks per day you are offered:
- 100 minutes within your home network;
- 100 minutes on MTS in Russia.
Agree, this is very profitable - especially when you consider that by activating the “Call for free to MTS Russia 100” option, you immediately receive two separate packages in one. One hundred minutes is more than an hour and a half a day. Additional minutes are not provided; any package that is not used during the day is “burnt out.”
The service does not apply to the use of an answering machine: “Voice mail” will be charged as a regular call from your phone.
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In light of old news... from 30/12/2011
Promotion “Phone Basic 140 with tariff “Super MTS”
From December 30, the terms of the promotion “ Phone Basic 140 with the tariff “Super MTS”
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Basic 140
phone with TP “ ” is
550 rubles
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Balance – 50 rubles
. Important! The packages “Bonus 90 minutes within the network” and “20 minutes in the MPR” will not be included in the initial package of services!
And now in more detail
As part of the promotion, a special price has been set for a product consisting of a Basic 140 phone and a special TP set “ “.
The cost of the “Phone with MTS tariff” kit will be 550 rubles. Of which: 500 rub. – cost of TA, 50 rub. – cost of the set (balance is also 50 rubles). The “Bonus 90 minutes within the network” and “20 minutes in MPR” packages will not be included in the initial package of services.
The price of the product “Phone with MTS tariff” is 650 rubles including VAT, it consists of the cost of the TP kit (630 rubles) and the cost of the phone (20 rubles). The initial balance on the tariff is 630 rubles. On the day of activation of the kit, the cost of the “20 minutes in the Mongolian People’s Republic” package (600 rubles) is deducted, after which the balance available to the client will be 30 rubles.
Description of the Tariff offer
- initial balance up to 630 rubles,
- packages “Bonus 90 minutes within the network” and “20 minutes in the MPR” are connected.
How many seconds in a century
In the 1st century (century) there are 100 years. Now we are in the 21st century, which began on January 1, 2001.
| century | from what year to what year | number of seconds | how to translate |
| Ⅰ | 1-100 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅱ | 101-200 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅲ | 201-300 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅳ | 301-400 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅴ | 401-500 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅵ | 501-600 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅶ | 601-700 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅷ | 701-800 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅸ | 801-900 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅹ | 901-1000 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅠ | 1001-1100 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅡ | 1101-1200 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅢ | 1201-1300 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅣ | 1301-1400 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅤ | 1401-1500 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅥ | 1501-1600 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅦ | 1601-1700 | 3155673600 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 24 leap days) |
| ⅩⅧ | 1701-1800 | 3155673600 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 24 leap days) |
| ⅩⅨ | 1801-1900 | 3155673600 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 24 leap days) |
| ⅩⅩ | 1901-2000 | 3155760022 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) + 22sec coordination |
| ⅩⅩⅠ | 2001-2100 | 3155673604 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 24 leap days) + 4sec coordination |
How many seconds are there in 100 centuries (Gregorian calendar)?
60 sec × 60 min × 24 hours × 365.2425 days × 100 years × 100 centuries = 315569520000 seconds
Advantages and disadvantages
Each service has its own strengths and shortcomings that many of the company's clients do not like. Let's figure out what pros and cons were noted by subscribers when using Zabugorishche.
- quite a lot of minutes for incoming calls in roaming;
- reasonable prices for outgoing calls;
- Mobile Internet included;
- no need to disable the option when you return home;
- even for unpopular destinations there is a package with minutes.
- high subscription fee (not every traveler can afford more than 350 rubles per day);
- there is no package for profitable messages that would be useful abroad for communicating with relatives;
- the service is not compatible with profitable tariff plans that do not require a subscription fee;
- You definitely need to activate other company offers for roaming.
How many seconds in a month
One month can have from 28 to 31 days. Only one month (February) has 28 days, and even then not always (there are 29 days in a leap year). Depending on this, the number of seconds also changes. It is interesting that there are months (June, December), to which a second of coordination is sometimes added. On the last day of such a month, after the time 23:59:59 comes 23:59:60.
| № | Name | amount of days | number of seconds |
| 1 | January | 31 | 2678400 |
| 2 | February | 28 (29 leap year) | 2419200 (2505600 leap year) |
| 3 | March | 31 | 2678400 |
| 4 | April | 30 | 2592000 |
| 5 | May | 31 | 2678400 |
| 6 | June | 30 | 2592000 (jump second 2592001) |
| 7 | July | 31 | 2678400 |
| 8 | August | 31 | 2678400 |
| 9 | September | 30 | 2592000 |
| 10 | October | 31 | 2678400 |
| 11 | november | 30 | 2592000 |
| 12 | December | 31 | 2678400 (jump second 2678401) |
| Total: | 365 (366 leap year) | 31536000 (31622400 leap year) | |
| Average value: | 2628000 (2635200 leap year) |
How many seconds in a century
In the 1st century (century) there are 100 years. Now we are in the 21st century, which began on January 1, 2001.
| century | from what year to what year | number of seconds | how to translate |
| Ⅰ | 1-100 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅱ | 101-200 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅲ | 201-300 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅳ | 301-400 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅴ | 401-500 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅵ | 501-600 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅶ | 601-700 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅷ | 701-800 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅸ | 801-900 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| Ⅹ | 901-1000 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅠ | 1001-1100 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅡ | 1101-1200 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅢ | 1201-1300 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅣ | 1301-1400 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅤ | 1401-1500 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅥ | 1501-1600 | 3155760000 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) |
| ⅩⅦ | 1601-1700 | 3155673600 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 24 leap days) |
| ⅩⅧ | 1701-1800 | 3155673600 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 24 leap days) |
| ⅩⅨ | 1801-1900 | 3155673600 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 24 leap days) |
| ⅩⅩ | 1901-2000 | 3155760022 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 25 leap days) + 22sec coordination |
| ⅩⅩⅠ | 2001-2100 | 3155673604 | 60sec × 60min × 24hours × (365days × 100years + 24 leap days) + 4sec coordination |
How many seconds are there in 100 centuries (Gregorian calendar)?
Fact No. 7. Your whole life will revolve around work
Real screenshot of the chart for January of one of the employees
How could it be otherwise if work takes up 5-7 days a week, and your colleagues become the only people around you?
This point can be considered neither a plus nor a minus. This is just a given that you have to come to terms with. Working at MTS (RTK), you really won’t have time to relax, meet with friends or arrange your personal life. Therefore, all this will happen right at work.
Rest - just come home and fall into bed. Meeting with friends - having a drink with colleagues after a shift, discussing work, and in the morning going back together to open a store. Personal life – after a couple of months, your colleague will likely move into your home (often from another colleague’s house).
One of the most thankless tasks at MTS: picking up a satellite box and pestering people near the terminal
At some point it all starts to get scary. Sometimes it’s scary to catch yourself thinking that work has crowded out everything else . The social circle is entirely made up of employees, talking only about tired plans, thoughts of surviving in this cycle of SIM cards, satellite plans and the still distant vacation.
As soon as you break this vicious circle (read: leave the company), all your connections and friendships will break. It's a paradox, but it's true. The community of RTC employees is characterized by its closed nature and self-proclaimed elitism.
Having left it, you instantly become a stranger to those with whom you were closest for months, and sometimes years, and whom you considered friends.
Fact No. 6. You will have the full assortment of the store at home
If you cancel your plans, the company will customize branded merch
3 portable speakers, a year's supply of protective glasses, 20 cases, 7 satellite TV set-top boxes, a couple of hundred SIM cards, 4 portable batteries, 2 monopods, a pair of virtual reality glasses, 30 meters of USB cables of all kinds, all types of health insurance - trophies, mined only in the last six months.
Some of them were purchased independently in order to close the plans (read: so that the management would not blow their minds). Some of it was obtained, ahem, not in the most honest way (more details in the previously promised separate post).
And it will be the same for you. But whether this is good or bad, let everyone decide for themselves.
Fact No. 10. The best time in this job is after you quit.
And you will fully understand this only when all dismissal payments are received on the card, the HR department sends a work book, and all work groups are deleted from WhatsApp: “Reports”, “Fixed Reports”, “TOP Sector”, “OP” XXX – Best”, “Monitoring reports” and so on.
You can endlessly look at fire, water and how your former colleagues with a dying look sit behind glass and think about who to sell 4 more satellites to. And you, like a freed convict, pass by and in the depths of your soul rejoice that this no longer concerns you.
Photo from the author’s personal archive: report on the opening of a shift on the day of dismissal
