Mobile operators in Moscow and the codes of the numbers they provide

Who are they - mobile operators in Moscow and the region?

Six operators currently provide their services in the capital. Let's see who they are, at the same time presenting the total number of their subscribers for the current year:

• MTS - 104.1 million subscribers.
• Beeline - 109.9 million subscribers.
• Megafon - 72.2 million subscribers.
• Tele2 - 38.8 million subscribers.
• Yota - 0.5 million subscribers (information has not been updated since 2015).
• Teletay - 57.8 thousand subscribers.

We will tell you about each of the Moscow mobile operators in more detail.

Kion occupied less than 1% of the market in the first half of the year

Why? Firstly, Kion is one of three cinemas that are part of large ecosystems along with Okko and Kinopoisk. We believe that these are the players who are most competitive compared to stand alone cinemas due to synergy with other ecosystem services and access to their audience. Secondly, Kion has one of the most aggressive content policies on the market. By the end of the year we will present more than 30 of our own original projects. And exclusives and originals are exactly what attracts a new audience. Thirdly, we choose strong partners. The most high-profile Russian series of recent times, “Vertinsky,” by agreement with Channel One, was first released on Kion and only then launched on TV.

And finally, the Kion recommendation and alert system, based on MTS big data. A simple example. Many cinemas send push notifications about new releases. It's easy. Kion, when sending notifications, not only informs about the release of a new episode of the series, but also takes into account the time when the client is comfortable reading this notification. For example, a person goes home on the subway after work and receives a message that a new episode of a series has been released, five episodes of which he has already watched.

— But there are significantly more ivi or Kinopoisk users than Kion...

- Certainly. Kion has only been on the market for a few months. And at the same time, if you look at the latest GfK data for the third quarter of this year, you will see that only Kion and Kinopoisk are growing. At the same time, the number of people in our mobile database who watch Kion and Kinopoisk is already the same. We will continue to grow, of course, primarily through ecosystem clients.

— Is it true that in the near future MTS will not evaluate the effectiveness of investments in media?

— We always evaluate the effectiveness of investments, but we do not always expect quick returns. The priority remains to play for the long haul.

— If we talk about classic telecom, what other growth points do you see? Do they even exist?

— The telecom segment in MTS is growing largely due to the fact that outflow is decreasing. At the same time, the user is largely retained by ecosystem services - for example, if you add only a music subscription to telecommunications services, the subscriber’s lifespan will immediately double. That is, cementing the customer base through an ecosystem and converged services has a significant positive effect on business. And this is a growth point, of course. In addition, it is necessary to maintain high quality of the network as the main differentiator of MTS in telecom, ensuring an influx of new customers. To achieve this, we have updated our methodology, which uses big data analytics to plan the construction of new network facilities and thereby simultaneously ensure the efficiency of investments.

The telecom business is developing no less actively than other ecosystem areas: there are already commercial launches of private 5G networks, and there is active competition in the B2B market and in the segment of government orders.

— Over the past three or four years, MTS has launched quite a few new products, and not all of them were successful. What's happening to them?

— We conduct a full audit of products and close those that did not take off.

— Which ones, for example, were closed?

- For example, MTS Fitness. Two products went to spin-off: the medical service 120/80 and MTS Estate, which helps optimize real estate taxes. These are good services, it didn’t make sense to close them, but they turned out to be not complementary to MTS’s business. We help our colleagues find investors.

— If a service closes, where does the team that developed it go?

— We created a special service in HR to retain teams. It has long been known in the startup community that failure is a very valuable experience, no less valuable than a successful project. At the same time, we thoroughly changed the motivation system for our product developers. I am sure that they should have the motivation of an entrepreneur, not a hired manager. If successful, their reward should be comparable to the scale of a new home, not a new iPhone. We are now in the midst of the biggest transformation in the last 17 years. I understand very well that changes at such speeds are stressful for the team. But here it is very important that the team understands that if we move smoothly and comfortably, the transformation will take years at best. We don't have that much time.

MTS is the most expensive brand

PJSC Mobile TeleSystems is one of the oldest mobile operators in the Russian Federation and CIS countries. The company was founded in 1993. It provides the following services:

• cellular;
• telephone wire connection;
• mobile, digital, satellite and cable television;
• home Internet.

In 2010, the trademark of this mobile operator in Moscow and Russia was recognized as the most expensive and valued at 213,198 million rubles. The net annual profit of MTS is about 50 billion rubles per year.

How MTS will sell cell towers to an independent structure

- Yes. The process of separating the towers into a separate company is currently underway, after which a sale is possible. At the end of 2021, we have about 23 thousand towers. This is approximately 30% more than its nearest competitor. Business OIBDA in 2022 is expected to be more than RUB 10 billion. All this allows you to count on a good price.

— Are there any offers to buy yet?

- Yes, and very actively. We are negotiating. Our colleagues in the market helped us a lot, who announced the valuation of their assets, thereby establishing a “benchmark”. As a result, our asset has become even more interesting.

—Who are you negotiating with?

- For now, I can not say it

— When will you close the deal?

— We plan for the first half of 2022.

— Do you agree that independent companies can use towers more efficiently than the operators themselves, since the latter actually work on barter, placing objects for a small fee?

- Hard to tell. We have been in this business for a long time as a telecom legacy. Once upon a time it made sense and worked well. Now we have other priorities. At the same time, there are companies on the market that want to make this business a core business and gain additional efficiency - ok, that means they have the competencies and, most importantly, the desire.

— What other businesses do you see as independent?

— For example, the advertising business mentioned above. But let me emphasize again: we are talking about the possibilities for independent development of “MTS Marketer” in the advertising market, given that the powerful competitive advantage of the service and its outpacing growth is based on the use of MTS ecosystem data on customer behavior and more than one and a half thousand metrics. They are the ones behind the targeting model of advertising messages.

— What advertising services and turnover are we talking about?

— The services, at first glance, are the same as everyone else’s: advertising and analytics. We are talking about billions of rubles and high margins now and tens of billions in the next two to three years. This is a serious area in which we place advertising on both our own and other people’s inventory. We started with targeted SMS and trigger communications, and now we are growing strongly in digital advertising. Additional growth is expected on its own platforms, for example, on the WASD.TV streaming platform and in the Kion online cinema. Advertising inventory will continue to expand. Today we are becoming a technology-driven omnichannel advertising agency with ambitions for a significant market share.

— What are the growth indicators of the advertising business?

— In the second quarter it increased fivefold compared to last year. The most interesting will be the fourth quarter; business has a pronounced seasonality. We are looking forward to the result. So far the team has only surprised us with a plus sign.

— What tasks do you face as president of MTS, besides implementing the strategy?

— The main task is precisely the implementation of the strategy and transformation of the company towards decentralization of businesses while maintaining centralization in terms of customer experience and service. It must certainly be high in every product. We will look at new markets that are complementary to the ecosystem, create additional competencies in existing areas - for example, in gaming, develop the direction of venture investment, etc. A separate task is the development of partner mechanics: we have become much more convenient to use not only for clients, but also for partners who want to digitalize their business or expand the market presence of quality products.

— Are there plans to change the dividend policy?

— Yes, in the coming months we will offer the market an updated policy. We understand that dividends are important to investors. We are now considering different approaches. The most correct, in our opinion, is the scenario in which we will pay more often than twice a year, and in general no less than under the previous policy.

— Based on the results of the second quarter, more than half of MTS’s growth was provided by non-telecom assets, the largest part of which came from MTS Bank. What is the contribution of other segments?

— In general, the share of non-telecom revenue in the second quarter accounted for more than 25%, and it grew by an average of almost 30% over the year. Of what we began to publicly highlight, indeed, fintech showed the most - almost 3.5 billion rubles, comparable growth in retail business, clouds and digital B2B services - more than a billion, Kion online cinema and media - more than 700 million rubles for the quarter. The music service we are developing with partners Apple and Spotify is also growing. MTS Entertainment makes a contribution, for example, through an experiment with producing the musical “Chess.” For obvious reasons, this direction currently does not provide much income. But when restrictions begin to be lifted, we will have a network of sites and a very clear development strategy in this market to take a serious position.

- You retain two brands of ticket operators - Ticketland.ru and Ponominalu.ru. Are you planning to give up one of them?

— In the future we plan to abandon both. But we need to give up gradually, while there is traffic - we work with it. Over time, one brand will remain - MTS Live.

— In 2021, you announced the opening of MTS Live Arena. In 2020, for obvious reasons, the opening did not take place. Why was the launch postponed this year?

- For the same reasons.

— Is the site already completed?

— At the stage of completion. If we had understood that all restrictions would be lifted in January, we would have completed it quickly.

— Do you negotiate with foreign artists?

— Constantly, there is great interest, but now no one can give guarantees.

— Does MTS really want to sell exclusive tickets for concerts of certain artists only to users of its ecosystem services?

— I would not like to limit myself to selling tickets only within the ecosystem. Selling it on the mass market to everyone will help attract new users to the ecosystem. However, we will provide our clients with a set of exclusive opportunities - at least the “first night right” to the most interesting places and concerts. We are working on expanding the ticket program into the segments of cinema, sports, museums and live events.

— Is MTS Entertainment now unprofitable?

— At certain moments we went into a slight minus, but quickly reconfigured. There were no major losses.

— If we return to advertising. MTS is a major advertiser and has traditionally purchased a lot of advertising on TV. The TV audience is shrinking. Are you planning to review your TV advertising budget?

— The TV audience is aging, but there remains a large layer of people of active age, and the cost of accessing the audience through television is still several times less than through other formats.

In general, the share of advertising on TV at MTS is decreasing, and we do not plan to actively increase budgets. In terms of online advertising volumes, we are growing slightly, but in fact we spend one and a half, or even three times less on advertising on the Internet than specialized agencies and analysts estimate. Largely due to our own targeting.

— If we talk about new directions, you have already tried to launch a taxi, but abandoned this idea. Now, according to our information, there is an idea to launch car sharing and scooter rental. How promising are these niches for MTS?

— We conducted an experiment on providing a taxi call service, realized that it was not necessary, and moved on. There are no independent plans to launch scooter rentals or a car sharing service, but this is an interesting market, and we are always looking at opportunities for the right partnerships.

— How does an experiment differ from testing?

- Scale. An experiment is needed to test a hypothesis. For example, air conditioning and fuel subscription services are experiments. We are testing how willing people are to pay for traditional services differently. We will continue such experiments.

— You said that you plan to bring the retail chain to profit. How will you do this?

— The unprofitability of cellular retail is conditional; in it we sell not only devices, but also SIM cards, and a number of services, now also a subscription to Kion. At the same time, it is necessary to increase the efficiency of the network, first of all, by balancing the assortment. The margins of devices vary. Balancing brands and phone accessories helps improve network profitability. We are moving in this direction - the results of work in retail in August and September are better than planned.

In addition, retail is the only point of physical interaction with customers. We can make retail the face of the ecosystem, create a major omnichannel player in the segment not only of smartphones, but also of compact electronics in general, with the functions of selling MTS’s own fintech and digital products. To do this, you do not need to redo all the salons. But the entire network will gradually change. It is important for MTS as an ecosystem to have fewer showrooms, but of different formats. Let's experiment.

— Are you planning to reduce retail?

— As always, at a particular moment everything will be determined by competition in the market. But basically, given the rapid development of e-commerce networks, I have no doubt about that.

— Can you evaluate the effectiveness of the eSIM service, taking into account the fact that it can still only be obtained by visiting the salon in person?

“Right now its effectiveness is low, but the full-scale emergence of eSIM can spur the Internet of Things market. We see this as a strategic opportunity in terms of developing the IoT market in Russia.

— If we continue the topic of traditional telecom business, why didn’t MTS join the joint venture of operators to develop 5G?

- There is no doubt that we will do this. Discussions are ongoing, it’s just that at some point the negotiations dragged on, but now we are at the finish line.

— What became the barrier?

— There was no barrier, it’s just that the negotiation process takes a lot of time.

— Taking into account the fact that, perhaps, the regulator will allow the use of frequencies of previous generations, in what future can real 5G appear, and not spot coverage?

— The regulator requires that 5G base stations be made in Russia, but this takes time. All the networks that we are currently building or upgrading are 5G-ready, and installing the necessary equipment to launch the fifth generation is indeed easier than it was during the transition from 3G to 4G. But there is still no precise understanding of what the configuration of 5G networks will be: what Russian-made base stations are, what percentage of equipment should be domestic. Negotiations are ongoing with vendors and regulators on this topic.

— The main question that concerns vendors regarding localization is whether operators will be able to guarantee the necessary demand for new equipment. Are you saying that the network is 5G-ready, meaning you won’t have to purchase a large amount of equipment?

— 5G-ready networks are only part of the required configuration. You will still have to purchase equipment. There will be demand both from operators and from companies that will build private networks. Now everyone is trying to understand what the rules of the game will be and are actively discussing them. I think clarity will come at the end of the year.

— We had information that AFK Sistema was negotiating localization with Huawei. Is it so?

— You need to ask AFK Sistema about this. But MTS is definitely negotiating with vendors on this matter.

— How can MTS ensure localization? You don't have your own production.

— We have MTS Electronics with expertise in the field of localization and building balanced and partnership relationships with manufacturers. The worst thing that can happen in the history of localization is monopolization of the market if vendors are unable to localize production.

— Why did MTS acquire Interregional TransitTelecom (MTT)?

— Buying a company along with its customer base, technologies and products turned out to be more profitable than developing these services independently. Telecom must also develop. Many people out of habit perceive MTT as a long-distance operator, while they have long become one of the leaders in virtual PBXs and solutions for integrating customer communications management: voice bots, toll-free numbers and services for e-commerce. This market is growing by 20% per year, and with the acquisition of MTT we become a leader in it.

— Are you currently considering new M&A?

— We are always looking for companies that are complementary to our businesses. Including several areas, in particular MTS Marketer, MTS Auto and MTS Live, which have the potential to expand through M&A.

— What is happening with smart speakers and the voice assistant “Marvin” from MTS? Where he works?

Beeline is the most widespread in the world

The next Moscow operator is Beeline, a trademark of VimpelCom PJSC. Its services are as follows:

• mobile and fixed telephone communications;
• Internet access, data transmission, including via fiber optics, 4G networks, Wi-Fi;
• broadband Internet access.

Beeline is not only a mobile operator in Moscow and Russia. The company provides its services in many countries - Italy, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Laos, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Armenia, Georgia, Algeria, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, etc.

What results did you, readers, predict?

From the first article, a survey was launched: which operator will ultimately demonstrate the highest average speed? His results:

1. MegaFon, 62% 2. MTS, 21% 3. Tele2, 9% 4. Beeline, 8%

The survey was interesting to us as an indicator of subscriber expectations. MegaFon's first place is predictable: the operator actively praised itself last year, and previous results of nationwide testing - be it our own or the global one from OOKLA - ultimately called the “green” ones the fastest.

MTS, as the largest operator by number of subscribers, became second in the national standings. Tele2 and Beeline turned out to be outsiders in this survey.

The third place is Tele2, which has no confirmation of the reality of Russian mobile Internet speeds. Both last year and now it was the “slowest” operator in Moscow. Beeline compared to it... well, now see for yourself.

Megafon is the most actively developing

PJSC Megafon presents its entire range of telematics services to its subscribers. It works not only in Moscow, but throughout Russia, as well as in Tajikistan, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It was Megafon that was the first in the country to provide its subscribers with high-speed Internet - first 3G, and then LTE.

This Moscow mobile operator is also known for actively acquiring shares of other companies in its market - Synterra, Euroset, MegaLabs. Among its subsidiaries are the well-known Iota and the NETBYNET provider.

Which operators provide 4G Internet service in Moscow

If you want to “surf” via 4G, choose one of five providers: MTS, Megafon, Beeline, Tele2 or Yota. These are the largest operators in Russia, serving subscribers almost throughout the country. The last supplier of Yota is a subsidiary. He does not have his own towers - he rents them from other companies.

The country's main operators are MTS, Beeline, Megafon, Tele2 and Yota

It is clear that each company will present itself as the best supplier. Here you need to be careful when choosing. You can decide on a company after studying three things: coverage areas and tariffs on the official resources of operators, as well as reviews on independent sites.

Tele2 is the most economical

In Russia, the Swedish loudly declared itself back in 2003. Promising advertising campaigns also attracted attention to it - high quality, excellent service, ease of operation, coupled with unprecedentedly low communication prices. In Moscow, the mobile operator Tele2 appeared relatively recently - this was due to the fact that it smoothly integrated with the assets of Rostelecom in 2014. Before this, in 2013, the Swedish corporation Tele2 AB sold its Russian branch to the VTB group of companies.

Today Tele2 provides a wide range of telecommunications services for both private clients and businesses. In addition to Moscow, the operator operates in another 65 regions of Russia.

How MTS plans to spin off infrastructure and tower assets from the company

In essence, we are forming a hybrid model: an ecosystem center plus many individual businesses as additional centers of capitalization with multipliers of the markets in which these businesses operate. In the future, for some of them, attracting external capital through partnerships or IPOs should become the main source of financing, and until then the ecosystem will provide financing.

— Will you also look for an investor for MBC or launch a new company for an IPO?

— In the future, it’s possible. Now it is a 100% subsidiary of MTS, to which we transfer network and cloud infrastructure, including data centers. The main goal of the emergence of this structure is, by combining several areas, to create a leader in the Russian market of cloud and digital infrastructure services, operating in all segments: B2O, B2G, B2B.

— But the first to enter is still MTS Bank, although it also appeared in the MTS structure relatively recently?

— For more than three years, MTS has been the controlling shareholder, which, at the current speed of development, can already be considered “a long time ago.” It was then that the active growth of the bank began, and in many ways it was ensured by the influx of clients from other areas of the ecosystem, in particular from telecoms. At the same time, the products that the bank is developing today—MTS Investments, factoring, MTS Kassa, insurance, etc.—feed clients of other businesses. The bank sets ambitious goals to become one of the top 5 retail credit institutions in the country in the next few years, and by the end of 2022 - to significantly increase net profit. That is, from the point of view of business development, probably yes, MTS Bank will be one of the first to be ready to “unpack” the value.

— If you bring individual businesses to the stock exchange, won’t the valuation of MTS fall?

— If MTS were simply a financial partner for subsidiaries or turned into a holding of loosely related areas, then, indeed, there would be a discount. But we are not going to give up our role as a centralizing link, which allows us to radically optimize the process of connecting new services to our clients. All businesses support and develop each other, benefiting as much as possible from the ecosystem. Outside of it, they would develop much more slowly or would completely lose their competitive advantage. It is important.

Essentially, we are aiming for a multi-centre capitalization model based on the sum of the parts principle. Today, the most connected ecosystems in Russia are Yandex and MTS, where, by registering once, the client can seamlessly use all products with very visible benefits.

— Are you planning to sell the tower business?

Yota is the most intriguing

Yota can certainly be considered the most mysterious Russian operator - this is due to the corporation’s advertising campaign. Yota is the world leader in providing broadband Internet access, as well as the recognized “fourth operator” in Russia according to 2014 data. Today it is not only a mobile operator in Moscow, but a company operating in 81 regions of the country (modem products are currently available only in 76 regions).

Yota is distinguished from the rest of the variety of operators by visible advantages:

• Communication without roaming throughout the Russian Federation.
• Prices for all services do not change depending on your movements around Russia.
• Unlimited free voice communication within the network throughout the Russian Federation.
• “Transparent” control of your expenses in the operator’s mobile application.
• Free communication in popular instant messengers abroad, even with a zero balance.
• Annual unlimited package at maximum speed.

Access level

Let's start from the bottom of the network - from the access level. This is the segment of the operator network closest to end subscribers. As an access switch located in the attic or basement of an apartment building, budget and unpretentious equipment such as an L2 switch, for example D-Link XXX or its analogues from Cisco, Huawei, Eltex and so on, are often used. All these models share similar characteristics - 24 or 48 10/100Base-T ports for connecting subscribers (lately modifications with 100/1000Base-T ports have become in demand) and two or four 1.25 Gbit/s SFP ports for connecting to to neighboring access switches and to the aggregation layer.

To organize 1.25 Gbps connections, WDM SFP optical modules or single-fiber SFP transceivers are often used. For this type of connection, single-fiber modules are chosen due to the ease of their installation and maintenance. To form a connection, only one fiber is needed; simple and reliable SC/UPC (Subscriber Connector) connectors are used as an optical connector. Transceivers with LC/UPC (Lucent Connector) connectors are used less frequently; the lower prevalence of LC connectors is explained by their lack of reliability compared to SC.

Due to the short distance of access switches from each other and from the aggregation level, SFP modules with a transmission range of 3 km or 20 km are used. Also, some providers use a 10 km modification of the WDM SFP transceiver, which is a universal solution for organizing access level channels. Standard single-fiber transceivers transmit at wavelengths of 1310 nm and 1550 nm and operate in pairs, that is, one transceiver transmits at a wavelength of 1310 nm, receives at 1550 nm, and the second transmits at 1550 nm and receives at 1310 nm. But sometimes the networks of telecom operators are built on the principle of PON networks, where Internet traffic and a cable TV signal are transmitted over one fiber. In this case, non-standard WDM SFP modules with transmission wavelengths of 1310 nm and 1490 nm are used, this makes it possible to free up the wavelength of 1550 nm, which is necessary for CATV transmission.

All of the above mostly applies to connecting individuals; legal entities are often connected using a 10/100 WDM media converter. The media converter allows you to organize an RJ45 port with a throughput of 100 Mb/s at a remote site. They are often used to connect individual facilities that do not require large bandwidth. The most in demand are modifications of converters with an average transmission range of up to 20 km. There are also media converters with an SFP slot that allow you to use non-standard SFP modules to connect a subscriber. There are models on the market that require the installation of 1.25 Gbit/s modules or 100 Mbit/s modules, and there are also hybrid models that work with both types of SFP transceivers.

"Teletay" - the most little-known connection

Teletay is another VimpelCom product, a service provider with attractive tariff plans and high quality of services offered. Basically, its TP line is intended for those who want to communicate economically and a lot - in unlimited variations. The company promises an unobtrusive multidisciplinary service, an individual approach to each subscriber, and attractive offers for active mobile Internet users and those who like to chat on a smartphone. There are also special offers for businessmen and customers who frequently travel to the roaming area.

The slight popularity of Teletai is primarily due to the fact that it operates in only two regions - Moscow and the region, as well as in St. Petersburg.

Whose 4G Internet is better for Moscow

We have compiled a rating of the above operators based on the independent Otzovik platform. MTS has the highest number of points (3.5). Megafon and Tele2 shared second place (2.5 points). Beeline ranks last in terms of service quality.

“Otzovik” shows that the Internet provider “MTS” has the most positive reviews

It is impossible to say unequivocally which operator wins the “struggle” of suppliers. The choice depends on the place where you will use 4G Internet and the price of tariffs. If you travel outside of Moscow - to cities and towns of the Moscow region and other regions of Russia, give preference to Megafon or MTS. If you are primarily interested in the cost of tariffs, look for a package from Tele2 or Yota. If you choose based on 4G speed, connect to MTS or Iota.

Tele2 and Yota are suitable for those subscribers who care about cost. However, these two companies do not completely cover the Moscow region, and the signal map in other regions is generally weaker. If you often travel to other cities and towns, choose an operator from the “great three”: Megafon, MTS or Beeline.

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.

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.