How to call Belarus from an MTS mobile phone

Every Russian who is planning to travel to Belarus is faced with questions: what mobile operators exist in Belarus and what are their tariffs? This article will help you choose the most profitable cellular communication option for a tourist traveling from Russia to the Republic of Belarus.

To make cheaper calls in Belarus, a tourist from the Russian Federation should take advantage of the offer of one of three local mobile operators, including the familiar MTS, the old proven operator A1 and the relatively young Life. At the moment, A1 owns 43% of the country’s cellular communications market, Life is only 11 %, and the giant MTS has 46%.

Despite the fact that the issue of canceling international roaming with Russia is constantly being raised, operators are actively opposing this, setting their own conditions and citing insufficient technical equipment. Therefore, the issue of roaming is still relevant for our compatriots who want to call from Belarus using a home SIM card.

We will find out how much a call to Belarus via MTS, A1 and Life costs below.

Review of tariffs for calls to Belarus

The easiest way to reach another person in Belarus is to use a telephone. A smartphone is almost always at hand. All that remains is to pick up and dial the number. However, not all Russian operators offer the user a favorable tariff option. It is worth considering all tariff plans in order to accurately determine which tariff is the most profitable for the user.

Beeline

Beeline previously offered a very convenient tariff called “Welcome”. It was designed to allow Russian users to make really cheap calls to Belarus and other CIS countries. Unfortunately, at the moment the tariff is archived, so you cannot connect to it. Despite this, the user can connect other quite convenient options.

The standard subscription fee for a Beeline client is 35 rubles per minute. This cost is calculated for any tariff plan, that is, it is standard.

There is another tariff, which is called “Per-second”. It is more profitable than the standard one, because the user can talk one minute for 24 rubles instead of 35.

If the user already has a defined tariff plan in Beeline, then he has the opportunity to reduce the standard tariff for calls to Belarus by 30 rubles. This privilege is called "Welcome".

Despite this, in Beeline it is most profitable to use the “Per-second” tariff, since it has a minimum cost. This is beneficial, but the Beeline card can be used as a second one. If the user does not have the opportunity to immediately insert a second SIM card into the device, then he should not consider Beeline as an intermediary for calls to Belarus, since rearranging SIM cards is a tedious task.

The main parameters are that connecting to any tariff is absolutely free. Just go to the official website of the company and read the terms of connection.

MTS

The MTS company has both a regular tariff plan and entire packages specially adapted for the CIS countries.

The cost of calls to Belarusian numbers in MTS is also 35 rubles. This applies to almost all tariff plans.

However, the company has an option through which you can save a certain amount. These are “Profitable international calls”.

The special option involves a fixed cost for calls, but you must pay a subscription fee, which is about 75 rubles per month. The user himself needs to decide whether he is ready to pay 75 rubles per month, and after that 25 rubles for every minute. The option is suitable for both landline phones and mobile phones.

The best solution that the company offers is to use a tariff plan called “Your Country”. The plan is tailored for those who often make calls abroad, including Belarus. To contact any country, the user needs to pay 25 rubles per minute, while:

• Local calls for the user will be 2.5 rubles per minute;
• Within the tariff plan – 1 ruble per minute;
• Mobile Internet is paid for according to certain options.

Speaking about mobile Internet in the “Your Country” tariff plan, the user can use both the first Internet package and the basic tariff plan:

• The first basic package includes 3 GB of Internet for a month, while payment is about 12 rubles per day. If you sign up for automatic debiting, then 360 rubles will be withdrawn per month. The option is activated on the official website or by default, as soon as the user uses up his first 3 MB of memory;
• The basic Internet tariff bill will be 25 rubles for every 20 MB used. The option must be activated using a special code, which can be viewed on the official website.

Note! If a user wants to use the classic Internet tariff by megabytes, then he will not be able to do so. It is valid only for those users who are connected to MTS before April 4, 2021.

More details about the “Your Country” tariff plan from MTS can be seen in this video

Tele 2

Tele2 has previously established itself as a company that has constantly low prices for almost all tariffs. In the case of Belarusian calls, you won’t have to wait for this. You can call Belarus using Tele2 for 30 rubles per minute. For some reason, the most profitable operator decided not to offer services related to calls to other countries, including Belarus. Regardless of what tariff plan a person uses, he will have to pay 30 rubles for one minute of conversation.

Note! The “Simple Geography” option does not apply to the territory of Belarus, so there is no point in enabling the user to enable this option for calls abroad.

Megaphone

Megafon lags behind its competitors in the market as their tariff plan is actually high. To call a person in Belarus, the user will have to pay a fixed cost of 39 rubles per minute. Fixed cost means that the rate is the same regardless of the time of day. Also, this price is the same for all basic tariffs.

If a user wants to save money using Megafon, then he can use a special option called “Call all countries.” It represents a subscription plan of 2.1 rubles per day. This can be considered the cost of connection, which is 63 rubles for 30 days. This amount will have to be paid once. After this, to call Belarus, the user will need to pay 30 rubles instead of 39. This is more profitable than the standard tariff plan from the company.

If the client has a special tariff plan “All inclusive” or “Turn on!”, then an option called “Warm welcome” is automatically available to him. This option includes a subscription plan of 2 rubles per day, but the first 14 days are free. The user can call for 25 rubles per minute to any mobile or landline Belarusian numbers.

If the “Call all countries” option is designed only for certain regions, that is, it has its own connection map, when the “Warm welcome” option applies to the entire territory of Russia. This point is also important to note.

Virtual operators

Virtual operators are a new way to contact loved ones. The most popular virtual operators were Tinkoff Mobile, SberMobile, and Danycom.

If you use the services of popular virtual operators, the user can use the following options:

• Tinkoff Mobile has a fixed cost for calls to Belarus both to landline and mobile devices in the form of 29 rubles per minute. If the user wants to save money, the company will not provide him with additional services;
• SberMobile provides a price that is no different from mobile operators in the form of 30 rubles per minute to all CIS countries. Just like Tinkoff, the user will not find interesting functions in SberMobile that will reduce costs;
• At Danycom the situation is exactly the same. There is a single tariff of 30 rubles per minute. The user will not find additional options or services. At the same time, the fixed cost applies to all tariff plans, including free ones.

As you can see, virtual operators cannot offer the user an interesting and profitable option for calls to the territory of Belarus. Also, the cost per minute is practically no different among the most popular representatives.

To summarize all the knowledge and choose the most convenient tariff, the user can look at the table below:

Roaming of Russian operators in Belarus

If you use MTS services in Minsk or another Belarusian city, then upon arrival you can connect completely free of charge in your personal account.

This option provides:

• During the day you can receive free calls no more than 10 times. If this limit is exceeded, a fee of 30 rubles will be charged. for every incoming call.
• Outgoing calls are charged at 5 rubles. per minute of conversation, which is very inexpensive.
• The user will have to pay 100 rubles. per day, even if he does not use communication services in roaming.

When activating roaming for other operators, you must follow similar steps. Depending on the operator, the cost of calls while roaming will differ. It is most profitable to use a SIM card from MTS.

The cheapest way is IP telephony

Many people don’t know, but special services were invented to save money. IP telephony spread across Russia not so long ago, but has already become popular. It has many advantages, including:

• No mandatory subscription fee;
• There is no need to buy equipment, because a computer with a headset is enough;
• Easy connection. Registering an account is the only difficulty;
• Low prices for tariffs and calls to Belarus.

To become an IP telephony subscriber, the user needs to select a provider, and then register an account and connect a headset. In this area, the most profitable operator is Zadarma. His client can receive a tariff at the most favorable price. Despite the fact that the prices are not much lower than other mobile operators, this company is a success.

The cheapest tariff is called “Economy”. It includes:

• No subscription fee;
• Per minute billing;
• No connection fee.

In order for the user to be able to use it and call for only 21.28 rubles/min, it is necessary to register on the official website.

Option “Profitable international calls”

For subscribers with tariff plans of the “Smart” line and other tariffs, the “Profitable international calls” option has been prepared. It will allow you not to change the tariff, while simultaneously reducing the cost of calls to other countries. The option is provided with a small subscription fee - only 75 rubles/month. The cost of calls to Belarus when connected will be 25 rubles/min, both to mobile and landline numbers.

The option is mutually exclusive with other international options that reduce the cost of calls to other countries. In addition, it requires a mandatory connection or “Easy Roaming and International Access”. Otherwise, you won't be able to call abroad. The option is valid throughout Russia when registering in MTS networks. To connect, use your MTS personal account or send the USSD command *111*902#.

The alternative option “Profitable calls to other countries”, provided without a subscription fee, is not suitable for calls to Belarus.

What to use for calls

To make calls using IP telephony, you can use:

• Browser. All you need to do is connect the headset to your computer and then log into your personal account. Click on the “call from website” item and dial the required number. Afterwards you can carry out a conversation;
• Special application for computer. On the official website you can download a program with which the user can receive calls without a browser. It’s also worth connecting and launching a browser, using a microphone or headset;
• Mobile app. Also does not require complex settings;
• IP device. This is an ordinary phone, but it connects not to the network, but to the Internet.

To register, you need to go to the official website and fill out your data, including post address and real name. To receive bonus rubles, you must provide a phone number.

Note! The six-digit number is the SIP ID, which is used instead of a mobile phone.

To make a test call, you should log into your account and go to the “Services” item. Tap on the “Call from website” item and dial the number. If you are using the application, then we also enter the six-digit password and code. Go to settings and then to “Connection via SIP”. Copying the data.

We enter Sip and password into the program, wait for the connection to be established and call.

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Do you want to start using SIPNET? Complete a simple registration, add your mobile or landline phone number in your user account.

We guarantee the best conditions for making international and long-distance calls. This is explained by the fact that in SIPNET each call can be serviced by several VoIP operators at once, offering different communication quality and connection costs. We automatically select the optimal conditions for making each call.

Free methods - Viber, Skype, WhatsApp, Telegram

If the user thinks that mobile operators, as well as IP telephony, are expensive, then you can use any instant messengers, like Viber, Skype, WhatsApp and others. With their help you can make voice calls, send messages, and completely free of charge.

Calls can be made from anywhere in the world to different countries, including Belarus. The user only needs to have an Internet connection. WhatsApp is very popular, and you can constantly maintain contact via SMS. You can also make calls via telephone or computer.

This way you can make profitable calls not only for a fee, but also for free. Contacting family can be expensive, but it all depends on which operator a person uses.

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Call from any device

SIPNET has many advantages over regular telephone operators, as well as other types of Internet telephony. Due to the fact that SIPNET uses the open and widely used SIP protocol, our users can make cheap calls to Belize, Belarus and other countries from any device.

To make a call, you can use a computer, regular phone, smartphone or SIP phone. Any equipment designed for SIP telephony can be used for calls: from VoIP gateways for making calls from regular phones to IP-PBX for organizing corporate communications.

TESTED ON YOURSELF

PLEASANT MINUS

The operators reported, the tariffs were published, and the experiment began. But is it really so? Trust, but verify, says popular wisdom. So we decided to call Moscow from Minsk from the Russian MTS. What if the happiness of cheaper calls is not yet available to ordinary subscribers? We chatted for exactly three minutes - the connection is good, as always. The question here is more about price. Until November, for such a short conversation, two hundred rubles instantly flew out of my account! We check the balance - everything is clear: minus 15, as the operator promised. Now every minute of outgoing calls in Belarusian roaming costs five rubles, a good step towards the complete abolition of tariffs for allied calls.