If you often make calls to numbers registered in other cities of our country, you have probably thought about which MTS tariff is the most profitable for calls within Russia, and perhaps even about changing your cellular operator to a more suitable one for long-distance calls, especially if you live in Moscow . After all, prices for cellular communications in the capital are on average 50% higher than in the regions.
If at the same time you often have to call family and friends in Russia or negotiate work with partners from another city, you should think about optimizing communication costs, especially since MTS offers tariffs that are the most profitable for making long-distance calls.
How to choose the most favorable tariff?
Among MTS tariffs there is the most profitable one specifically for long-distance communication, which is positioned on the mobile operator’s website “The best tariff for calls within Russia, the CIS and Asia.”
You can buy a separate SIM card with a tariff intended for intercity (or with any other tariff and the number you like and then switch to a favorable tariff) and use it exclusively for calls within Russia.
But if you are also interested in other options: profitable outgoing calls in your home region, access to the Internet from a smartphone, SMS, then you can consider alternative options that will also be quite profitable for calls within the country and at the same time include additional service packages.
If you are already an MTS subscriber, first check your tariff plan. In order to obtain this information, you can dial from your cell phone a simple sequence of symbols and numbers *111*59# and the call button.
In a couple of minutes you will receive an answer to your question in the form of an SMS containing the name of your tariff plan. Or you can go to your personal account on the website and see the parameters of your tariff in the “My MTS” section. Perhaps your tariff is optimal for you, and to make calls to other regions you only need to add the appropriate option.
MTS tariffs with subscription fees and ready-made service packages
Each provider is working to improve the quality of services and offers that are in demand among consumers. Subscribers are offered a range of offers and optimal MTS tariffs for mobile phones, the characteristics of which coincide with the requirements of a hypothetical ideal client using communication services in a certain range of minutes, messages and network traffic volume.
Each such ready-made tariff product implies a fixed monthly payment and, within its framework, a certain set of available services, including a landline number.
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For example, the “Smart” tariff package (smart line) is designed for active users of communication services and network access. This is one of the most interesting tariff plans for subscribers who actively use communication services and is represented by 5 package products offering from 1 GB to 15 GB of monthly traffic, from 250 to 3000 minutes - monthly fee from 300 to 1600 rubles.
Subscribers can purchase any product and exchange it through the self-service web office for one of the following with a monthly payment and a convenient set of services:
- Smart Mini (250 minutes, 1 GB);
- Smart ;
- Smart Unlimited;
- Smart+;
- Smart NonStop;
- ULTRA;
- Flexible – “Transform”;
- Connect-4;
- Tablet.
One of the products offered will definitely meet your requirements if you are a regular user of telecom services.
Tariffs Smart
A subscriber purchasing one of the Smart plans receives free high-speed access to the global network with a general traffic limit of up to 1 GB to 15 GB, from 250 to 3000 minutes of calls, free access and calls within the provider’s network and up to 3000 messages. This is quite enough to actively use network opportunities and communication services for personal and business purposes.
You can also purchase a direct landline number as part of the product. This communication service can easily replace a modern digital line, providing additional multimedia capabilities based on SIP, and is also fully comparable in efficiency to a home or office telephone with an expanded range of services: voice mail, messaging service.
Smart Mini
- 250 minutes and SMS
- Free calls within the MTS network
- 1 GB mobile internet monthly
- Cost: 300 rub. months
Connection:*111*1023#
Smart
- 600 minutes and SMS
- Free calls within the MTS network
- 3 GB mobile internet monthly
- Cost: 550 rub. months
Connection:*111*1024#
Smart Unlimited (unlimited network access)
- 200 minutes and SMS
- Free calls within the MTS network
- Unlimited Internet
- with daily billing
- Cost: 600 rub. months
Connection:*111*3888#
Smart+ with weekly pricing (unlimited network access)
- 1100 minutes and SMS
- Free calls within the MTS network
- 15 GB of mobile internet monthly
- Cost: 900 rub. months
The most attractive tariff for calls within Russia to MTS subscribers
If you often and for a long time talk with MTS subscribers connected in other regions, the most economical plan for you will be “Super MTS”.
The tariff does not provide for monthly fixed charges; incoming/outgoing calls to MTS in your region are free (although there is a daily limit on outgoing calls - 20 minutes, which is quite enough).
If you want to connect to Super MTS, you need to dial *888# and the call button from your cell phone or switch to this plan through your Personal Account. The change is free if you change the tariff for the first time in a month, otherwise you will have to pay 150 rubles.
In addition to the plan, to increase the number of free minutes to your operator’s numbers across the country to hundreds per day, enable the “ Call for free to MTS Russia 100” option.
To connect the service you will have to pay only 3.50 rubles, a similar amount will be debited from your balance daily (that turns out to be 105 rubles/month). The connection is immediate after dialing *868# from your cell phone, sending a message containing the text in the form of three digits 868 to the free service number 111, or adding the service in the personal section on the MTS website.
This is the most cost-effective plan if you dial to MTS subscribers in another region, but if you make long-distance calls to other operators, 14 rubles will be debited from your account per minute of conversation, both with and without the connected option.
Mobile Internet is also priced unfavorably compared to many other tariff plans: almost 10 rubles for 1 MB of Internet data transfer or within the SuperBitSmart 3GB/360rub./month option. (12 rubles/day).
The balance of unused free minutes or megabytes of the Internet can be controlled by dialing *100*1# from your number to get information about available minutes, *217# - the balance of digital traffic.
Services
| Name | Price |
| International access, per month 1 | 0,00 |
| International and national roaming, per month 1 | 0,00 |
| Intranet roaming, per month | 0,00 |
| Call forwarding (call time is paid), per month | 0,00 |
| Call waiting/holding, per month | 0,00 |
| Conference calls, per month | 0,00 |
| Call transfer, per month | 0,00 |
| Mobile office (transmission of voice, data, fax to one number) | 0,00 |
| Mobile Internet | 0,00 |
| Voice mail (“Answering machine”) + call forwarding, per month | 0,00 |
| Caller ID (mobile), per day 2 | 0,00 |
| AntiAON, per day 3 | 3,39 |
| Mobile assistant, per month | 0,00 |
| Internet assistant, per month | 0,00 |
| "They called you" | 0,00 |
| GPRS | 0,00 |
| GPRS roaming | 0,00 |
All calls lasting less than 1 minute and exceeding free thresholds are rounded up to 1 minute. All outgoing calls to GTS phones. Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk, telephone numbers of other fixed and cellular operators in the Chelyabinsk region; mobile phones of MTS subscribers, listening to GFP messages, outgoing calls to 0885, as well as all incoming calls lasting more than 1 minute are paid per minute (if the subscriber is in the Chelyabinsk region).
Long-distance and international calls are rounded up per minute, free threshold is 3 seconds.
Outgoing calls lasting less than 3 seconds are not charged.
Calls to federal numbers of subscribers of other cellular and mobile communications operators are charged according to the direction of the region.
Forwarded calls are charged in accordance with the direction according to the basic conditions of the “City” tariff zone.
When listening to a message from the State Financial Office “Autoresponder”, you are charged for the entire communication session with the State Financial Office that exceeds the connection threshold of 3 seconds. Attention: Failure to use Voice/Fax mail for 2 or more calendar months means the subscriber's unilateral refusal of this service.
Transmission/reception of data/fax is carried out at rates for voice transmission in accordance with the tariff plan.
If during a period of 180 days the subscriber does not use paid MTS services, this circumstance will mean the subscriber’s unilateral refusal to fulfill the contract.
Failure to receive funds to the Subscriber's personal account within 180 days after the suspension of the Services in an amount sufficient to resume the provision of Services will mean the Subscriber's unilateral refusal to fulfill the contract.
MTS has the right to suspend the provision of services to the Subscriber if the Subscriber causes harm to other Subscribers and/or third parties by using, if, without prior written approval from MTS, he uses a telephone number for lotteries, voting, competitions, quizzes, advertising, surveys , mass mailings, installation of gateways for access to fixed-line networks and Internet telephony, or other activities leading to disruption of MTS equipment and communication devices.
Based on the technical features of the network, as well as in order to provide subscribers with an additional mechanism for controlling costs, the operator has the right to set the maximum duration of one connection.
The tariff plan is valid in the Chelyabinsk region.
The best tariff for calls within Russia
Positioned as the most suitable plan for low-cost calls to other regions, “Your Country” is ideal for those who make national calls not only to MTS subscribers. The plan does not include free minutes, it has no subscription fee, while the cost for long-distance calls is minimal (among Moscow connection tariffs) and amounts to 3 rubles/minute.
Calls in your home region – 2.5 rubles/min. (not as profitable as other tariff plans without a monthly fee). The cost of data transfer within the Internet package is the same as for the Super MTS tariff. To switch to a tariff plan, you need to dial *111*182# on your phone.
Corporate rates
In addition to tariffs for individuals, the mobile operator provides a separate line of profitable corporate offers designed for business representatives.
For smartphones
There are a number of solutions available for calls, most of which allow you to set appropriate limits.
Name
| Minutes (from and to) | Cost in rubles | Business Smart | 500-5000 | 550-1700 | Start | 300 | 525 | M | 750-1250 | 735 | L | 1500-2500 | *111*529# |
| From 18 to 42 | 1575 | Unlimited | 1000 | *111*478# |
For tablets and routers
The telephone company offers owners to choose a tariff plan that completely matches the terms and conditions of a similar tariff plan for individuals. Owners of modems and routers are recommended to use “Business Connect”, which allows for 820 rubles. get almost unlimited (up to 100 GB) access to the network.
Additional options for profitable calls within Russia
If you don’t want to change your tariff, but don’t mind saving on calls to other cities in Russia, you can activate additional options, for example.
The monthly fee for the option is 40 rubles, the cost of long-distance calls to the numbers of all mobile operators is 3 rubles/min.
Connection after dialing *111*903# from your cell phone, or sending a message containing the text in the form of three numbers 903 (9030, if the option is no longer needed and you want to remove it) to the free service number 111, or adding the service in the personal section on the website MTS.
This option cannot be activated on Smart tariffs. However, there is an alternative available for all tariffs - the “Everywhere at home” option. 30 rub. debited upon connection, then for each day - 7 rubles. (210 rub./month).
How to connect and disconnect
If you need such a service, you can connect it in any convenient way:
- Personal Area. This is a special service on the operator’s website in which any MTS subscriber can register. In your account you can not only enable/disable options, but also change tariff plans, control expenses and much more. To activate this function, go to the desired section and select the appropriate offer.
- USSD combination. To activate, send a request *111*903# from your smartphone and wait for the system to respond.
- SMS message to number 111, which will contain the text 903.
- Mobile application "My MTS". This is an analogue of a personal profile on the company website, but adapted for mobile devices. It has the same functions as the Personal Account.
- Personal visit to a cellular communication salon. Contact the sales office specialists and they will help you activate the option.
- Call the operator. You can resolve the issue by calling the short service number 0890.
To deactivate, send an SMS message to number 111, which will contain the combination 9030. Payment for deactivation will not be debited.
Free calls within Russia within Smart tariffs
The main disadvantage of Smart tariffs is the presence of a subscription fee, however, within the tariff plans of this line, packages of free minutes, SMS, GB of Internet traffic and other options are provided depending on the selected category (S Mini, just Smart, S Unlimited, S+, S Top ).
Starting from the Smart mini tariff category, free minutes are provided for long-distance calls to MTS subscribers, starting from the Smart+ category - a package of free minutes to all Russian networks.
In addition to favorable call rates, subscribers receive the opportunity to connect to long-distance roaming for free (starting from the Smart tariff).
How to choose the most economical tariff plan
Mobile network operators offer their customers a variety of tariff plans and options, among which everyone can choose the most profitable one. To choose the optimal tariff plan, they usually take into account what actions the subscriber performs most often: calls, SMS messages or Internet surfing.
Nowadays, package tariffs are becoming popular, which include minutes, an SMS package and prepaid traffic for a certain monthly fee. This allows you to save the user a significant amount of money on mobile expenses, especially if you actually use all the communication services provided. In other words, if you plan to use your mobile phone only to make voice calls, it will not be advisable for you to purchase a package that also includes messages and Internet traffic by default.
- one of the most popular mobile operators offers subscribers high-quality communications, a wide coverage area and greater opportunities to choose an acceptable tariff.
The most favorable rates in various regions
The best rates for calls within Russia may vary depending on the region. As mentioned above, the Moscow region has the highest prices for communication services; for comparison, the subscription fee for the Smart mini tariff in Moscow is 300 rubles, in other areas of the central region, including St. Petersburg - 200 rubles, Smart - 550 and 300 rubles in Moscow and other regions, respectively.
Within the “Super MTS” of the central region, calls within Russia to MTS are 3 rubles/min, within Russia to other operators – 12 rubles/min. (2 rubles lower than in Moscow). Not all regions have the Super MTS tariff, mainly only in the central regions.
An alternative to the “Your Country” tariff for most regions is the “Guest” tariff, which is also positioned as “The best tariff for calls within Russia, the CIS and Asia.”
The cost of a minute of international calls within this tariff differs in regions. In St. Petersburg – 5 rubles/min., Lipetsk – 2.5 rubles/min., Volgograd – 1.80 rubles/min. (MTS subscribers), 3.50 rub./min. (to subscribers of other operators).
Calls to the region and the capital
The “Region” tariff zone allowed making profitable calls to MTS customers and users with another mobile operator. On weekends (Saturday and Sunday) all outgoing calls cost 1 ruble per minute of connection. Connections to landline numbers were also charged 1 ruble.
On weekdays, the tariffs changed - an outgoing call to a mobile phone cost 3 rubles. You could also call a landline number for 3 rubles.
The “Capital” zone assumed a different rate and did not provide discounts on weekends. For a minute of conversation the subscriber was required to pay 5 rubles. The conditions were the same for MTS clients, and for users with another mobile company, and for city numbers.
How to save on calls within Russia and other services?
If you have been using MTS for a long time and have accumulated a decent number of points, you are satisfied with the quality of communication, but you are tired of constant price increases for tariffs with a subscription fee or additional payments for the Internet. You can switch to a different tariff for several months and use accumulated bonuses to connect to additional services.
For example, mobile Internet for a certain number of GB or the “Everywhere at home” option can be purchased for accumulated points in the rewards catalog in the MTS Bonus Personal Account.
What tariffs do not provide this service?
The company has introduced some restrictions, which include tariff offers. The option is not available on some MTS tariffs. Among them:
- Smart Nonstop.
- Smart.
- Smart+.
- Hype.
- Smart top.
It is impossible to connect it on these plans. In case of switching to one of the specified tariffs from another program, the MTS Profitable Intercity service will be automatically disabled by the operator.
“Hype” – unlimited for modern users
Separately, it has received active advertising on television and social networks. A real “weapon” for young people, allowing them to constantly stay online. Each subscriber receives 7 GB of prepaid traffic, unlimited calls to company numbers throughout Russia and 200 SMS messages. The main feature of the modern solution is the possibility of free use of VK, YouTube and other services and messengers, the full list of which is constantly updated and can be found in the “All tariffs” section of the operator’s official website.
MTS Moscow tariffs for mobile phones offer an expanded range of options for everyday use. Each client will be able to choose an individual option that can satisfy his needs. Contacting the free support service or the company’s official website will help you obtain additional information.
