Tariffs without monthly fees and Internet still exist!

Tariffs without a monthly fee are a godsend for people who are not used to talking on the phone a lot (without the Internet - if only communication is important to you). The benefit is obvious: a person pays only for calls made (with per-second billing or a small package of minutes).

The advantages of classic tariffs do not end there. They will also be cheaper for subscribers who, on the contrary, talk a lot: the cost of a minute of call is artificially low , which creates good competition with package tariffs with a fixed fee.

Relevance of tariffs without monthly fees and Internet

The choice of mobile operator and cellular tariff depends on the personal preferences and requests of the subscriber. The lack of subscription fees and charges for megabytes of traffic may be of interest for several reasons.

Firstly, by activating such a tariff, the subscriber pays only for conversation minutes and sent messages. He doesn't have to spend money on unnecessary options or subscriptions included in the basic terms of most tariff plans . Therefore, mobile communications without a monthly fee are suitable for pensioners and parents who protect their children from negativity on the Internet.

Secondly, the cheapest SIM cards are often used for registration on social networks, forums and various entertainment platforms, when the user does not want to disclose his current phone number and, moreover, pay the monthly tariff.

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In addition, call rates are popular in business environments . Every businessman or manager by profession makes dozens of calls every day, which by the end of the month results in a round sum. In this case, the subscriber saves both on the cost of the call minutes themselves and on the lack of additional options.

And finally, many people choose plans without a monthly fee for security reasons. For example, when using push-button phones without the Internet. Such subscribers can be sure that their data will not be leaked to criminals or advertisers without their knowledge.

Due to the increasing relevance of call-only tariffs, we will consider the most advantageous offers from Russian communication providers.

Best rates

The advantage of tariffs for communication over a GSM connection (calls) is the absence of overpayments for other services: MMS packages, SMS, traffic, instant messengers, social networks, subscriptions . When buying a SIM card with a tariff without the Internet, a person expects the absence of unwanted payments, high-quality and affordable communication.

Voice communication services are provided both unlimited (with a fixed monthly fee) and with per-second billing (payment upon connection). Therefore, special offers from Russian mobile operators are often used not only by their “own” segment, but also by people who are forced to travel on business trips, tourists, as well as subscribers who need cheap communications without mobile Internet.

Let's look at the most profitable new products from leading Russian GSM communication providers.

Per second from Megafon (connected only in the office)

The per-second tariff is not the cheapest communication option, but it may interest subscribers with the same cost of calls, no matter what region of the Russian Federation they are in. Suitable for people making short calls when traveling around Russia.

Call cost (in rubles per minute):

• Outgoing: 3 r. (home region, local calls from anywhere in the Russian Federation);
• Intercity: 5.1 rub. (to MegaFon), 13 rub. (rest);
• International: from RUR 39;
• All incoming: free;
• Cost of switching to the tariff: 0 rub.;
• Billing: per second.

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I know the tariffs like the back of my hand

Important! Additionally, the following services are provided free of charge: Kaleidoscope, I called +, I'm online, Replace the dial tone, MegaFon mail, Vacation without worries. It is possible to connect to the Internet with a fixed price of 10.1 rubles/1 MB throughout the Russian Federation. The cost is given according to Moscow time.

Tele2 Classic without monthly fee

The classic tariff from Tele2 is suitable for subscribers who receive calls more often, as well as those who communicate with friends and acquaintances who use the services of various operators. The tariff is also an excellent companion when traveling around Russia: the cost of outgoing and Internet traffic packages does not change and is valid throughout the Russian Federation , with the exception of Crimea.

Call costs:

• Outgoing: 2 r. (for all calls from the home region and the region of residence);
• Outgoing in the region of residence: 5 rubles. (any operators and regions);
• Intercity: 3 r. (Tele2), 9 rub. (rest);
• International: from 30 rubles;
• All incoming: free;
• Cost of transition: the SIM card is connected only in showrooms;
• Billing: per minute.

Additionally, it is possible to connect a paid traffic package of 1 and 3 GB . The basic service package includes: International and long-distance access, Travel within Russia, Roaming abroad, Call forwarding, Call waiting/holding, I'm online, Informer, Voice mail, Access to content. The cost is given according to Moscow time.

Beeline Bee+

The tariff is designed for communication within the network. Suitable for calls both in your home region and throughout Russia (only when traveling). A special feature of the tariff plan is specific payment: money is debited only on the day the call is made. At the same time, the subscriber has 100 minutes per day at his disposal for calls within the network of his home region.

Call costs:

• Outgoing at home and while traveling: 5 rubles. in 100 min. (Beeline); 2.5 rub./min. – from 101 min. conversation;
• Outgoing in your home region: 2.7 rubles. (other calls);
• Intercity: 15 rub. (any operators, including Beeline);
• International: from 30 rubles;
• All incoming: free;
• Transition cost: 0 rub.;
• Billing: package, per minute.

Important! An additional fee is charged for every 10 MB of traffic - 7 rubles. Basic services: Stay informed +, There is contact. When purchasing a tariff, there is a free service: Beautiful room.

Beeline Second

The tariff is designed for communication in the home region. Suitable for callers talking on business. The tariff plan is not used for travel due to the high cost of a minute of conversation.

Call costs:

• Outgoing: 1.8 rub. (home region);
• Outgoing to other regions: 4.95 rub. (Beeline), to numbers of other operators - 11.95 rubles;
• International: from 55 rubles;
• All incoming: free;
• Transition cost: 0 rub.;
• Billing: per second.

Additionally, Internet traffic up to 30 GB is available for a fee. A monthly 4 GB Internet package is automatically activated for 9 rubles/day (when using traffic over 1 MB). Disabling the service is done through the service center.

Zero tariff Tinkoff Mobile without options

A zero tariff is called for the ability to pay only for minutes of conversation. The cost of outgoing calls within Russia is 3.9 rubles/min. The Internet on this plan is inactive. You can order a SIM card through the official website using the tariff constructor. It allows you, if necessary, to connect packages of minutes, traffic, SMS and other services with a fixed fee.

Tariff terms - https://www.tinkoff.ru/mobile-operator/

For example, when using only voice calls, the subscriber will spend 189 rubles/month. in 200 min. conversation (in Moscow and Moscow Region - 279 rubles/month). If you need a maximum package of 1200 minutes, then it costs 449 rubles. (in Moscow and Moscow Region - 649 rubles).

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Julia

I know the tariffs like the back of my hand

Important! The Tinkoff Mobile constructor also allows you to activate unlimited access only for options of interest that work via the Internet: popular social networks, instant messengers, services with music and video.

If you have a Tinkoff Bank card and make monthly purchases, 600 minutes are credited free of charge. Delivery of the SIM card is free within the Russian Federation.

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Super MTS

This product is designed as a friendly tariff for network customers. Suitable for communicating in your home region when making short calls to numbers of other operators. The advantage of Super MTS is unlimited not only for numbers within the network of the home region, but also for city ones. The bonus includes 100 MB of traffic daily.

Call costs:

• Outgoing to MTS: free (home region), 5.5 rub. – in the Russian Federation;
• Outgoing (other): 2.5 rub. (home region);
• Intercity: 14 rubles;
• International: from 35 rubles;
• Inbox: free;
• Transition cost: 0 rub.;
• Billing: per minute.

As the operator describes, the tariff is popular when using push-button phones with a wap connection.

Red Energy MTS

The tariff is suitable for people who equally often make calls to numbers from different operators, but only in their home region.

Call costs:

• All outgoing homes: 1.6 rubles;
• Outgoing within the Russian Federation: 5 rub. (on MTS), 8 rub. (rest);
• International: from 35 rubles;
• All incoming: free;
• Transition cost: 0 rub.;
• Billing: per minute.

The tariff allows you to connect a package of megabytes and SMS. All prices are indicated according to Moscow time.

Anonymous SIM cards are “more alive than all living things”

The phone number can already be used as a personal identifier. It is assumed that the mobile operator has all the data about the owner of the number. This is true, but not always. SIM cards with phantom, non-existent owners still work in networks. A legacy of past laxity? Not only. Despite stricter laws, anonymous SIM cards continue to be sold and given away. Why does this happen, how does it threaten us and how to deal with this phenomenon?

It is government policy to associate each phone number with its actual user. Formally, there shouldn’t have been anonymous phone numbers before (connection using a passport), but cell phone companies didn’t bother too much with complying with the law, the main thing was to sell more SIM cards. Over the past couple of years, legislation in this area has become more stringent (not only in Russia, by the way), and operators have begun to be heavily fined for “orphan” phone numbers, which has forced cell phone companies to conduct large-scale audits of their subscriber bases. There are doubts about the user’s identity or even the “freshness” of the passport data - an SMS is sent to the phone with a requirement to come to the service salon to compare the subscriber’s face with his photo on the passport. Again, the requirement to report changes in passport data (for example, when replacing a passport, changing a surname due to marriage, etc.) has been stipulated in the communications law and in the contract with each subscriber for many years. It’s just that cell phone operators were not punished for such violations, and users were not even aware of such a requirement. How many people read the service agreement they sign?

Now everything is different. If you didn’t want to come to the salon to show your passport, your number would be blocked.

At the same time, the sale and distribution of anonymous SIM cards is still thriving, although not as much as a couple of years ago.

How it works at MTS

“Anonymity” works well and effectively; see practical experience in pictures below.

An anonymous SIM card was received for free on July 16, 2021, right outside the metro station. To activate the card, it was enough to put 200 rubles on your balance. After this, an informational SMS was received about the number used, tariff and minute packages. From this moment on, communication services are provided in full. Included with the SIM card is an agreement form for the provision of MTS mobile communication services, but there is no information about the need to fill out the form and hand it over to the operator.

The owner of the number is “Dear Subscriber”. This is anonymous.

On August 2, 2021, in the subscriber’s Personal Account on the website ihelper.mts.ru, in the “Settings” - “My Numbers” section, information about the subscriber appeared - Vladimir Petrovich Smirnov, date of birth 02/23/1986 (of course, this is not my personal data). More than a month later (in September), the respected subscriber Vladimir Petrovich continued to successfully remain the owner of the number; no demands were received from MTS to confirm the subscriber’s identity.

MTS appears here as a specific example of a typical phenomenon. Other operators have a similar picture, the only differences are in the details.

Where do the “anonymous gingerbread” come from?

There are plenty of channels for supplying anonymous SIM cards. The most primitive one is to simply buy or receive a card for free from a distributor at a “passage” place in a passage near a train station or metro station. Agents of large service providers, popularly called “collective farms,” usually indulge in such trade. Any connections are important to these “collective farms”; their bonus for connections from the telecom operator and the level of discounts on their corporate tariffs depend on the number of subscribers. There are also all sorts of small “goodies” such as beautiful numbers, which they receive from the operator for free and then sell for tens of thousands of rubles. With data verification, everything is simple: a corporate client sends a list of connected subscribers to the telecom operator, and after that it is no longer the telecom operator who is responsible for the accuracy of the list. If anything happens, then the corporate manager of the organization is to blame. If the organization is the same “collective farm”, then it is difficult or even impossible to find the ends, but the requirements of the law are formally met.

Mobile phone store employees also earn extra money. They are paid bonuses for connections, and someone who comes to the salon to draw up a contract sometimes immediately becomes a second, third, etc. subscriber on the spot. contracts. Completely unaware of it. What happens next is worse: the seller receives a set of the client’s photograph, a scan of his passport and, according to all the rules, a SIM card issued for this passport. To whom such a kit is sold next is unknown to science. Formally, the SIM card has an official owner, but in fact it can’t be more anonymous.

Gift SIM cards. By connecting, for example, at an MTS salon, a new client receives a second SIM card as a gift. With the “My Friend” tariff: 10 GB per month for 12 rubles per day, an extremely attractive offer. Having problems with your home Internet? I added 20 rubles to my balance, and the issue was resolved. Then you put the SIM card on the shelf until the next accident, beautiful! The trouble is that they may “forget” to tell a new client about the second, gift SIM card. Fortunately, they don’t take money for a gift. The further fate of this SIM card, designed according to all the rules, is again unknown to science, and its official owner will be responsible for possible consequences.

Consequences? Unpredictable

There are probably other channels for distributing anonymous SIM cards; we have listed only the most common ones. The bad thing is that frankly “fraudulent” registrations of SIM cards are mixed with absolutely legitimate registrations of real owners who are not aware of this “happiness” that has overtaken them. They don’t suspect it until the new “owner” of their SIM card does something illegal, the likelihood of which is high - such SIM cards are often bought precisely for such purposes. Or, which doesn’t happen often, until they look in their personal account on the telecom operator’s website to see what subscriber numbers are listed for them.

Where is Roskomnadzor looking?

More than 3.6 thousand SIM cards of mobile operators were seized from illegal sale in August

It's looking in this direction, no doubt about it. The tightening of procedures for issuing SIM cards confirms this. But he looks lazily and out of the corner of his eye, Roskomnadzor has no time. It is much more interesting to closely monitor, for example, the installation of new base stations and mercilessly fine operators for failure to comply with deadlines and regulations for putting stations into operation.

Subscribers, operators and anonymous connections

The ban on the sale of SIM cards without concluding an agreement has been in effect in Russia since January 1, 2014. Violators face a fine of up to 5 thousand rubles for individuals and up to 200 thousand rubles for legal entities. However, the law is not implemented effectively.

The situation is intended to be changed by amendments to the Law “On Communications” (from June 1, 2018) and the rules for the provision of telephone services (from November 17, 2018), which have come into force, according to which mobile communications services can only be received by those subscribers whose reliable information has been provided to the telecom operator and entered into the automated settlement system.
The rules for storing and confirming subscriber data have been updated for telecom operators.
In May 2021, a bill supplementing the current Code of Administrative Offenses was also submitted to the State Duma. The draft law proposes to strengthen liability for the distribution of SIM cards by unauthorized persons in non-stationary retail establishments (except for cases provided for by communications legislation), as well as for the failure or untimely provision by corporate clients of information about their subscribers. The document is under review. To adopt it, it is necessary to amend the law on communications - the corresponding bill was submitted to the State Duma in December 2021. It is also under consideration - included in the preliminary program of hearings for November 2021.

In addition, in July 2021, a bill was introduced to the Duma providing for the creation of a Unified Information System for Verifying Subscriber Information. Telecom operators are opposed to it (in its current form).

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