The Republic of Belarus is Russia’s closest neighbor in geography. A huge number of Russians, while staying in this country, use roaming from Tele2. The motivation for choosing an operator is obvious. High-quality communication, profitable.
And from a practical point of view, it’s a big plus: traveling with a Russian SIM card, which is also used at home. There is no need to buy and use other SIM cards, including local ones, and experience typical inconveniences (different number, settings and operator options).
Read more about how to use the services of the Tele2 mobile operator in Belarus further in the article.
Review of favorable tariffs for calls to Belarus with Tele2
In order to find out the cost of a conversation with Belarus in the selected tariff, just go to your personal account on the official website. You will need to enter your phone number.
You can also use the Tele2 mobile application. To do this, go to the “Tariffs” section, then to “Other prices”. After this, open a tab dedicated to calls to phones in other countries.
| Peculiarities | Tariff "My online" | |
| Cost of outgoing calls to Belarus and other CIS countries | 35 rub. | 30 rub. |
| Internet traffic volume | 30 GB monthly | |
| Traffic of the main social networks: Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber and TamTam | For free | 10 |
| Subscription fee | No | 2 rub. per day, the first day when activation occurred, payment is taken for the whole day |
| Payment for the first connection | 0 | 0 |
| Payment for subsequent connections | 0 | 20 rub. |
Additionally
A great way to reduce communication costs is to connect special options. There are 2 of them:
- Unlimited Internet abroad;
- Conversations without boundaries.
In the first case, users receive unlimited Internet for 350 rubles per day. In this case, funds are debited only on the days when the user spent traffic.
In the second case, free inboxes are offered for 5 rubles per day.
Additionally, you should know that the telephone number of the help desk abroad is +79515200611.
"Simple Geography" option
This option offers advantageous opportunities for making calls abroad. Since Tele2 does not provide the possibility of preferential calls to Belarus, it is important to use options that can at least slightly reduce their cost. Using this option, a cost of 30 rubles is available. Here you can also call not only to other CIS countries, but all over the world, however, the cost of call minutes will differ from the indicated one.
When using, you must pay a subscription fee of 2 rubles. for every day. For the first call during the day there is no connection fee, for subsequent calls it will be 30 rubles.
The option will be available to customers using any of the My Tele2 tariff plans, as well as those with Classic, Unlimited, Light, Everywhere Online and some others tariffs. The service is also valid at archive rates. This applies to those whose names include the number of minutes or gigabytes of traffic.
You can activate the service online in your personal account, using an application on your smartphone, or using the following commands:
- *155*5# will allow you to find out the status of the service;
- To connect, just send *155*50#, and to disconnect *155*51#.
You need to dial the desired combination and press the “pick up” button. After this, an action corresponding to the given description will be performed.
Features of use:
- The service is valid only if the subscription fee is paid on time. It is modest in size, but if the user is overdue for payment, he will not be able to use the option in question.
- The cost of use consists of a subscription fee and call charges.
- This opportunity is available only to those who are located in their locality. Having left it, the client will not be able to use the option. The provider guarantees its operation only where activation was performed. Use in other places must be verified by the user on the official website.
- The subscription fee will be debited from your balance throughout the entire time you use the service. To stop this, you need to deactivate the option in question.
- The service is valid only at certain tariffs; it will not be possible to use it in other cases.
Billing is carried out on a per minute basis. Costs for calls to different directions may vary. Sometimes the price difference is significant.
Where to buy a SIM card in Belarus
To buy a SIM card in Belarus, you only need to have a Russian passport. Local registration is not required. To purchase a SIM card, you need to take your passport to any mobile phone store, where they will connect you to the necessary services. The paperwork will not take much time. They will also help you activate your SIM card, although if you wish, you can do it yourself later, because you have 1 month for activation, after which the SIM card will be blocked.
You can purchase a SIM card upon arrival in the Minsk 2 airport building: in 5-6 arrival sectors there are MTS sales offices, and near the international sectors there is a Life operator salon. Also in the airport building, buses and minibuses traveling from the airport to the center of Minsk, a free WiFi connection is available for 15 minutes.
If you arrive at the Railway Station in Minsk, you can buy a SIM card at sales points on the ground floor.
Services and promotions in roaming
When traveling to Belarus, roaming services are provided automatically. To make calls within another country more profitable, you need to pay attention to the following:
- Forwarding on your smartphone must be disabled. This can be done using the ##002# command. If this is not done, then they will be paid at roaming rates.
- Before the trip, you need to top up your balance in advance, taking into account the expected costs of calls.
- It is recommended to regularly check your balance while traveling. This can be conveniently done using the command *105#.
When located in Belarus, the cost of incoming calls is 15 rubles. in a minute. For calls from this country to Russia the tariff is 15 rubles. every minute. Calls to subscribers in Belarus have the same cost. Payment begins to be calculated from the first second of the conversation. Each outgoing SMS or MMS costs 6 rubles. Inboxes are free. Each megabyte in roaming will cost 25 rubles.
It must be remembered that after crossing the border, the subscription fee continues to be charged in accordance with the terms of the current tariff or service. Therefore, before leaving, you need to once again look at what the client is using and top up the phone balance so that there is enough for payment.
Which connection should a tourist from Russia choose?
If you decide to study in detail the tariffs of operators in the Republic of Belarus, then you will probably notice that more favorable offers are provided for local citizens. So if you have at least temporary registration, then you will be able to use communication services on more favorable terms than visitors. SIM cards in Belarus for citizens of Russia and other countries are sold at separate rates “for foreigners”.
Perhaps the best solution for a tourist is the tariffs of the A1 operator. For example, when using a tariff called “Hello. Tourist" for 9.9 rubles. you get as much as 5 GB of internet.
Remember, to stay connected in Belarus, your balance must always be positive. You can top up your account with cash, bank card or electronic money.
IP telephony is the cheapest way to call Belarus
The use of IP telephony will significantly reduce the cost of calls with subscribers located in Belarus. This price difference is determined by the technology used to make these calls. The signal is transmitted via an Internet connection. Access provided by the mobile provider can also be used for communication.
It only takes a few minutes to organize the connection. The cost of the conversation is such that it will allow . There is no need to purchase a SIM card or any additional equipment to talk. To use IP telephony services, you need to choose a suitable SIP operator, taking into account the quality of services provided and the cost of calls. The most popular IP telephony providers are the following:
- Zadarma works with both individuals and legal entities, providing calls with the highest possible quality. When using the Economy package for IP telephony, the cost of calls will be 21.68 rubles. in a minute. Users have the opportunity to use per-second billing in the “Standard” package (cost 26.6 rubles/min), the benefits of which are especially felt when making short calls. There are no subscription fees for these packages.
- Sipnet's prices differ depending on what phone the recipient uses. For landlines it is 21.21 rubles. every minute, for mobile phones - 20.64. In the first case, the first minute of conversation and for every fifth minute will be charged an increased fee equal to 28.91 rubles per minute. Billing is carried out on a per minute basis.
- The IP telephony operator Telphin provides a per-minute tariff equal to 30 rubles per minute, which is no different from the one available in Tele2.
The quality of communication and the cost of a conversation with a subscriber in Belarus significantly depend on the correct choice of IP telephony provider. To use, for example, Zadarma services, you must first go through a simple registration. To do this you need to do the following:
- Go to the page.
- You must enter personal data: email address, login and password. The latter must be entered twice.
- A captcha is required to confirm that the user is a human and not a robot.
- You need to check the required box to confirm your agreement with the rules and allow the processing of personal information.
- After clicking on the “Register” button, the procedure will be completed.
- After logging in using your username and password, you need to enter your mobile phone number. After this, you will receive an SMS message with a verification code, which you must enter in the appropriate field. After this, 20 rubles will be credited to the client’s account, which can be used to pay for calls.
- You need to top up your balance so that there is enough money for calls. To do this, you can use a bank card, payment terminal, Sberbank Online or payments from electronic wallets.
After preparation, you can start talking. This can be done on a desktop computer or mobile phone. In the first case, you will need a headset with a microphone and headphones. To make a call, perform the following actions:
- You need to launch your browser and open your personal account in Zadarma.
- In the main menu located at the top of the screen, you need to open the “Services” section. It goes to “Calls from the site”.
- On the screen you can use the mouse to dial a number and start a conversation.
On a mobile phone with Android or iOS, it is convenient to use specialized Zadarma applications for communication. There is also a specialized program for Windows. In order to use this method, you need to log into the application using your personal account username and password.
Connection features
In principle, no action is required from the subscriber - the phone “catch” the signal without preliminary settings. When crossing a border (geographical and coverage area), a roaming network is automatically registered on a phone with a Tele2 SIM card. In Belarus, under a partnership agreement, mobile communications are provided by mobile operators Life and Velcom.
Calls are made in the international format +(country code) (number). For example, to call a subscriber from Russia you need to dial +7 (telephone number). Additionally, digital communication works: GPRS/3G, LTE, GSM 900/1800.
In cases where roaming in Belarus is not registered automatically, you need to activate it manually:
- In the phone menu, open: Settings → Network.
- Activate the option: “Select network” → Search for a network manually.
- Select the Life:) operator from the list.
Skype, Viber, WhatsApp and other applications
Calls from Russia to Belarus can be made using various messenger programs. The most famous of them are Skype, Telegram, Viber or WhatsApp. If the subscriber uses the same messenger, the conversation will be free. It is also possible to call from Viber and Skype to mobile or landline phones around the world. However, the cost of such calls can be significant. Before using the messenger for this purpose, you need to clarify the cost of the call.
The perfect solution
If you want to be able to talk on the phone with residents of Belarus, but do not want to deal with the intricacies of IP telephony, you can use a free virtual PBX or a ready-made solution.
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