Roaming is a popular service of modern mobile operators. People who travel a lot must be familiar with all its features.

What does roaming mean?

Roaming is a service that involves the ability to use mobile phone abroad without changing the SIM card and mobile operator. Thus, while a person is in the territory of another country, he uses the services of local operators with whom his operator’s roaming agreement was signed in advance.

If your phone offers automatic roaming, you won't need to contact your carrier for assistance. Your number will be automatically registered in a special guest network. As a rule, the phone itself chooses the operator whose coverage quality is better. However, in manual mode you choose any available signal yourself.

There are several main types of roaming: national, intranet and international. International roaming allows you to stay connected in any country. National provides communication within your country, but in those cities where your operator does not operate. A intranet roaming involves communication on the network of one operator in different regions of your country.

How to call cheaper from abroad?

The cost of roaming increases significantly every year, so the issue of cheap calls from abroad has always been relevant. Each operator has its own tariffs, so it is he who determines the cost.

If you want to make cheaper calls, you need to familiarize yourself in advance with all the tariffs offered by your operator. Modern operators operating in several countries unite all their subscribers. In this case, you are offered to switch to another tariff.

Another operator in your country may offer better roaming rates. In this case, it makes sense to change not only the tariff, but also the operator itself.

How to save on international calls?

A good way to save money is to completely abandon international calls in favor of text messages. The fact is that SMS is much cheaper in roaming, so you don't have to spend too much money. However, short messages sometimes cannot replace a call. Typically, operators may have Special offers for roaming services, where for a certain subscription fee you will be provided with a certain number of minutes at a discount or for free.

Mobile operators, as a rule, set the cost of a call lasting per minute. However, there are offers where you buy a certain or unlimited number of minutes while you are in another country. In this case, you should know exactly how much time you plan to spend abroad.

So, roaming is the basis of all interethnic communication. Of course, sometimes it is more profitable to simply change the operator, but in most cases roaming is the most profitable offer.

The editors of the site advise you to familiarize yourself with the tariffs of your operator before traveling and top up your phone balance.
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1. To get the necessary advice or activate a service, you can always call our Customer Support Center free of charge at 0611 when you are on the Beeline network in Russia or by calling +7 495 9748888 while in the national and international roaming. Remember this number, it may be useful to you on your trip.

2. Remember that when roaming, money may be debited from your account with a delay. This depends on the timing of receipt of information from the service operator in your country of residence.

3. You can check your roaming balance free of charge online by dialing *110*1472# and the call key (only for prepaid payment systems)

4. Please note that many phones and smartphones can use the data service without your direct participation. Please check your device settings and disable data roaming. Or use on-demand mode if necessary. You can control your GPRS costs in international roaming using the command.

5. Use the “Forwarding” service carefully. Remember that only forwarding all calls does not require additional roaming charges. Forwarding in cases where the phone is busy, switched off or the subscriber does not answer will require payment for incoming and outgoing calls at roaming rates.

6. Before traveling, study the tariffs in the host country and the services of your operator. Connect those that may be most useful to you. For example, with the “Sexy Roaming” option, all incoming calls and outgoing SMS in any country in the world will cost only 3.95 rubles.

7. When you return home, turn off roaming options from subscription fee, if they were connected before your trip and check your account.

8. When roaming, always keep your phone with you and be wary of strangers asking you to make a call from your device. If you have lost your phone, or suspect that it has been stolen, immediately block the SIM card by calling +7 495 9748888. For Beeline subscribers, calls to it are free from anywhere in the world. Remember that in accordance with clause 7.5 of the Agreement on the provision of Beeline communication services, if a SIM card is lost or stolen, the subscriber is obligated to pay for the services provided until the moment of reporting the loss of the SIM card.

If you have any tips of your own for saving money on roaming, please share!

If you are going to travel outside of your Beeline home network and want to talk with the same Beeline SIM card in other regions of Russia, then you must definitely activate the roaming service throughout Russia and avoid debiting a large amount of money from your account. Attention! See all changes regarding roaming and tariffs below at the end of the article.

The service "Roaming easily" all incoming calls within Russia are free.

For everyone who is going to travel outside of their home Beeline network and wants to stay in touch using their SIM card, it is recommended connect to the roaming service on Beeline throughout Russia and talk at reduced prices. The most important thing is that when you activate roaming, all incoming calls to your number will be free for you, and those who have not connected will be charged about 10 rubles, both incoming and outgoing, not only from other telecom operators but also from the Beeline operator.

I suggest using the “Roaming on the Easy” service to communicate throughout Russia.
The connection cost is zero rubles.
Subscription fee is five rubles per day.
All incoming calls are zero rubles.
Outgoing to Beeline numbers 1.95 rubles per minute.
Outgoing calls to numbers of other operators are 4.95 rubles per minute.
Command for connecting Beeline roaming *110*9991# .
Number to disable roaming Beeline *110*9990#.

Attention!!! The "Roaming on the Easy" service is no longer available for connection; below you will find information on how to activate roaming throughout Russia with the "My Country" option.

Option "My Country" roaming throughout Russia.

Beeline has suspended the “Easy Roaming” service and now Beeline users have access to a new option “My Country”. Now, when you activate roaming, you do not have to pay a daily subscription fee, but only once you pay 25 rubles for connecting the option. The most important thing is that you pay only once when connecting, you don’t have to disable the “My Country” option, this service is activated itself when you are roaming and as soon as you return to your home network The service will automatically disconnect itself.

Attention!!! There have been changes in roaming throughout Russia with the “My Country” option! The article has been edited, see the new terms of use and roaming costs in Russia!

When connecting to roaming with the “My Country” service, all incoming calls while roaming will cost 3 rubles for each conversation, that is, if you, for example, accepted a call and talked for 5 minutes, then 3 rubles will be debited from your account, the same if you talked for 10 minutes, then the same 3 rubles will be withdrawn from your account. If you look at it differently, it turns out that you pay only for the first outgoing minute, the rest are free, and so on for each received call.
-All outgoing calls to all Russian numbers will cost 3 rubles per minute.
-All outgoing SMS messages will cost 3 rubles.
-For Beeline customers who activated the “My Country” service before November 26, 2015 and did not disable it, as well as Beeline subscribers with a postpaid payment system, the previous conditions for the roaming service throughout Russia continue to apply.
-For those who are going to connect roaming, see the new conditions below.

New conditions and cost of using roaming on Beeline with the “My Country” service:

All incoming calls within Russia are 3 rubles per minute.
- All outgoing calls within Russia are 3 rubles per minute.
- All outgoing SMS messages within Russia are 3 rubles per minute.
- Subscription fee for subscribers of the Beeline prepaid payment system in rubles.
- The “My Country” service operates on the Beeline network throughout Russia, except for the connection area, the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.
- You no longer need to turn on and off roaming when traveling around the country; this service is automatically activated when you are in roaming and is also turned off when the subscriber returns to the home network.

The cost of connecting to roaming on Beeline with the “My Country” service is 25 rubles, no deactivation is required.
-To enable or disable roaming, call 0683, then follow the instructions of the electronic operator, you can listen to information about the service, as well as the ability to connect and disable roaming throughout Russia with the My Country option.

From November 26, 2015, connecting to the roaming service is not available on “EVERYTHING!” tariffs. from a monthly subscription fee. These tariffs offer favorable conditions for roaming within Russia. When a subscriber switches to “EVERYTHING!” The "My Country" service is automatically disabled.

Attention! On most tariffs, you no longer need to activate roaming; this service is automatically provided by your mobile operator. Check the information before performing any actions!

• I hope this article helped you on how to activate roaming on Beeline throughout Russia.
• We will be glad if you add reviews, addition to the article or add useful tips, helping other users of the Beeline cellular operator.
• Thank you for your responsiveness and useful advice!

01-09-2019
12 o'clock 06 min.
Message:
I received a message that I no longer need to connect to Beeline roaming when traveling around the country.

01-02-2017
12 o'clock 28 min.
Message:
Activate the my country service

17-09-2016
10 o'clock 50 min.
Message:
I activated the “My Country” service on 08/29/16 (3 rubles for all outgoing, 3 rubles for the first minute of incoming). On 03/09/16 I received an SMS saying that all incoming and outgoing costs were 3 rubles for every minute. Why is it written on all sites that when transition by command *110*0021# when incoming call does it take only 1 minute? I would never activate a service where both incoming and outgoing costs the same, why such a lie? If something has changed in the service tariffs, why don’t you write that the cost of the service has changed or use other commands instead of *110*0021#

14-07-2016
2 p.m. 00 min.
Message:
Which option is beneficial to enable if tariff plan- All for 500, and we are going from St. Petersburg to Anapa. And how much will the Internet cost?

11-06-2016
07 o'clock 09 min.
Message:
Tell me. I use the all-for-900 tariff. roaming service My country does not connect

07-03-2016
15 o'clock 28 min.
Message:
thanks for detailed description. I have a question. Beeline tariff All for 800. Is it possible and necessary to activate the “My Country” service for roaming in Russia?

29-12-2015
03 o'clock 29 min.
Message:
Do not enable roaming. It says that the service is not included in the tariff plan.

10-12-2015
13 o'clock 44 min.
Message:
Thanks for the clarification about automatic switching on and disabling the service. This is not specified on the Beeline website in the description of the service.

20-11-2015
11 o'clock 30 min.
Message:
Hi all

25-10-2015
15 o'clock 33 min.
Message:
I'm very pleased

20-09-2015
09 o'clock 29 min.
Message:
Dmitry, their tariffs will be like at home.

20-09-2015
08 o'clock 40 min.
Message:
I have "my country". I'm going to another city. How are calls charged to those who call me?

22-08-2015
17 o'clock 39 min.
Message:
how much will a call to Kazakhstan-Beeline with the My Country service cost?

25-07-2015
06 o'clock 49 min.
Message:
I have everything included for 300, do I need to activate roaming?

14-07-2015
12 o'clock 19 min.
Message:
The number for connecting roaming is indicated above, if you want to use the navigator in roaming and do not want to spend a lot of money on the Internet, then it is better to connect unlimited Internet all around Russia.

14-07-2015
11 o'clock 55 min.
Message:
Hello! Please tell me how to activate roaming and get the navigator to work to your destination. I live in M.O. and I’m going to go to the Kaluga region Thank you

30.06.2018

Roaming abroad – Megafon, MTS, Tele2, Beeline. Comparison of current tariffs, which one to choose?

Most Russians today have a personal cellular telephone. Many people register several numbers at once, dividing them into “personal” (for family and friends) and “work” (for business contacts), or dividing their numbers by operator.

Thanks to this division very convenient to call back, for example, to different clients from different numbers, and thus spend less on telephone conversations. This is due to the fact that cellular works thanks to a huge number of receiving and transmitting stations.

As soon as a person presses the “call” button on his phone, the radio signal from the phone is sent to the station closest to him, from which it is relayed through dozens of others towards the final recipient.

Every major telephone company has its own stations, often called "towers" (although today they are more like a large system unit from a computer and does not necessarily require long antennas that are visible from afar for its operation).

However, if each cellular company transmitted radio calls only within its network, communication between subscribers different companies would be impossible. In order to prevent this, there is an agreement between the owners of cellular companies to share their telephone equipment.

Simply put, as soon as you call a client of another company from your phone, the signal from your phone is sent first to “your” and from there to the “other’s” substation, which operate at the same frequency, providing any subscriber opportunity to talk with the owner of any telephone number.

However, everything changes dramatically as soon as you travel abroad. Most countries in the world have cellular communications, which operate on the same principles, and even on the same frequencies, as in Russia.

However, the problem is that distance between subscribers international communications can be tens of thousands of kilometers. In such conditions, transmitting a telephone signal requires much more cost and effort.

In this regard, the companies agreed on the international level that every phone owner while abroad will be able to receive and make calls, but in exchange for this, his SIM card operator will have to pay part of the costs to those companies through whose equipment this person and will get in touch. This type of communication is called “Roaming”.

During roaming, a person who is abroad remains a client (subscriber) of his own company (for example, Megafon). However, since MegaFon does not have its own towers, for example, in Greece, this person’s phone can connect to workstation another, local company (for example, Vodafone).

Thus, while a person is abroad, he will make and receive calls through "towers" of a local company, but in the future they will be sent via satellite or wire lines to their homeland, where they will be processed by his “native” company. Due to this, the cost of calls in Roaming can be an order of magnitude higher than within the country.

On most phones, roaming mode starts working V automatic mode, immediately upon arrival/arrival, switching to new “towers”. For this reason, it is important to choose in advance correct tariff at his mobile operator so as not to lose all the money in your account after the first call received.

Everyone has it major operator (MegaFon, MTS, Tele2, Beeline) yes special rates for those traveling abroad, in which certain discounts are provided for roaming services.

For example, MTS has packages “Zero without Borders” (free incoming calls in roaming for 95 rubles per day), “Zabugorische” (cheap tariffs for all calls), or “Bit Abroad” (inexpensive unlimited Internet in roaming) .

MegaFon offers to purchase packages of minutes in advance for incoming and outgoing calls in roaming, and the connected service “The Most profitable roaming"from Beeline allows you to make 20 minutes of outgoing calls daily for 200 rubles, or use 40MB mobile internet for the same price.

Thus, a favorable tariff plan for roaming can be found with any operator. The most important thing here is to try to determine exactly how and how intensively you plan to use the phone. If you just need to be able to call your loved ones once a day, it’s better to choose inexpensive and small(by length of calls) tariff plan.

If you understand that you will have long negotiations with business partners, or you need to use the mobile Internet to receive and send files, it is better activate that tariff in advance, which gives a big discount on this service– a large package with prepaid minutes, or a tariff plan with daily payment and a significant discount on the cost of each call.

Before each holiday season, the most difficult questions are resolved: where to go, for how long, for how long, what additional options order for your trip, what you can save on, and what you can’t cross off from the long list. An important role in budgeting is played by the organization of communications, the costs of which, in a typical scenario for using a telephone, can range from 700 to 77,000 rubles per day.

Lenta.ru calculated how much you could owe your operator for minutes, short messages and megabytes of traffic, as well as for a conditional package of “5 outgoing minutes, 5 incoming, 5 short messages and 100 megabytes of Internet traffic per day,” and took into account all the opportunities to reduce expenses and improve your mood during and after your stay abroad.

No options, per unit

The easiest way to stay connected is to simply turn off airplane mode as soon as you get off the plane and continue using your phone as if you were staying at home.

However, there is nothing more expensive than such a scenario. The minimum cost of one minute of calls for selected countries will be 33 rubles - no matter whether it is an incoming or outgoing call - when located in Kazakhstan. The most expensive destination turned out to be the USA, where MTS without connecting options will require 200 rubles for just one minute of communication. Beeline and Megafon in the USA turned out to be almost three times more profitable.

If at home you are definitely expected to call with an answer to the question “How did you get there?”, one minute will be the minimum price to pay for the peace of mind of your loved ones. If you wait a little, you will save from 33 to 200 rubles. At most airports, after passport control and customs, you can connect to the local Wi-Fi and send a message on WhatsApp, Viber or any other similar service, call Skype or FaceTime. But if you can’t bear it, then it’s definitely worth preparing yourself for minimal spending on the chosen destinations. Further also according to the accepted tariffs:

A country	Beeline	Megaphone	MTS
Armenia, Belarus	49	49	65
Kazakhstan	49	33	85
Türkiye	69	49	60
Thailand	69	79	115
Egypt	69	79	60
Austria, Germany, Czech Republic	69	49	85
Spain	69	49	60
Italy	69	49	65
France	69	49	115
USA	69	79	200

Breaking Bad, Wholesale

You can still read the latest reviews on the Internet about the high cost of roaming. People go on vacation, and along with impressions and good mood They bring home huge, for many even incredible, bills. Social networks are already full of such stories, but new ones still appear, as if no one reads anything like this before their own trip.

Abroad, tourists continue to habitually use their phones and do not even suspect what bills they have for mobile communications can wait for them when they return home. For example, a daily diet of ten minutes of incoming and outgoing voice calls, five messages and hundreds of megabytes of Internet traffic will cost more than the average salary of at least the average Russian:

A country	Beeline	Megaphone	MTS
Armenia, Belarus	1 085	49 585	36 585
Kazakhstan	1 085	11 395	36 785
Türkiye	1 285	49 585	77 495
Thailand	1 285	63 885	78 045
Egypt	1 285	63 885	77 495
Austria, Germany, Czech Republic	1 285	49 585	77 745
Spain	1 285	49 585	77 745
Italy	1 285	49 585	77 545
France	1 285	49 585	78 045
USA	1 285	63 885	78 885

Prices for the daily package “5 outgoing minutes + 5 incoming + 5 short messages + 100 megabytes of Internet traffic” in rubles, without connecting options.

It’s a rare Russian citizen who works as an employee for the usual salary for his profession and skills, and will continue to use his phone abroad as if he were staying at home.

The cost of 100 megabytes of Internet traffic is comparable to the price of ten minutes of voice communication only with Beeline. Other two operators big three Their bills increase many times over thanks to this expense item.

Therefore, even before boarding a plane at home, it is better to turn off or limit mobile Internet. In the settings of modern phones, two options are provided for this - “Mobile data” and “Data roaming”. In different operating systems and in their different versions and localizations the wording may differ, but the essence remains the same. “Mobile data” disables mobile Internet in principle. “Data roaming” limits your internet connection when you are in a foreign country. Such restrictions are especially relevant for Megafon and MTS subscribers, whose subscribers have to shell out monthly salaries for checking mail and publishing vacation photos on social networks.

Reasonable, package “5+5+5+100”

When it is vital to stay in touch with your number, plug-in options will help, significantly reducing the cost of communication while roaming.

Since Beeline’s Internet abroad is already obscenely cheap, the operator’s subscribers can only reduce the cost of voice communications and short text messages. The “Planet Zero” option will help with this. For 25 rubles at a time (connection) and 60 rubles daily fee, subscribers receive significant discounts for communicating with family and friends. The cost of one text message is reduced from 19 to 7 rubles, and one outgoing minute is fixed at 20 rubles, which is 2.5-3.5 times less than the regular price (depending on the country of residence). As a nice bonus - 20 minutes of free (paid for by connecting to the service) incoming voice calls every day.

In different countries, the cost of one day, calculated using the formula “5+5+5+100,” varies by up to 580 rubles. Five minutes of outgoing voice calls per day, 20 incoming minutes included in the subscription fee, 5 short messages and 100 megabytes of traffic per day of activation of the option will cost 720 rubles. On all subsequent days - 25 rubles cheaper, since you do not need to pay for connection every day.

Megafon subscribers, in order not to go broke abroad and at the same time continue relatively active communication according to the same formula “5+5+5+100”, will have to connect two options at once - “The whole world” for voice calls and “Internet for border" for the Internet. If you plan to stay abroad for at least five days and are used to sending ten SMS a day, it is better to subscribe to the “50 SMS Whole World” package, which will reduce the cost of one message from 19 to 10 rubles. If you send no more than five messages a day, it is better to do without enabling this option - it will be cheaper.

In some countries, the Internet and short messages can be made even cheaper. For example, “Vacation-Online” reduces the cost of one megabyte to 19 rubles, and the “50 SMS Europe” package sets a price of 4 rubles for one short message. But the first option does not work in Kazakhstan, Thailand and the USA, and the second does not work in the same three countries plus Egypt.

The most useful option that Megafon subscribers should connect to is definitely “Internet Abroad”. With it, 100 megabytes of traffic in popular countries and the CIS will cost only 2,816 rubles (purchase of three 30 MB and one 10 MB “Popular Countries + CIS” package). In European countries, this option is even cheaper - 1,116 rubles. Both options, of course, are more expensive than 500 rubles, which Beeline subscribers pay for the same amount of traffic, but much more affordable than 11,000, 49,000 and even 63,000 rubles, which Megafon subscribers would have to pay for the same 100 megabytes without this options.

Thus, one day using the formula “5+5+5+100” will cost Megafon subscribers an average of 3,200 rubles. A lot of money will help you continue your usual communication by voice, through short messages and on social networks. The same 3,200 rubles will almost not limit users in receiving and sending emails, and will also allow you to click on links and stay up to date with news without fear of going broke.

MTS subscribers on destinations popular among travelers are also protected from a sad fate by two options at once - “Zero without borders” and “BIT abroad”.

“Zero Without Borders” reduces the cost of the first ten incoming minutes of each conversation to zero, and outgoing calls from the second to fifth minutes of the conversation are charged at only 25 rubles, regardless of the country of residence. For the first and sixth minutes of each outgoing call, you will have to pay at regular roaming rates. The price for a short message can be reduced by purchasing a package of 50 or 100 SMS, but if there is no need to send exactly 50 or 100 messages during your stay in another country, purchasing a package does not make sense and will only make communication even more expensive.

Connection to “Zero Without Borders” is free, daily subscription fee- 60 rubles. This amount guarantees an almost unlimited number of incoming minutes daily, and approximately halves the cost of five outgoing minutes. In general, the fee for five minutes of incoming and five minutes of outgoing is approximately four times less than without connecting the option. For example, ten minutes without options in the USA will cost an MTS subscriber 2,000 rubles, and with the option connected - only 535 rubles.

A similar ratio applies in other countries. But saving even one and a half thousand rubles in the USA seems like a trifle in comparison with how much you can save on the Internet by purchasing packages “ Maxi BIT abroad" and "BIT abroad", thereby providing 100 megabytes of traffic. Just 600 rubles for the first (70 megabytes) and another 300 rubles for the second (another 30 megabytes) add up to 900 rubles and together reduce the cost of hundreds of megabytes in some countries by more than 85 times.

The “5+5+5+100” package on MTS with the inclusion of options can be reduced in price to 1,250 – 1,500 rubles. The most expensive thing is to stay in the USA. Among the cheapest are Spain, Türkiye and Egypt.

A country	Beeline	Megaphone	MTS
Armenia, Belarus	720	3 195	1 260
Kazakhstan	720	3 085	1 300
Türkiye	720	3 195	1 250
Thailand	720	3 345	1 360
Egypt	720	3 345	1 250
Austria, Germany, Czech Republic	720	3 195	1 300
Spain	720	3 195	1 250
Italy	720	3 195	1 260
France	720	3 195	1 360
USA	720	3 345	1 530

Prices for the daily package “5 outgoing minutes + 5 incoming + 5 short messages + 100 megabytes of Internet traffic” in rubles, with options included: Beeline - “Planet Zero”
Megafon - “The Whole World” and “Internet Abroad”
MTS - “Zero without borders” and “BIT abroad”

It's more profitable with locals

If you stand your ground phone number not important or if your stay in a foreign country is planned for more than three days, for comfortable communication in the vast majority of cases it is better to choose local operator communications.

In this case, offers may be different and in some respects even less profitable in comparison with roaming. For example, the local Belarusian operator Life:) offers 1 megabyte of Internet traffic for 9 Russian rubles. This is comparable to one megabyte, which MTS subscribers with the connected option will pay, and almost twice as expensive as the price of Internet in roaming for Beeline subscribers.

In comparison with two other CIS countries popular among Russian travelers - Armenia and Kazakhstan - Belarus is the most expensive. Orange Armenia estimates 1 megabyte at approximately 1.65 Russian rubles. Tele2 in Astana does not waste time on trifles and offers 5 gigabytes at once for 250 Russian rubles - more than enough for a week. The only regret of spoiled Russians is the data transfer speed on the local network - 3G.

In popular resort destinations and in European countries, as a rule, you can buy SIM cards with an Internet supply for a week. If you abandon classic voice calls and short messages, then 500-1500 megabytes of Internet traffic will cost only 500-1500 rubles. Voice communication can be replaced by Skype or FaceTime. For exchange text messages there is the same Skype, WhatsApp, Viber and a lot of other messengers.

It is often more profitable to use the services of a local operator when staying abroad for a long time, but it is worth planning this before the trip - due to a number of features that may be discovered when purchasing a SIM card.

The first pitfall: a pre-selected “favorable” tariff may turn out to be inaccessible to a non-resident of the country. Visitors and tourists in European countries and the United States will be sold only “pre-paid” tariffs, while citizens will have access to postpaid tariffs that are enticing with their conditions.

The second difficulty is quite unpleasant: fees for activating the card. For example, a prepaid SIM card “Pay as you Go” from T-Mobile USA costs only 150 rubles per month, 1 gigabyte of Internet traffic for a week will cost an additional 500 rubles. It seemed like an excellent offer. However, few people read the small text at the bottom of the page: activating the SIM card will require an additional 750 rubles. Simple operation, but without it nothing will work. In addition to this, the tax of the state in which you buy a local prepaid SIM card can reach up to nine percent and will add about 130 rubles to the final amount. As a result, the cost of 1 gigabyte of traffic (for which everything was started) will increase to 1,530 rubles. Beeline's offer is definitely more profitable, according to at least no need to call or send SMS yet.

What to do?

If you are going to visit for a day or two, and you have a Beeline SIM card in your phone and you are ready to save at least on calls and SMS, just turn off the Internet while roaming. This feature is available in the settings of most modern phones. You can turn it on periodically to check your email, see what’s new on social networks, or open a link sent by someone. It’s definitely not worth leaving it on all the time, because your phone receives mail and updates application data, even in inactive mode.

If your operator is Megafon or MTS, turn off mobile Internet on your phone and do not turn it on without activating the options. Look for points Wi-Fi access in place, connect to them at every opportunity. You can connect Internet options and significantly bring the cost of a megabyte of traffic closer to Beeline prices.

Finally, if you are staying in any country for more than three days without the need to keep your number active, it is better to purchase a SIM card from a local telecom operator. Even with the activation fee and all possible surcharges, a local Internet connection is more profitable than the cheapest mobile Internet in roaming.

With the Internet, if you have certain skills and mobile applications, you can organize voice and video communication, as well as the exchange of short messages and media files - videos and photos from your vacation. The main thing is to plan to purchase a local “pre-paid” SIM card before your trip and don’t be shy to ask the local communication store about the most favorable rates with traffic enabled.