All about cellular communication in Crimea

Going on a trip outside your hometown, you should definitely find out how things are going with the mobile connection at the point of direction. Important aspects exist not only in the situation with abroad, but even when traveling to the Crimea.

Communication in the Crimea does not work in exactly the format that residents of Russia are used to. For example, on the peninsula Megafon, as well as Beeline and Tele-2 are not represented in principle. Wanting to remain with the existing operator, visitors will have to connect the roaming service to the existing SIM card. Since in such conditions actual rates and promotions are not used, communication becomes very expensive. Of the common Russian companies in Crimea, only MTS catches.

On the peninsula you can easily get a SIM card and connect services available when traveling in your home region. In addition, in the Crimean territory operate its own operators. These are companies like Krymtelecom, Volna and K-telecom, The second name of which looks like Win mobile.

MGTS provides for the Crimean subscribers packages of the Smart line, including all the necessary services. Smart mini offers the purchase of 1 gigabyte of Internet, 200 messages and 100 minutes of calls within the network. Incoming calls of subscribers of other operators will be free, and for outgoing calls you will have to pay 12 rubles for 60 seconds outside the territory and 1.5 rubles within the region. SMS at this mobile tariff will require about 2 rubles. In addition, on the territory of the peninsula there is an opportunity to connect Smart and Smart tariff plans unlimited. Both of them provide more gigabytes, minutes and SMS.

Any other tariff not related to the Smart lineup cannot be used in Crimea. In principle, the trip has the opportunity to use the tariff "Guest". It allows you to communicate free of charge with users of the same tariff, but pay about 1.5 rubles for other services in 60 seconds. The “Everywhere at Home” option is useful - it makes all incoming calls free, and other services are charged according to the tariff plan.

As for Megaphone, the telephone connection in roaming is quite good. There is a profitable option "Crimea", the payment of which is 15 rubles per day. At the same time, incoming calls will be free, and for outgoing calls you will have to pay about 5 rubles in 60 seconds. The cost of one SMS message will not exceed 3 rubles, but the Internet payment will be 5 rubles per megabyte. In addition, the option "All Russia" is relevant, thanks to which it will be possible to communicate at a home rate. Roaming Megaphone costs 55 rubles per minute of communication.

Beeline you can’t call a cheap or profitable connection, because the only way to use it is to connect roaming. Accounts after the trip often amount to several thousand rubles.

Tele-2 also works only in roaming. Although the connection is satisfactory, the Internet is extremely slow. Both incoming and outgoing costs 5 rubles per minute, and the cost of SMS is 3 rubles 50 kopecks.For a megabyte of internet, the user will have to pay 5 rubles. Recently, a popular operator such as Yota, also working in the Crimea in the roaming format. The cost of incoming calls is 9 rubles per minute, and the cost of outgoing calls is 19 rubles per minute. The cost of SMS reaches 19 rubles, and a kilobyte of the Internet will cost 9 rubles.

Win mobile offers vacationers a special rate called "On the sea". According to him, incoming calls are free of charge, and outgoing calls cost 3 rubles per minute, all over Russia. Using 10 megabytes of the Internet will cost only 10 rubles. It makes sense to immediately connect the option "Big Country". Both incoming and outgoing calls in the country will cost 2.95 rubles per minute.

At the operator Wave there is an opportunity for 150 rubles to get 300 free minutes per month, intended for calls throughout the Krasnodar Territory and, of course, the Crimean Peninsula. Calls in the all-Russian zone will be 3 rubles per minute. As for Krymtelekom, he is not a popular operator for holidaymakers in the Crimea and often calling abroad. To call any city in Russia, you have to pay 5 rubles per minute, but there is also half an hour of free time for on-net calls.

Sevmobile provides the tariff "My City", the price of which for 30 days is 180 rubles. It makes it possible for one and a half hours to communicate for free across the region, and to communicate in the cities of Russia to pay 3 rubles in 60 seconds.

Mobile Internet in Crimea without any conditions is represented only by local operators. Win mobile offers both 3G and 4G. This operator is the most popular, since all Russian companies can connect to it by roaming. Similarly, the Wave acts mobile. Sevmobile provides the territory of Sevastopol with 3G, and Krymtelecom provides this service to the entire peninsula.

Megaphone allows its customers to access the Internet on the peninsula, but only with the connection of the special action “Internet in Crimea”. It is included in the package of certain tariff plans and costs 99 rubles for 60 megabytes. In addition, the operator allows you to connect the service unlimited incoming to the Crimea, the price of which is 33 rubles per day.

MTS in Crimea is tied to a region called “Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea”. It has several tariffs that combine unlimited calls to the operator’s subscribers, SMS packages, calls and the Internet. As an option, the purchase of a new SIM card for 300 rubles gives 3 gigabytes of Internet per month, as well as 200 sms and 200 minutes of calls within the region. Users of a different tariff can connect the SuperBIT Smart option, which will give 3 gigabytes for 30 days if they pay 10 rubles a day.

Other operators have other conditions for connecting the mobile Internet. The specifics are determined depending on the company and the fare paid, but the price is often very high. The exception is the company Win mobile represented in the Crimea with its equipment. The “Online Freedom” tariff will allow unlimited use of the worldwide network, paying only 3 rubles. For service connection you will have to pay 30 rubles from the power.

In the case of Beeline, it makes sense to connect either the option "Planet of the Internet" or "The most profitable Internet in roaming." They will automatically connect when the device, while in a roaming zone, will go to the worldwide network. The cost of access is 9.95 rubles for 1 megabyte, while the minimum session size will be 50 kilobytes.

It is important to mention that operator offers such as "30 days of the Internet for traveling in Russia", as well as "7 days of the Internet for traveling in Russia" in the Crimea will not act. Instead, there will be megabyte charging, implying a payment of 9.95 rubles per 1 megabyte.

Relatively recently, a law was passed, according to which all national and intranet roaming will be canceled in Russia from June 1, 2019. This law will allow you to establish a tariff plan that will operate throughout the country and thus pay the same amount for communication anywhere in the territory.

In principle, roaming restrictions are already there, but from the summer of 2019, operators will have to charge the same amount to subscribers, regardless of what territory they are located on. Regarding the situation with the Crimea, the law will significantly reduce the cost of calls of those subscribers who will be on the peninsula travel.

Paying for mobile communications in the Crimea is as easy as in other parts of Russia. Most of them are paid online upon availability. credit card of any bank in Russia. For example, to pay for Win mobile, it will be enough to go to the operator’s site and follow the instructions indicated on it. Commission in this case will not be charged.

For online payment you can use any common cards - for example, VISA, MasterCard, Maestro or "MIR". The amount sent is credited if you specify either a mobile phone number or a personal account that can be found in the subscriber’s contract.

The optimal choice of the operator is determined depending on how you will use the SIM card: how often to call, to make calls in the region or across the country, to go on the Internet, whether to send SMS. MTS card holders may not worry at all and not change it, having arrived in Crimea. However, if the purchase is still to be, while the main factor is the connection to the Internet, then the choice should be made between Krymtelekom and Win mobile. The cost in the first case will be 150 rubles, which will be equivalent to 5 gigabytes, and in the second case for 10 gigabytes you will have to pay 250 rubles.

About cellular communications and the Internet in the Crimea, see the video below.