Review of options for roaming abroad from MTS

If you are going on vacation or on a business trip abroad, then before your trip we recommend that you thoroughly study the features of tariffs and the provision of cellular communications in a separately selected region of the world. Otherwise, spend a large amount where you can save. The question arises, how can it be profitable to communicate in MTS roaming abroad? Let's consider all the optimizing options and tariff plans from the provider.

Tariffs from MTS abroad

If you don’t want to overpay for communication with a provider’s consumer from another country, then for such purposes the “My Unlimited”, “X” and “Smart” tariff plans have implemented the “Benefit calls to other countries” option.

It is automatically included in the starter kit with contracts and is free. The service gives the owner the following advantages:

  1. The cost of a call to the countries of the Middle East or Asia starts from 1.5 rubles per minute of conversation. An outgoing call to Armenia costs only 1 rub., and to China and South Korea - 1.5 rub.
  2. Complete absence of monthly payments.
  3. The function is valid only in the home region.
  4. For preferential tariffs for international communication to CIS countries - MTS Armenia, Ukraine, only 60 minutes per day are allocated, after which negotiations cost 5 rubles per minute.
  5. The option is available only if the phone number has international roaming service.

If you are going on a trip abroad, the “Zabugorische” contract will be a great help.


It makes it possible to consume network traffic and make calls anywhere in the world, just like in your home area. Minutes and gigabytes are spent from the standard tariff plan package. In addition, the offer has the following characteristics and features of provision:

  1. The monthly fee for using the contract is 250 rubles. It is written off by default every settlement period from the balance, which is 7 days. If by this time there are not enough funds in the account to repay the next payment, the operator suspends service until the appropriate amount is paid.
  2. For negotiations within the network throughout Russia and for contacts with other providers, 350 minutes are allocated for a week. In addition, voice communication units are also consumed during international roaming. After the established quota is exhausted, per-minute billing begins, which will amount to 2 rubles. in the registration area and 5 rubles. in the Russian Federation.
  3. For messaging, a set of 350 SMS is allocated to any contact across the country. If you use up the set amount ahead of schedule, the cost of writing will be 1.5 rubles. in the home area and 3.8 rubles. to other regions of Russia.
  4. The advantage of the contract is that you can consume Internet traffic in another country from the main package of 7 gigabytes. But after using 500 megabytes per day, the speed limit decreases to 128 kbits per second. The update will happen only the next day.
  5. In popular countries and resorts, every ten minutes of incoming calls are not subject to tariffs, after which one minute costs 25 rubles. The first and after the sixth minute are calculated according to the current roaming tariff, from the second to the fifth the cost is 25 rubles.
  6. When staying abroad, an additional fee of 320 rubles is charged. at popular resorts or 390 rub. on everyone else. Money is charged only for the actual use of the provider's services.

Attention! Currently, “Zabugorische” is closed for connection and has been moved to the archive. If you activated it earlier, the operator does not limit service and provides the service in standard mode. Once disabled, you will not be able to restart it.

How can I find out how much MTS services cost now?

Before you go on a trip, carefully familiarize yourself with the peculiarities of cellular communication tariffs in the selected country; to do this, you can look at the necessary information on the operator’s official website:


In addition to this method, you can ask for help on MTS international calls from a consultant at any service or sales department of the provider, or call the “0890” customer support service and request information from a free phone manager.

What is better to connect and activation methods

Now let’s look at profitable services and offers from the operator that will help you save money when you are in a foreign country abroad. They are designed to optimize and reduce costs for cellular communications - voice communication, mobile Internet and SMS correspondence. Here is a brief description and methods of connecting them:


  • Bit abroad. 450 rubles are charged for use, only based on traffic consumption. Get unlimited Internet in popular countries, but after 100 MB is exhausted, the speed is automatically reduced to 128 kbps. In other countries the price is 1300 rubles. and there is a limit of 5 MB. Activation occurs by entering the command *111*2222#;
  • Maxi Bit. 700 rub. per day. When consuming more than 200 megabytes, the speed limit drops to 128 kbps. In unpopular places - 2400 rubles, traffic limit is 10 MB. To connect, dial the USSD combination *111*2223#;
  • Super Beat. For 1600 rub. per day, the provider provides complete unlimited access to all resources of the world wide web without reducing the speed limit - at popular resorts. In other countries the cost will be 4,500 rubles. with a 20 MB package. The service is launched using the combination *111*2224#.


Attention! The prices and characteristics in the article correspond to the Moscow region.

The article examined the available tariff plans and options for optimizing voice communication and mobile Internet in the international direction of MTS abroad. Before traveling, be sure to familiarize yourself with the features and prices of the main cellular service lines in your chosen country.