People often travel outside their country on a trip or in the interests of business. It is very important for such subscribers to keep their home phone number so that they can use their number as usual.
Acquiring a SIM card in another country is extremely unprofitable, since in most cases local communication is completely unnecessary, and calling home in Russia will cost a lot of money.
For its subscribers, the MegaFon mobile operator provides various services when traveling abroad for the convenience of communication. The cost of calls and the mandatory monthly fee in these cases depend on the country where the person travels.
Is the SIM card suitable?
First of all, it is necessary to find out in advance whether this SIM-card can be used in roaming outside of Russia. To do this, the subscriber must be connected to one of the basic services without a subscription fee, International Roaming. If it is not connected to the SIM card, the number will not work, even if it has all the necessary services. The fact is that this opportunity from MegaFon just provides the subscriber with a function such as registering in a guest network in the country where the person went.
The SIM card must be registered with a Russian citizen. If a person has a residence permit, no citizenship and temporary residence permit (foreign citizen), on the SIM card, in principle, there is no possibility of connecting this service with the MegaFon operator.
It is possible to activate roaming abroad only in the sales salon (store) with the presentation of the passport of the owner of the number. It is necessary to take care of this in advance, because without the owner of the number or in the contact center the service is not activated, and without connecting the SIM card will be inactive.
Roaming connection
For international roaming in MegaFon there are services for both talking and surfing the Internet. However, it is not recommended to enter the network, since the cost of 1 Mb, even with special discounts, is quite large. International hotels often have free Wi-Fi, so it’s better to use the Internet in this way if necessary.
Friends, relatives and partners who have remained in Russia can call the person who has left just as if they were at home. But when connecting, not only the one who called, but also the subscriber abroad pays for the calls. Incoming communication with a person outside the home region is also paid.
Europe and the CIS
In the event that the Megafon subscriber has gone to European countries, the following services will be available and available for connection:
- "Minutes (Europe and the CIS)", "Minutes World";
- "SMS Europe", "SMS World";
- "The Internet Abroad."
Where to turn to find out how MegaFon roaming abroad will operate? All details can be clarified on the official website of the mobile operator.
Key MegaFon Options: Roaming Abroad
The company offers subscribers services for convenient communication and Internet access.
- Incoming and outgoing calls cost 49 rubles (per minute, per-minute billing). The minutes provided in the package can be spent on calls to Europe and the CIS (as well as to Russia), or around the world. The package price is from 329 rubles, the number of minutes is from 25.
There is also an option with a monthly fee, when for 39 rubles a day a subscriber can talk for 30 minutes with an interlocutor of any network, including MegaFon. Roaming abroad (tariffs and options that are connected upon departure) allows you not to interrupt the conversation, but to communicate at the usual rates at the end of the package.
2. Incoming messages in roaming are free, outgoing - 19 rubles. Packages "SMS Europe" and "World", including 50 messages, cost from 195 rubles. Thus, when purchasing a package, a subscriber has the opportunity, by paying once, without daily charges, to send SMS while roaming completely free.
"MegaFon - Internet"
Roaming abroad on the Internet will be 49 rubles per 100 Kb. Thus, if a person wants to check mail, which consumes an average of 2-3 megabytes, deductions from the number will be approximately 1505 rubles. To access the Internet using the option, you can activate the Vacation-Online service on the room (connection - 30 rubles, price for 1 Mb - 19 rubles) or packages of 10 Mb or 30 Mb - "Internet abroad".
Regarding the last option indicated, we can say that the price depends on the area of use. In Europe - 129 and 329 rubles (10 and 30 Mb), in the CIS and popular countries (Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, etc.) - 329 and 829 rubles, other countries - 1990 and 4990 rubles.
With this option, money is not debited in full not before use, but after the first Internet connection in any country at MegaFon rates. Roaming abroad, which involves moving within one day from one country to another, and at the same time the constant use of the Internet provides for debiting of money every time you first enter the network in each zone.
Therefore, it is worth considering whether you need such an Internet or better to use the basic output, that is, 49 rubles per 100 Kb.
Other states
When the subscriber is in the zone "Other countries", which can include most countries in Africa, the Far Abroad and island states, the base cost will be higher than when traveling to Europe. However, services can also be carried out through the connection of MegaFon roaming (special options) - All World, SMS World, Vacation-Online.
Incoming and outgoing calls in roaming at a base price will cost 79 rubles. And in the event that the subscriber wants to call other countries, except Russia and the country of location, for him it will cost 129 rubles per minute.
It will be possible to access the Internet if there is good connection for 63 rubles per 100 Kb.
The company provides the discounts exactly the same as when traveling to the countries of Europe and the CIS.
Subscription fee
MegaFon does not turn off tariffs in roaming, but leaves it the same, because without a tariff the SIM card is not active. However, if the client connected to the operator subject to a monthly subscription fee, then the money will be charged regardless of whether the tariff can be used or not. Also, the rest of the "home" services.
Perhaps, if the subscriber wants, they should be turned off for a while, and then re-activated. For the client, this can be a significant savings. For example, the total charge per day for two activated services is 12 rubles. A person travels abroad for 14 days. A total of 168 rubles will be written off for those services that he cannot even use. Reconnecting options will cost 30 rubles. Total, the subscriber will save 108 rubles.
Thus, MegaFon (and its partner in any country) does not support home options and tariffs in roaming. The company does not return money for those days when the subscriber could not use the services, even if these are options with Internet traffic that are completely unnecessary abroad.
Online Registration
Connecting MegaFon roaming will be useless if the subscriber has gone to one of the countries where there are no partner companies of the operator. A SIM card can be used only in 216 countries of the world, while there are a total of 251 states as of 2015.
For example, if a person went to Eritrea, which borders Sudan in East Africa, then there he will not be able to use the MegaFon SIM card.
Roaming abroad in the country where the client travels, necessarily provides for the presence of networks in which you can register. The presence of communication can be clarified in the contact center or in the MegaFon salon upon activation of the international roaming service.
At the entrance, the telephone itself must find one or more networks available for registration. After that, the user selects which one he will use the connection in. In roaming, it does not matter at all which network the subscriber will prefer, since the cost will be the same in any of them.