The cheapest “starting” MTS tariff with a monthly fee is Smart Mini. It is intended primarily for new subscribers. Having purchased a number on Smart Mini, they will be able to evaluate the quality of communication, Internet speed and other service conditions, understand their needs and, possibly, choose a more expensive package tariff plan for themselves.
Detailed description of the tariff
The tariff with a monthly fee includes minimum packages of communication services. For Moscow subscribers this is:
- 2 GB of traffic for any services;
- 350 minutes of calls to cell phones and city lines in Moscow and the region and MTS of Russia;
- 350 SMS to any directions in Moscow and the Moscow region;
- unlimited communication with MTS subscribers in the capital and Moscow region after the limit has been exhausted.
Minutes and messages only work in your region. Traffic is consumed throughout Russia, including Crimea. Only in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug the speed drops to 128 Kbit/sec.
Since August 2018, the list of services connected by default to the Smart Mini TP does not include “Content Prohibition”. If a subscriber wants to protect himself and his phone balance from paid subscriptions, it is recommended to activate this service immediately when purchasing a SIM card or switching to a tariff via contact center by 0890.
Each owner of a Smart Mini number has free access to cloud storage volume 5 GB. The service is managed through the Second Memory mobile application or in your Personal Account.
Features of charging a subscription fee
When transferring an existing number to the Smart Mini TP, the subscription fee is immediately debited in full (400 rubles). In the future, this happens every month every day.
When purchasing a new number on Smart Mini, a SIM card without additional payments costs 350 rubles. The same amount of funds is on the balance sheet. Payment is debited in the first 30 days after activation on a daily basis, at 13.33 rubles. This is convenient, as it allows you to evaluate the quality of communication services, Internet speed and your needs with minimal financial costs.
The cost of a direct landline phone is 900 rubles. per month. When registering a new number, the subscription fee is debited in full, and starting from the second month - 595 rubles each. day-to-day connection and 304 rubles. in equal parts every day.
Calls
A package of 350 minutes is consumed:
- for calls to the networks of any operators and direct landlines within the home region;
- communication with MTS throughout the country.
When traveling within the Russian Federation, the region of stay is considered “home”. While in Crimea, the capital subscriber will call local numbers from the package, and call relatives in Moscow at roaming rates.
Calls lasting up to 3 seconds are not charged. The rest of the package is checked with the command *100*1# .
After the limit is exhausted, you can communicate unlimitedly with MTS subscribers in your home region. Calls outside the package and in different situations are paid for:
| Call, direction | Cost per minute, rub. |
| For non-MTS subscribers in their region | 2 |
| To MTS phones in Russia | 2 |
| To numbers of other operators around the country | 14 |
| To the near abroad | 35 |
| To Europe | 49 |
| To America, Asia, Africa | 70 |
| When roaming in Russia to numbers in your region of residence | 2 |
| When roaming within the Russian Federation to phones in other regions | 5,5 |
| Incoming calls in domestic Russian roaming | 5.5 (0 from local numbers) |
| Calls to Russia while traveling around the world | 85 |
| Incoming calls in international roaming | 85 |
“Home package” costs 15 rubles. per day, and money is debited only if you receive or receive calls or send SMS. Fee for “Home package +” is 100 rubles. per month. To save money when traveling abroad, choose “” or “Zero without borders”.
Unused minutes for everyone are not carried over to the next month.
Internet
The tariff includes 2 GB of traffic, which is spent on all services, even when traveling around the country. Once exhausted, auto-renewal is activated in batches of 500 MB (maximum 15 times). Each costs 95 rubles. Additional megabytes are valid only in the home region.
The rest of the traffic is checked in the Personal Account, the application for mobile devices “My MTS” or in the i.mts.ru service. You will need authorization using a number (login) and password sent upon request.
Auto-renewal is not beneficial if the user wants to add more than 1 GB of traffic. The option can be disabled using the USSD combination *111*936# and use the turbo buttons. So, a 1 GB button costs 175 rubles, and 2 GB costs 300 rubles. (in Moscow).
The data transfer speed is artificially limited when using a SIM card on the Smart Mini in modems.
Messages
The monthly payment includes 350 SMS to all networks in the region of connection. Outside the limits and in other situations, messages are charged:
Unused messages are lost.
How to connect Smart mini
You can change the tariff to Smart Mini:
- in the subscriber’s Personal Account in the “Number Management” section, subsection “Actions with the number”;
- via an application for smartphones and tablets;
- using USSD command *111*1023# .
For the switch to take place correctly, you must have at least 400 rubles in your account. or a credit limit for a sufficient amount. The operation itself is free.
How to disable the tariff
You can disable the tariff, that is, change it to another, in the same ways:
- via LC;
- in the “My MTS” mobile application;
- using the command corresponding to the selected tariff.
Daily payment when connecting a new SIM card allows subscribers not only to evaluate their connection and Internet speed, but also to understand how many minutes, traffic and SMS they need per month, and what services are used most often. This will help you choose the right TP in the future.
The easiest way to assess your needs for communication services is to order a monthly breakdown. A detailed report will indicate how often the subscriber called and wrote messages, to which directions, how much traffic and what services were used. Detailing is free and is issued to the number owner at any MTS office. It is also recommended to activate monthly delivery of reports by e-mail in order to control your expenses and quickly identify problems, for example, monitor the connection of paid unnecessary options.
MTS tariffs of the “Smart” line are varied. Among the “Smart” tariff line from MTS, the first is the “Smart mini” tariff. It's convenient tariff plan with a very small amount (from 250 rubles) subscription fee. What is it and what opportunities does it give to the user? Next we offer full description"Smart mini" tariff.
Depending on the region of connection, the monthly subscription fee varies slightly. On average, this is 250 rubles per month in the regional tariffs of MTS Smart mini and 350 rubles for one month in the capital region. For this amount you get unlimited calls with MTS subscribers in your home region, a reserved amount of Internet traffic and SMS.
How are things going with minutes and traffic on the Smart mini? For those connected to Smart mini, the conditions in the main package of minutes and SMS/MMS are as follows:
If the threshold of 1000 minutes and 200 SMS/MMS is exceeded, then the cost becomes as follows:
In the capital's tariffs, these figures change slightly - 350 minutes for calls to MTS in other regions of Russia and a package of 350 SMS/MMS to subscribers in the home region. After exceeding the thresholds, the price of all services also starts to cost 2 rubles.
Cost: Internet traffic
As for the cost of Internet traffic, the main characteristics for those who switch to it are as follows:
Internet traffic volumes apply to all tariffs of all regions, but when you are in your home region. If you leave your home region with the Smart Mini tariff, MTS is valid when you activate the additional option “Smart at home everywhere.” Every additional package Internet traffic is connected automatically when the main volume of traffic is exhausted.
To switch the MTS Smart Mini tariff to a more economical spending mode and disable automatically connected additional Internet traffic packages, you can disable them yourself with a simple USSD command: *111*936# or personal account on the MTS website: https://login.mts.ru. Packages are connected using the same command.
The “Everywhere, like home Smart” option, in turn, is connected by USSD with the command: *111*1021#.
Additional Internet packages
How to connect the Internet if you still don’t have enough of it and with additional, automatically connected packages? You need to use the “Turbo button” or “Internet VIP” services offered for this line of tariffs. Data Information additional services ah is presented on the official MTS website. Payment for them and connection occurs in accordance with the terms of these additional services.
International calls and SMS
Today, a large number of people use the smart mini tariff on MTS. With its help you can get a small package of traffic, messages and minutes for calls home network and clients of the MTS company in Russia. Typically in demand this tariff among students, tourists and visiting residents.
As a rule, the tariff includes a package with Internet traffic of 500 MB, but in some regions this plan includes 1 GB.
In addition, there are 50 free messages that can be sent via home region, as well as unlimited communication with MTS clients in your region.
The tariff also includes 1000 minutes for calls with MTS subscribers in Russia. Clients can get all this for subscription fee at 200 rubles/month.
The tariff is quite favorable, since it has service packages and relatively low tariffs for calls and messages. In addition, it should be noted that the Internet package is not very large and includes only 500 MB, so after using up the main package, customers are given the opportunity to additionally connect traffic. This service is called internet smart mini, which allows you to get 500 MB for 50 rubles.
Not all subscribers need an additional Internet package, and some clients also want to turn off the tariff itself, since it is not as large as they would like. More details on how to disable smart mini on MTS will be discussed below.
Shutdown
To deactivate a tariff plan from mobile device you should just switch to another, more favorable tariff. To do this, use one of the following methods:
- Use a computer and go to the MTS company website, and then go to personal account. You must register and log in using your username ( mobile number) and password (received via SMS). Next, the subscriber will need to go through the section with tariffs and choose another one that will be more profitable. Click on the appropriate button to make the transition.
- Subscribers can also disconnect if they dial the combination * 111 # on the device. After the call, a menu will open where you can select another plan and switch to it using the prompts. The activated plan will be deactivated automatically.
- MTS employees can help with the transition. To do this, the subscriber has the opportunity to contact the MTS operator by short number 0890 or visit the nearest MTS communication store in the city. In both cases, it is important to have a passport with you so that employees can confirm the identity of the SIM card owner.
Many people ask the question of how to disable the smart mini service with the Internet, because this is a standard Internet package on the tariff.
There are also several methods that you can use to do this:
- Subscribers can disable the option if they use a special combination. On your mobile device you will need to dial the request * 111 * 936 #, and after entering, make a call and the voice menu will open. Since these are standard packages in the menu, you will need to go to step 2 and disable the option.
- You can also unsubscribe from the Internet through your personal account on the MTS website. The action is carried out by analogy with the description above.
- In case of difficulties, it is recommended to contact the specialists of the company’s company salon or call help desk. To call you should use a short phone number 0890 if the call is made from mobile mts or dial 88002500890 if the call will be made from another phone or even from a landline phone.
MTS company offers many tariff plans, each of which is designed for one or another target audience. The tariff called “Smart Mini” is quite popular. By switching to it, you will be required to make a mandatory monthly payment, in return for which you will receive included Internet traffic, hundreds of outgoing minutes and a certain number of SMS. This tariff plan from MTS is most often chosen by various segments of young people, as well as tourists visiting Russia.
Tariff "Smart Mini" from MTS: brief description
The presented tariff plan has a certain dependence on the region in which it will be used. It is this that is taken into account when calculating traffic (2 packages are available: 500 MB and 1 GB), the number of SMS and conversation minutes both in the home zone and in Russia. At the same time, the subscription fee is fixed and equal to only two hundred rubles per month.
Tariff "Smart Mini" from MTS: more details about connection
If you are tired of the current tariff plan and you think that Smart Mini suits you much better, then there are several ways to switch to it. We will cover everything, and you yourself choose the one that is most convenient. There are three options in total:
- Visit to the MTS branded salon and connect to the selected tariff.
- Authorization in your personal account on the operator’s official website and independent change of tariff plan.
- Sending a USSD request. The digital combination you need is *111*1023#
Attention! If you decide to change your tariff to Smart Mini by visiting an MTS office, be sure to take your passport with you.
Tariff plan "Smart Mini" from MTS: all about the cost of calls and SMS
As mentioned above, an MTS client who has chosen the presented tariff is required to pay a fee of 200 rubles every month. After funds are debited from your account, a certain amount of traffic, minutes and SMS will be credited to your number, which can be used while in your home zone. In this case, using the “Smart Mini” tariff plan, you will only have to pay additionally for certain services, for example, calls to other networks.
As for the cost of outgoing calls, as well as SMS in your home region, it will be zero on the Smart Mini tariff from MTS. If you need to call, say, a Beeline subscriber or landline phone, then one minute of conversation will cost you 1 ruble and 50 kopecks. After charging the monthly fee, you will receive 50 free SMS messages that can be sent to other MTS subscribers in your area. If the allowable quota is exhausted, then the cost of all subsequent text messages will be 2 rubles per piece.
Attention! The Smart Mini tariff gives you the right to subscribe to a profitable SMS package, which includes a hundred outgoing text messages. Its cost is 25 rubles, and its validity period is 30 days.
If we talk about the price for long-distance calls, then the described tariff is advantageous in that after removing the mandatory monthly fee, the user receives a thousand minutes. If the established limit is exhausted, then the cost of a minute will be 1 ruble and 50 kopecks. You can call other networks for 10 rubles per minute. As for sending text messages, an SMS to another network costs 3 rubles 80 kopecks, and an MMS costs 6 rubles 50 kopecks.
Using the Smart Mini tariff from MTS, you can make international calls. In this case, the cost depends on the country you will call. If it is European, then a minute of conversation will cost you 49 rubles; if not, then you will have to pay 70 rubles. It is much cheaper to communicate with subscribers from countries such as Moldova, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, because a minute of outgoing calls will make the account of the subscriber who chose the “Smart Mini” tariff poorer by only 29 rubles. Price international SMS to all countries is the same and amounts to 5 25 kopecks.
Tariff "Smart Mini" from MTS: all about Internet access
Each subscriber who chooses the presented tariff plan receives 500 MB of outgoing Internet traffic monthly. If this volume runs out, you can connect an additional package: another 500 MB by debiting only 50 rubles from your account. To do this, send a USSD request by dialing *111*936#.
Tariff "Smart Mini" from MTS: how to disable it?
Changing the described tariff plan to any other will not be difficult. You can do this in one of the following ways:
- By logging into your personal account on the official MTS website and making a change through the “Tariffs” section;
- By calling a support representative, who will change your tariff to another one in a matter of minutes.
- Contact number – 0890
- Using the USSD service *111#.
On at the moment MTS company organized a high-quality signal cellular communications throughout the entire territory of the state. Such a vast geography and favorable conditions contributed to enormous popularity among consumers. The provider can offer a significant number of interesting tariff plans that will suit subscribers with any requests and requirements. One of these contracts, which has already become a classic, is “Smart Mini from MTS”.
Tariff description
This offer is perfect for users who have just switched to MTS service or started communicating via mobile network. Everything you need for quality communication is here. According to its characteristics, it can offer all the conditions for comfortable communication without additional costs. In addition, Smart Mini has many advantages and functionality:
- Unlimited communication via the internal network not only in the region of registration, but throughout the Russian Federation.
- All incoming calls are free.
- Payment is made based on a fixed subscription fee.
- For a low cost, the consumer receives 1000 minutes for conversations with MTS subscribers, 200 SMS messages to all numbers within the registration area and network traffic of 1 gigabyte per month.
- The tariff allows the activation of many additional services to increase the efficiency and efficiency of the mobile device.
- Available for installation to every citizen throughout the Russian Federation, but it is not available in all regions. Find out detailed information from your regional representative.
- Each consumer can participate in bonus program, accumulate points and spend them on useful gifts and discounts on services.
This contract is an excellent choice for lovers of voice communication. The volume of the package is enough for unlimited negotiations during the billing period.
Cost of services
For this tariff plan, a monthly payment is established, the amount of which is 200 rubles. Data cash are debited from the balance of the consumer’s personal account during the transition to service. If at the time of payment you cannot pay for the service in full, then the packages of free minutes and traffic become unavailable. The contract is suspended until the debt is repaid.
The subscription fee for Smart Mini will differ from the initial one due to installed additional options. Next, we will consider in detail the features of calculating the main characteristics of cellular communications.
Calls
As soon as you have installed a contract on your mobile device, you receive a package of free 1000 minutes, which are valid throughout Russia, but only for MTS subscriber numbers. The consumer can travel and spend virtually no money on mobile communications. The recruitment conditions do not include negotiations with contacts of other providers. They also do not apply to short service and landline phone numbers. If you do not use the full set of minutes within the estimated period, they will automatically expire.
A situation often occurs when the user does not have enough gigabytes. Once the limit is exceeded, the following conditions apply:
- All incoming calls are free.
- Outgoing calls within your home region via the internal network are provided free of charge. The user can communicate unlimitedly with MTS clients. Calls to numbers of other providers will cost 1.5 rubles per minute.
- Outside the registration area within the network - 2 rubles per minute, in other directions it costs 12 rubles.
- International calls cost 35 rubles for the CIS, 49 rubles for European countries and 70 rubles for all others.
To improve conditions, you can always activate additional options when roaming in Russia and the world.
SMS and MMS
As part of the provided tariff plan from MTS, each consumer receives a package of free 200 SMS in exchange for a subscription fee. The amount is updated every month on the day the contract is connected, and balances from the previous period are not carried over to the new term. They are valid only in the region where the contract was signed. Outside of it, the cost of one shipment will be 2.80 rubles to any phone numbers. If you go beyond the established tariff limits, the cost of correspondence in your home area will be 1.50 rubles. Text communication with other countries will cost 5.25 rubles apiece. If necessary, you can always extend or expand the standard package using special functions (SMS Package).
In addition to simple text correspondence, an MTS consumer can exchange photographs, pictures and postcards via MMS services. The attachment size is 500 kilobytes. Without an access point and configured Internet on your mobile device, the multimedia sending function does not work. The cost of one shipment is the same for all the provider’s offers and is 9.90 rubles.
Internet
Unfortunately, Smart mini cannot provide the consumer with a large amount of traffic. The package size is only 1 gigabyte, this volume is only enough for correspondence and viewing information in the network space. To watch videos and listen to music, as well as download large files, you will need to activate special Internet options, for example “+Internet” or “Turbo button”. All unspent gigabytes expire at the end of the term.
If you do not want to install any services, then after the end of the traffic you will be offered to receive an additional 500 megabytes for 75 rubles. If necessary, you can use it up to 15 times a month. Once completely consumed, access to network resources is terminated. If you do not need an extension, enter the encoding *111*936# and the cost of one downloaded megabyte will be 9.90 rubles. To always be aware of your available balance, check it using the combination *100*1#.
Starting contract services
If you purchase a SIM card with the “Smart mini” tariff plan installed on it, then you will receive a certain set of functions included. They are aimed at improving and simplifying mobile communications. You can check their availability in the consumer’s personal account or request information from an official representative. The list contains the following names:
- Caller ID. At every incoming call the mobile device display will display all contact information about the calling interlocutor, even if the number is hidden.
- After connecting, the consumer receives 60 days free use“Gudok” service, which allows you to install any musical compositions instead of the standard melody. After the trial period ends, the option stops working.
- Call forwarding. All incoming calls will be redirected to another contact phone number that you specified in the settings when connecting this option.
- International access. This is a basic service that must be installed before traveling to another country on vacation. Without it you will not be able to use it abroad.
- Bit abroad. For 450 rubles per day you get unlimited access to the Internet even abroad.
- Holding and waiting. Allows you to communicate with several users at once, with one of them waiting on the line, and you talking to the other.
- Mobile assistant. A service that can replace a personal account. Just enter *111# and you will find yourself in the main menu of the service.
How to connect/deactivate a tariff
If you are satisfied with the terms of provision and the main features of the name, then it’s time to switch to the tariff. To do this you will need to use one of the algorithms below:
- Dial USSD code - *111*1023*1#. After this, a notification from your mobile operator will be sent to your number.
- Contact the customer support center 0890. Stay on the line, listen to the automatic informant's suggestions or wait for a response from a specialist. Explain the whole situation to him and ask him to transfer you to a new contract.
- Contact a mobile phone store. Ask sellers to switch to the tariff. You must have your passport with you.
- Log in to your personal account using your account. In the main window of the service you will see all the main controls and current information on current time state of balance and balances. Go to the “number management” section, a list of active names will open in front of you. Select the one you need and turn it on. To work in your personal account, an Internet connection is required.
- You can do the same thing using mobile application“My MTS”, which you can easily find on any website with software for smartphones. After authorization, open the tariff plans tab and find “Smart Mini” in the list.
- Use the mobile assistant, dial *111# and follow all the tips and instructions that appear on your display.
In fact, it is impossible to disable the tariff plan; you can only switch to another offer, thereby interrupting the service of the old one. And to activate a new contract, you can use standard installation methods.
Compatible Options
Each consumer can assemble their ideal “Smart Mini” contract by adding additional services for the Internet, voice communication or text messaging. According to the standard, such options represent data packets of a certain size.
Package of minutes
For a fixed monthly fee, the user receives 1000 minutes on MTS throughout the country. If you do not have enough volume, then it is impossible to activate the renewal, because the provider does not implement such services.
Message package
200 letters, which are provided under the terms of the contract, are not enough for everyone for a month. Therefore, there is a need to expand the standard set. For such purposes you can use special functions from the phone. Currently there are two types:
- With monthly payment:
- With one-time payment:
Internet package
The size of the traffic according to the original terms of the contract is quite small and allows only correspondence. To download larger files, you will need to install the “+Internet” service. After connecting, every month, the selected amount of traffic will be added to the main one, the cost will also be total. There are several dimensions within this option:
- 3 gigabytes for 300 rubles. Connection command *111*1417*1# .
- 5 GB, 400 rubles. *111*1517*1# .
- 10 GB, 500 rub. *111*1617*1# .
- 20 GB, 600 rub. *111*1817*1# .
Or you can extend the Internet by clicking on the “Turbo button”. It is divided into three directions - for a smartphone, tablet or modem. We'll look at the first category.
