Everyone knows that the Crimean Peninsula after the referendum held on March 16, 2014, became part of the Russian Federation. The peninsula had to undergo many global changes. We still have to rebuild … Communication is one of the main aspects. Transformations at this level are especially sensitive.
Connection with Russian Sevastopol and Crimea
New dialing codes are already in effect in Crimea. To call the Crimeans, you need to dial the general code and phone number of the subscriber. A call from a landline phone is made through the code 8-365, and from a mobile phone +7-365. But if we talk about how to call Sevastopol, then it should be noted that another code is valid here - 869. Instead of six digits, now you need to enter seven.
The postal coordinates have also changed. We are talking about indices: a deuce at the beginning was added to the previous combination of numbers. If the code was, say, 12345, then now it is 212345.
Disconnection
On the morning of August 6, Sevastopol residents could not get through to anyone - the cellular signal was lost. But the problems began the day before:there were problems making calls, it was possible to send only an SMS message. For many residents, the connection was not disconnected, but only emergency calls were made. Many callers heard on the other end of the phone that the subscriber was not registered on the network.
It's easy to guess that anxious people rushed to the services in the morning in order to buy a Russian SIM-card and created a full house in queues. Surprisingly, everyone was warned in advance that the connection would be turned off. Many switched to a Russian operator at the beginning of the summer, when the cards were just delivered. Some naively believed that their current numbers would take on a different form (combination +7 instead of +380), but no one thought that this was impossible for technical reasons.
Own operator - myth or reality?
It is worth noting an interesting fact. At the end of May, Acting Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov said that the authorities of the peninsula were considering the possibility that their own mobile operator would appear in Crimea. More precisely, a plan was being prepared to implement this undertaking. This idea could be successful, since the entire peninsula's mobile communications market is approximately three million people. But one thing can be said with certainty: Crimea will not be left without a connection, and you don’t have to worry about how to call Sevastopol - the problem has already been resolved.
Russian mobile systems in the hero city
You can call Sevastopol from Russia from any number, but you need to clarify something. On the peninsulaSo far there is only one tariff. Now residents are spontaneously buying MTS cards. The tariff is very favorable: the account already has 50 rubles, the card costs the same. Virtually free! By the way, you can buy ten SIM cards for one passport. Calls within the Crimea and in the cities of the Krasnodar Territory are absolutely free, if the total duration of the call does not exceed 20 minutes. If the subscriber says more, then 1.5 rubles are deducted from his account, which means that you can talk for a hundred minutes. In the event that a hundred minutes are spent, 3 rubles will be debited, and the number of minutes will double.
Calling to Sevastopol from Moscow is more expensive, because the distance between the cities is rather big. 3 rubles per minute - this is the tariff plan. Touching upon the question of how to call Sevastopol, it is worth noting that if the subscriber has a different tariff, then the price per call will be more than 9 rubles per minute. But due to the location of the regions, this is quite justified.
In general, calls to Sevastopol from Russia are made in the same way as to other cities: dial +7, and then the subscriber's number. For most Crimeans, numbers begin with +797, which can be considered a distinctive feature of the Crimean connection.
Special Services
If we talk about how to call Sevastopol, then it should be noted that MTS offers a profitable service called "Free calls to MTS Russia 100". After its activation, the subscriber will be credited with 200 minutes. This number of minutes will come to the number daily. Of these, one hundred will go to calls onKrasnodar Territory, Sevastopol and Crimea, and another hundred - for calls to other Russian regions. The subscription fee is 1.5 rubles per day. A month comes out 45 rubles, not so much, agree? For comparison: earlier, 25 days of using the Super-MTS Ukraine package cost 40 hryvnias. If translated into rubles, it came out to about 120 rubles, and this is two and a half months of using the tariff "Calls free of charge to MTS Russia 100".
It is not surprising that the subscribers, who had previously been indignant at the high cost of Russian communications, were satisfied. True, some still cannot figure out the tariff plan, but if you don’t want to spend a lot of money, then you can turn off some services for which funds will not be withdrawn. In general, both the quality of communication and the prices that are set for this service are quite satisfactory for Crimeans.
