The company Mobile TeleSystems offers one of the largest GSM 900/1800 coverage area in the territory of Moscow, the Moscow Region and some other regions of Russia.
MTS services are available for you if your mobile service provider has a roaming agreement with MTS and you are subscribed to the roaming service. You can ascertain in the Help Desk of your mobile service provider whether these conditions have been met.

How to choose the MTS network

You will find the list of available networks in the menu of your mobile phone. Choose the MTS network (possible names on display: MTS, MTS-RUS, RUS-MTS, RUS-01, etc., network code 25001).

We recommend you program the MTS network on your SIM card as the preferable network so that in the future your phone will choose the MTS network automatically.

How to make a call from the MTS network

To Moscow numbers (including MTS subscribers with Moscow city numbers):
8495ххххххх or +7495ххххххх

To MTS “federal” numbers:
8910ххххххх or+7910ххххххх; 8916ххххххх or+7916ххххххх; 8917xxxxxxx or +7917xxxxxxx.

To Russian cities:
8_area code_number or +7_area code_number (in the last case the area code should not begin with “2”)

Abroad:
+_country code_area code_number or 810_country code_area code_number

Rate

You can obtain full information about call prices when roaming in the MTS network from your mobile service provider. MTS has no information regarding the price of calls that you make when roaming in the MTS network.

Value added services

The following services are available to visitors in the MTS network:

• Telephony (voice transmission)
• Data transmission (9 600 bit/s)
• Fax transmission (group 3)
• Data transmission (GPRS)
• Mobile-originated SMS (SMS-MO)
• Mobile terminated SMS (SMS-MT)
• Mobile originated MMS
• Mobile terminated MMS
• Call waiting/call holding
• Call forwarding
• Call barring
• Calling Line Identification Presentation (CLIP)
• Calling Line Identity Restriction (CLIR)