Price: $58.95 You'll need a GSM Phone to go with this card!

The prepaid SIM card for Russia is easily the least expensive solution for making and receiving cellular phone calls while you are in Russia. Low rates for incoming and outgoing calls, as outlined below. And since these cellular phone cards are prepaid, there is no need for a contract.

Having a cellular phones while traveling internationally is indispensable in terms of security and convenience, and with a prepaid Russia SIM card, it is now also affordable! We also offer other overseas destinations. Click here to view our complete list of prepaid SIM cards!

Features:

• Low rates for incoming calls!
• The Megafone Russia prepaid SIM card for your cell phone
• $10.00 starter airtime credit
• A local cell phone number in Russia
• Voicemail
• Call 150 countries for $0.69/minute
• SMS (text messaging)
• WAP
• GPRS
• No yearly contract, monthly charges or credit check

note: Country specific SIM cards can only be used with GSM cellular phones. You will need to rent or purchase one of our unlocked GSM phones designed for overseas use. For the Russia SIM cards, you will need a GSM phone with 1800 MHz compatibility.

Call from the US to your Overseas SIM CARD number at SUPER-LOW RATES with International Calling!

SIM cards that are opened are non-refundable.

Package Deals:

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*These phones will also work with all of the other SIM cards we sell. See all our SIM Cards

Activating Your Service:

Your Russia mobile phone number is printed on the white label affixed to the envelope containing the Russia SIM card. It may also be found at the top of your welcome letter affixed to the SIM card and begins +7 926.

To start using your service simply:

• Travel to Russia
• Set your cell phone to the GSM 900/1800 frequency
• Be sure the battery on your international cell phone is charged
• Insert the Russia SIM chip into the cellular phone
• Turn on your phone
• Enter PIN1 code*
• Start calling

*Your Russia SIM card requires a 4-digit PIN code which can be found under the black tab located under the Russia SIM card. The PUK is only required to unblock you phone if you enter in a PIN code incorrectly. Follow your cell phone manual instructions to correctly use the PUK to unblock your phone.

Customer service for your Russia Megafone prepaid SIM card is available 24 hr./day by dialing 555 at any time from your Russia cellular phone or 507 7777 from a fixed line.

When calling overseas from the United States to your Russia cellular phone number callers will need to dial 011 followed by the country code 7 and then your Russia cell phone number 926... To call abroad from your Russia cell phone simply dial 00 (or '+') followed by the country code and phone number.

Helpful Phone Numbers

• 01 - Fire (free)
• 02 - Police (free)
• 03 - Ambulance (free)
• 500 - MegaFon Moscow Customer Service (free)
• 6868 - automatic answering system about reference numbers (free)
• 6333 - Informtel express reference (paid service)
• 6116 - Taxi-club (paid service)
• 6111 - Medical assistance (paid service)
• 6161 - Medical advisory service (paid service)

Adding Talk Time:

Your SIM card includes an initial airtime credit voucher code of $10.00, which you may load once you arrive in Russia. Additional credit is available through the purchase of airtime vouchers, also called reload codes (not another SIM card), in Russia. These airtime vouchers are available in the following denominations:

• $5
• $10
• $20
• $50

Simply scratch off the gray protective layer to reveal your voucher code. When punched into the keypad of your international cell phone the voucher code will credit your SIM card the respective dollar denomination you purchased.

Airtime vouchers are available locally, in Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Caucasus region), at local Tabac shops, convenience stores, Megafone shops and authorized dealers.

Remember: Do not purchase another SIM card when your airtime credit is depleted! Your only need a recharge voucher! And your incoming calls are always free even when you run out of airtime.

Rates:

The domestic rates are listed in 2 sections for your prepaid Megafone Lite Russia SIM card. The first section is for calls placed while you are in Moscow and the 2nd section is for calls placed while traveling outside of the Moscow region (St. Petersburg as a an example) but within Russia. All calls from your SIM card are rated per minute.

Russia Domestic Rates while IN MOSCOW City Region (per minute)
Call Type	Call Rate
Incoming Calls - From MegaFon-Moscow network numbers and federal numbers subscribed to BeeLine, MTS and MSS Moscow networks (926 area code)	$0.01
All other incoming calls (including international)	$0.09
Outgoing calls - To MegaFon-Moscow network numbers and federal numbers subscribed to BeeLine, MTS and MSS Moscow networks (926 area code)	$0.03
All other outgoing calls	$0.19
Incoming SMS	FREE
Outgoing SMS	$.03/msg
Check account balance and voicemail	FREE
WAP	$0.12

Now if you're going to be traveling outside of the Moscow region (domestic roaming), like St. Petersburg as an example, then your airtime rates with your SIM card will be as follows:

Russia Domestic Rates while ROAMING IN Russia (per minute)
Call Type	Call Rate
Incoming Calls	$0.30
Outgoing Calls	$0.30
Incoming SMS	FREE
Outgoing SMS	$.07/msg

Note: The first 5 seconds of all calls while roaming outside of Russia are FREE.

Making International calls from your world cell phone has never been easier with your prepaid Russia SIM card. All rates are per minute for international outgoing calls from a Russia prepaid SIM card within Russia. Like the domestic rates there are 2 sections for the international rates. The first section is for calls placed while you are in Moscow and the 2nd section is for calls placed while traveling outside of the Moscow region (St. Petersburg as a an example) but within Russia. All calls from your SIM card are rated per minute.

Russia International Rates inside the Moscow Region (per minute)
Country	Rate
USA/Canada	$0.69
Europe	$0.69
Australia/NZ	$0.69
Japan	$0.69

Now if you're going to be traveling outside of the Moscow region, then your airtime rates with your SIM card will be as follows:

Russia International Rates outside the Moscow Region (per minute)
Country	Rate
USA/Canada	$3.00
Europe	$3.00
Australia/NZ	$3.60
Japan	$3.60

GPRS High Speed Data:

If you plan on doping any data transmission in Russia GPRS is a high-speed data service available to Megafone prepaid Russia SIM subscribers. A GPRS compatible phone is required and the rate is $1.77 per 3Mb of data transmitted.

GPRS is also available while roaming in Russia outside of Moscow for $0.13/100Kb

Service Life:

As long as you maintain a balance on the Russia SIM card it will never expire. However if you account reached 0 (zero) balance then you must recharge your account within 30 days or your Mobile phone number will be recycled and any remaining airtime credit will be forfeit. To get connected again you will be required to purchase another SIM card.

Coverage:

Cellular coverage in Russia is excellent, far exceeding typical cellular coverage in the US.

Country Codes
Afghanistan 93 Albania 355 Algeria 213 Andorra 376 Anguilla 1264 Antigua & Barbuda 1268 Argentina 54 Armenia 374 Australia 61 Austria 43 Azerbaijan 994 Bahamas 1242 Bahrain 973 Bangladesh 880 Barbados 1246 Belarus 375 Belgium 32 Bermuda 1441 Bosnia Herzegovina 387 Botswana 267 Brazil 55 Brunei 673 Bulgaria 359 Burundi 257 Cambodia 855 Cameroon 237 Canada 1 Cape Verde 238 Cayman Islands 1345 Chile 56 China 86 Columbia 57 Congo 242 Croatia 385 Cuba 53 Cyprus (North) 90392 Cyprus (South) 357 Czech Republic 420 Denmark 45 Dominica 1767 Dominican Republic 1809 Egypt 20 El Salvador 503 Equatorial Guinea 240 Estonia 372 Falkland Islands 500 Faroe Islands 298 Fiji 679 Finland 358 France 33 Georgia 995 Germany 49 Gibraltar 350 Greece 30 Greenland 299	Grenada 1473 Guadeloupe 590 Guam 1671 Haiti 509 Hong Kong 852 Hungary 36 Iceland 354 India 91 Indonesia 62 Iran 98 Iraq 964 Ireland 353 Israel 972 Italy 39 Ivory Coast 225 Jamaica 1876 Japan 81 Jordan 962 Kazakhstan 7 Kenya 254 Korea (North) 850 Korea (South) 82 Kuwait 965 Kyrgyz Republic 996 Latvia 371 Lebanon 961 Lesotho 266 Libya 218 Liechtenstein 423 Lithuania 370 Luxembourg 352 Macau 853 Macedonia 389 Madagascar 261 Malawi 265 Malaysia 60 Maldives 960 Malta 356 Mauritius 230 Mexico 52 Moldova 373 Monaco 377 Mongolia 976 Montserrat 1664 Morocco 212 Mozambique 258 Myanmar (Burma) 95 Namibia 264 Nepal 977 Netherlands 31 New Zealand 64 Nigeria 234 Norway 47 Oman 968 Pakistan 92	Paraguay 595 Peru 51 Philippines 63 Poland 48 Portugal 351 Puerto Rico 1787 Qatar 974 Reunion 262 Romania 40 Russia 7 Rwanda 250 San Marino 378 Saudi Arabia 966 Senegal 221 Serbia & Montenegro 381 Seychelles 248 Singapore 65 Slovakia 421 Slovenia 386 South Africa 27 Spain 34 Sri Lanka 94 St.Kitts & Nevis 1869 St.Lucia 1758 St.Vincent & Grenadines 1784 Sudan 249 Suriname 597 Swaziland 268 Sweden 46 Switzerland 41 Syria 963 Taiwan 886 Tanzania 255 Thailand 66 Togo 228 Tonga 676 Trinidad & Tobago 1868 Tunisia 216 Turkey 90 Turkmenistan 993 Turks & Caicos Islands 1649 Uganda 256 Ukraine 380 United Arab Emirates 971 United Kingdom 44 USA 1 Uzbekistan 998 Venezuela 582 Vietnam 84 Virgin Islands (British) 1284 Virgin Islands (US) 1340 Yemen 967 Zambia 260 Zimbabwe 263