Kyiv mobile and telephone
You have several options to
make international calls
from Kiev. One of these
options is using public
phones. In order to use a
public phone, you need a
phone card that can be
purchased at any postal
office and some stores. Long
distance calls in Ukraine
are operated by Ukrainian
Telecommunications, or
shortly Utel. Utel
telephones are located in
the city's major hotels,
restaurants, stores and
other places. Visitors to
Kiev can also buy a cellular
phone with a SIM card and
use it for both domestic and
international calls. If you
stay at a hotel you can make
international calls from
there. As a rule, such calls
are much more expensive Kiev
than using a phone card.
However, it is better to ask
a receptionist about the
procedure and fee for
service that can vary from
$7 to $15 per minute.
Another option you can use,
only provided that your
telepKiev has a tone dial,
is IP telephony cards, which
are very popular and can be
bought almost in every
stall. IP telephony cards
are also sold in postal
offices throughout the city.
To call with such cards is a
much cheaper option.
Dialing rules
To call from another country or
mobile phone to Kiev you dial
+38044 XXXXXXX.
To call from another city of
Ukraine from public call-box or
standard phone dial 11 digits -
8044 XXXXXXX.
When you are in Kiev you can
call abroad by dialing
8-10-country code-city
code-phone number(wait for Kiev
continuous signal after dialing
8).
You can visit
to get more information about
the procedure of placing a call.
Mobile
Mobil, or cell telephones, in
Ukraine are not like they are
back home. Most people here have
them but can not afford mobile
telephones and it is extremely
important that you know how the
system works here before you
make a purchase of a telephone
in Kiev Ukraine.
There are three
mobile phone operators in the
city:
UMC
http://www.sim-sim.com/eng/news.htm
- most stable network.
Jeans
http://www.jeans.net.ua/ukr/
(the site only in Ukrainian)
- cheapest prices, 1
UHR($0.19)/min for calls to
mobiles, 2.50 UHR($0.48)/min
to standard phones. Super
Jeans package offers calls
to any phone in Ukraine for
1.25 UHR per minute ($0.24).
Kyivstar
http://www.kyivstar.net/site.php/en
In October 2003 all mobile
telephone incoming calls became
free. This is very important
because your Ukrainian friends
probably can not afford to make
a call but will be very happy to
receive a call from you.
Outgoing tariffs are around
$0.25 per minute but can be as
little as $0.10 if you call the
same phone company as you use.
Please see details at sites of
the companies.
Vouchers can be bought in any
supermarket.
You can send
free SMS to mobiles using the
following URLs:
+38050 XXXXXXX
-
http://www.sim-sim.com/eng/sms.htm
+38066 XXXXXXX
-
+38067 XXXXXXX -
http://www.kyivstar.net/en/sms/
Public
call-boxeKieveasily found in the
center of the city but they are
rarer at the outskirts.
