How to buy a SIM in White Russia?

Effendi · 26-04-2010, 08:43

It's not a big problem to buy a prepaid in Minsk, there's plenty of official shops by Velcom, MTS and Life. You need the passport with VISA (otherwise you don't even enter the country) and registration. Just prepare to speak some Russian and to wait, wait and wait... big bureocracy there, but things work. To refill I used to go to banks...

9eor9 · 26-04-2010, 19:02

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Do you recommend one company especially?
Can SIMs of all companies be recharged in a bank?
What is the advantage of doing it there?

Thx

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Effendi (Offline) The great Dictator! Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,487 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Trieste/Trst Country:	26-04-2010, 08:43 It's not a big problem to buy a prepaid in Minsk, there's plenty of official shops by Velcom, MTS and Life. You need the passport with VISA (otherwise you don't even enter the country) and registration. Just prepare to speak some Russian and to wait, wait and wait... big bureocracy there, but things work. To refill I used to go to banks... Working Prepaids: IT: Wind, Vodafone IT, UNO Mobile; SM: Prima; UK: 3, Virgin; INT: TravelSIM, Truphone. Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim

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9eor9 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 223 Join Date: 10 Apr 2009 Country:	26-04-2010, 19:02 . Do you recommend one company especially? Can SIMs of all companies be recharged in a bank? What is the advantage of doing it there? Thx Last edited by 9eor9; 26-04-2010 at 19:25..