{"id":498605,"date":"2025-11-26T12:41:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=498605"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:02:36","slug":"mts-and-a1-introduced-option-to-disable-blocking-in-russian-roaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/mts-and-a1-introduced-option-to-disable-blocking-in-russian-roaming","title":{"rendered":"MTS and A1 Introduced Option to Disable Blocking in Russian Roaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarusian mobile operators MTS and A1 reported that together with their Russian partners they have implemented a mechanism for lifting roaming blocks. Since 6 October in Russia, data transmission and SMS sending have been blocked for 24 hours after registering in roaming.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;After connecting to the network of a Russian operator, an SMS message with a special link is automatically sent to the subscriber\u2019s number. To lift the block, it is necessary to complete verification by entering a check code (captcha). This procedure allows you to stay connected while traveling in Russia without waiting for the cooling-off period to end,&#8221;<\/i> MTS said in its statement.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;To unblock the SIM card, immediately after registering in the network of a Russian operator you will receive an SMS with instructions and a link to complete verification using a captcha. To pass verification, you need to enable data transmission on your SIM card while in roaming and follow the instructions. After successful verification, data and SMS services are activated within a few minutes,&#8221;<\/i> A1 explained.<\/p>\n<p>A1 noted that captcha verification for Belarusian numbers is already operational in the Megafon network. With MTS, Beeline, and T2 operators, the function is still in the testing phase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian mobile operators MTS and A1 reported that together with their Russian partners they have implemented a mechanism for lifting roaming blocks. Since 6 October in Russia, data transmission and SMS sending have been blocked for 24 hours after registering in roaming. &#8220;After connecting to the network of a Russian operator, an SMS message with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":498604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6926d04231f79.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"MTS and A1 Introduced Option to Disable Blocking in Russian Roaming"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}