• The most important information for guests of mobile operator UMC is gathered in this chapter.
  
  
• Useful advice, important information about peculiarities of using mobile connection in Ukraine and more will make your stay in our country pleasant and more comfortable.
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• How to call within Ukraine and abroad.
• Mobile Internet for guest subscribers.
• General information about Ukraine.
• Short numbers for visitors.

Chose UA.UMC network

• When you arrive to Ukraine, choose UMC network if it hasn’t been selected automatically.
  
  
• You will see one of the following codes on your phone screen:

Users of telephones GSM
UKR 01
UMC
UMC UA
255 01

• For more information to choose a network, please, check “User’s Guide” in your mobile phone.

Useful information for visitors

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• Declare your mobile phone at Ukrainian customs.
• Make sure that your mobile can work in GSM 900 network.
• Program all numbers in your mobile memory-book in international format.
• Your domestic operator will charge you for using UMC network.
• Ask your domestic operator about prices in roaming.  
• You pay for incoming and outgoing calls while using UMC network.
• If the UMC Service Center operators are unable to answer your question, they will help you to contact your domestic Informational Service.
  
  
• WAP Navigation service – an important tourist information!
  
  
• Tourist’s Guide can be useful when you choose UMC and use WAP service (Russian version) http://wap.umc.ua/navigatsia
  
  
• Using WAP service at this address (your mobile phone provides detailed information on how to upload the address and to use WAP in general), you can receive necessary information about the main roads of Ukraine, plan you route, find the necessary objects, streets, famous places and cultural sightseeing in Kyiv as well as in other big cities of Ukraine. UMC wishes you a pleasant journey!

How to Call Within Ukraine and Abroad  

• Outgoing call within Ukraine.
  
  
• You came to Ukraine, choose UMC network and wish to call a subscriber who has local telephone number – dial a number in international format (the price is the same as for the local call within Ukraine ).
  
  
• For subscribers of GSM standard: + < country code > < area code or network code within Ukraine without zero in front > < phone number >
  
  
• For example, in order to call Odesa, Ukraine, dial +380 482 ХХХ ХХХ, which is:
• + is a sign which is used in mobile telephones of GSM standard to substitute access code from any country;
• 380  – international code of Ukraine;
• 482 – code of Odesa;
• ХХХ ХХХ – telephone number of a subscriber.
  
  
• Contact your domestic operator to find out about the prices for roaming calls within Ukraine.

Outgoing calls abroad – international call

• You came to Ukraine, choose UMC network and wish to call a subscriber who is not in Ukraine – dial a number in international format (the price is the same as for the local call within Ukraine).
  
  
• For subscribers of GSM standard: + < country code > < area code or network code > < phone number >
  
  
• For example, in order to call San-Francisco, dial +1 415 ХХХ ХХ ХХ, which is:
• + is a sign which is used in mobile telephones of GSM standard to substitute access code from any country;
• 1  – code of USA;
• 415 – code of San-Francisco;
• ХХХ ХХ ХХ – telephone number of a subscriber.
  
  
• Contact your domestic operator to find out about the prices for roaming calls out of Ukraine.
  

We wish you a pleasant stay in Ukraine and in UMC network!

General Information about Ukraine

• Ukraine occupies 603,7 thousands square kilometers and it is the second biggest state in Europe after Russia. Its population is almost 50 million people which is a little less than in France.
  
  
• The main cities: Kyiv – the capital, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa.
  
  
• Official language: Ukrainian, although Russian language is mostly used in business.
  
  
• Ukraine with its strategically profitable geographical location is situates at the cross-road between Europe and Asia. Its neighbors:
• Byelorussia at the North;
• Russian Federation at the East;
• Moldova and Romania at the Southern West;
• Hungary, Slovakia and Poland at the West.
  
  
• Black and Azov Sea wash Ukraine at the South.
• Ukraine consists of  24 oblasts;
• 2 cities which have a special status (Kyiv and Sebastopol);
• 1 autonomous republic of Crimea.
  
  
• The majority of population of Ukraine lives in cities.

We wish you a pleasant stay in Ukraine and in UMC network!

Mobile Internet for Guest Subscribers

• You came to Ukraine, use mobile services of UMC company and wish to have a mobile access to Internet, Intranet and e-mail using smart phone or a regular mobile phone connected to PC? No problem – service Mobile Internet from UMC will help you!

Mobile Internet – comfortable and mobile!