Buy & Sell Bulgaria Insight Newsletter

Reviewed by Diana Georgieva

Q: I’d like to get some tips for making phone calls while in Bulgaria
A: : One of the options is to make calls from your own UK mobile number which as well as being the most convenient way, is the most expensive too. In order to use your UK number in Bulgaria, you need to have the clearance service switched on by your provider. But then keep in mind that every call you make will be charged at double fee units as you will be using the networks of both your UK, and the Bulgarian local provider.

You can take advantage of some preferable conditions only if you’re a Vodafone subscriber, as the company signed a partnership agreement with the Bulgarian company Mtel. It envisages lower roaming prices for customers of the two telecoms, lower prices of mobile phones and high-speed transfer of data via mobile phones. The contract is part of the strategic partnership between Vodafone and Mobiltel owner Telekom Austria, which dates back from 2003.

However, you will most probably not be able to recognize the different Bulgarian providers’ prefixes, or maybe you simply don’t have a Vodafone number. So, my advice is to buy a Bulgarian SIM-card with prepaid minutes from any of the local telecoms (for your information there are 3 mobile companies operating on the Bulgarian market - Globul, Mtel and Vivatel). This way you will be charged only for an international call when calling the UK and pay a very favorable price for your Bulgarian calls.

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