Serbia is not the EU member and you can expect roaming charges which are high especially for data. In order to avoid roaming charges you can use WiFi which is available for free in most of the coffee places, Naxis Taxi vehicles, WCEU venues and every park in the city center.
If you need to be online 24/7, we suggest buying one of the SIM cards for tourists or shorter stay.
Mobile operators
There are three big mobile operators and one minor. While Telenor and MTS have a very good coverage, you might experience slight issues and lower quality connection with VIP Mobile and the minor operator Globaltel.
Be careful! Though you can buy your local SIM card immediately after landing on Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport we recommend to not get it there as we heard some shops will sell you a 20€ SIM card instead.
We recommend buying your tourist SIM card in any Kiosk you can find in the city.
Here are the packages that can be interesting to you from each operator.
Telenor
Prepaid Internet Tourist package
We highly suggest Telenor because of the quality and reliability. Choose prepaid Internet Tourist package which contains a SIM card and promotional 10 GB at the price of 545 RSD (less than 5 EUR) with included VAT. As part of Telenor Prepaid Internet Tourist package, you will get a prepaid Internet card with 10 GB of free traffic which you can use within 15 days from the package activation.
If you use up the free traffic before these 15 days expire, you can recharge with one of the Internet top-ups or tariff add-ons or continue surfing from credit for the price of 1 RSD per 1 MB.
MTS
MTS is the second biggest operator in Serbia. With Super Tourist SIM prepaid you will feel like home, because it gives you 10 GB of the fastest Internet, 30 minutes for international calls and 120 minutes of mts mobile network calls. Package price: 1.800 RSD (around 15 EUR).
VIP Mobile
VIP is the third by size and the number of users in Serbia and they have a prepaid package created for all your Internet needs while you’re in Serbia.
- 10 GB for Internet traffic
- Unlimited Internet for Viber, Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp
- Valid for 14 days, in national traffic and its price is 990 RSD (around 8 EUR).
Globaltel
Globaltel is virtual operator renting infrastructure from other operators and they are focused on Data and younger generations. Prepaid package with initial 4 GB of internet and additional 4 GB if you install the Globaltel APP and connect it to the SIM card. The price is 750 RSD (6,5 EUR) and you will also have 50 RSD for local messaging and calls which is not much, 4 minutes or 10 SMS.
It’s good to know – if you spend all GB available on your SIM card there is always an option to top-up your credit at the nearest Kiosk or over operator’s app by using a credit card (this applies to all operators).
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