How much will it cost to use your phone abroad?

Taking your mobile phone abroad soon? Find out how much it will cost to make and receive calls, send texts and browse the internet while you’re away, plus make sure you save money with our bundles.

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Service Make/Send Receive  
calling to Europe, Ireland & the Channel Islands and back to the UK £1.75 £1.00 per min
calling to all other countries £1.75 £1.00 per min
Answer Phone £1.75 per min
text message 50p free per message
photo message (up to 49.9kb) £1.00 free per message
photo message (over 50kb) £1.50 free per message
video message £1.50 free per message
Mobile internet/data (GPRS or EDGE) £8.00 per MB
Mobile internet/data (3G) £8.00 per MB

Bundles available to keep your costs down

20% off all your calls and texts

To buy:

  • Visit Your Account > 'Manage your Extras' > Travel
  • Or call 150 for free

£5.10 / month

  Discount rate Standard rate
Making a call £1.40 £1.75
Receiving a call 80p £1.00
Sending a text 40p 50p
Receiving a text Free Free

10MB bundle - 80% saving on standard rates!

  • Active from the day you add it to your account
  • Bundle expires after 30 days, or rolls on a monthly basis depending on the option you choose
  • You can use this bundle in all the countries

To buy:

  • Visit Your Account > 'Manage your Extras' > Travel
  • Or call 150 for free

£15.32 / month

50MB bundle - 85% saving on standard rates!

  • Active from the day you add it to your account
  • Bundle expires after 30 days, or rolls on a monthly basis depending on the option you choose
  • You can use this bundle in all the countries

To buy:

  • Visit Your Account > 'Manage your Extras' > Travel
  • Or call 150 for free

£61.27 / month

Available networks

Network phone type Answer phone text msg photo msg data video call
Aircel Cellular Ltd (City of Madras) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Aircel Limited (Tamilnadu) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Bharti - Hexacom India Ltd (AIRTEL Rajasthan) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited (Delhi) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Andhra Pradesh dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Gujarat singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Haryana singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Karnataka dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Kerala singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Kolkata (Calcutta) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Madhya Pradesh singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Maharashtra and Goa (Airtel) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Mumbai singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Tamilnadu singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Uttar Pradesh East dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Uttar Pradesh West singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Ltd (Bihar) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Ltd (Chennai) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Ltd (Himachal Pradesh) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Ltd (Orissa) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Bharti Airtel Ltd (Punjab) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Ltd (West Bengal incl AandN) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
Hutchison Essar [Haryana] INDE2 - 40401 dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no yes yes no
Hutchison Essar [Rajasthan] INDE3 - 40460 dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no yes yes no
Hutchison Essar [UP East] INDE4 - 40415 dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no yes yes no
IDEA Cellular Limited- Tamilnadu Inc Chennai singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
IDEA Cellular Ltd - Maharashtra dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
IDEA Cellular Ltd - Andra Pradesh dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
IDEA Cellular Ltd - Delhi singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
IDEA Cellular Ltd - Gujarat dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
IDEA Cellular Ltd - Mumbai singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
Idea Mobile Communications (Escotel Haryana) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Idea Mobile Communications (Escotel Kerala) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Idea Mobile Communications (Escotel UP West) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Loop Mobile dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
Reliance [Assam] INDRA - 40409 dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance [Bihar] INDRB - 40436 dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance [Himachal Pradesh] INDRH - 40418 dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance [North East] INDRN - 40450 dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance [Orissa] INDRO - 40452 dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance [West Bengal] INDRW - 40485 dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Andhra Pradesh) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Andhra Pradesh) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Delhi) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Delhi) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Gujarat) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Haryana) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Haryana) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Jammu & Kashmir) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Jammu & Kashmir) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Karnataka) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Karnataka) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Kerala) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Kerala) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Maharashtra) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Maharashtra) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Mumbai) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Mumbai) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Punjab) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Punjab) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Rajasthan) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Rajasthan) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Tamilnadu) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Tamilnadu) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Uttar Pradesh East) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Uttar Pradesh East) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Uttar Pradesh West) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no no no no
Reliance Communications Ltd (Uttar Pradesh West) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Telecom Ltd (Madhya Pradesh) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Reliance Telecom Private Ltd (Madhya Pradesh) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Spice Communications Ltd - Karnataka dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Spice Communications Ltd - Punjab (Spice Telecom) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Vodafone Essar Cellular Ltd - Kerala dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Vodafone Essar Cellular Ltd - Maharashtra & Goa dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Vodafone Essar Cellular Ltd - Tamilnadu dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes no no no
Vodafone Essar Digilink Ltd - Rajasthan dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar Digilink Ltd - UP East dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar East Ltd. (VEEL Kolkata) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar Gujarat Ltd dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar Ltd (Mumbai) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar Ltd (Mumbai) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar Mobile Services Ltd (Delhi) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar South Ltd (Punjab) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no yes yes no
Vodafone Essar South Ltd (Punjab) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar South Ltd (UP West) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar South Ltd (UP West) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no yes yes no
Vodafone Essar South Ltd (West Bengal) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN no yes yes no
Vodafone Essar South Ltd (West Bengal) dualband
triband
quadband
PIN yes yes yes no

In EU regulated countries where VAT does not apply (see below) pay monthly customers will be charged 30.5p to make a call and 9.5p to receive a call from Europe zone 1, Ireland and the Channel Islands. Pay monthly customers will be charged 8p to send a text within these countries. EU regulated countries where VAT does not apply for pay monthly customers are: French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Guadeloupe, Norway, Lichtenstein, Iceland and Gibraltar.

pay as you go

see how you can save money with our bundles
Service Make/Send Receive  
calling to Europe, Ireland & the Channel Islands and back to the UK £1.75 £1.00 per min
calling to all other countries £1.75 £1.00 per min
Answer Phone £1.75 per min
text message 50p free per message
photo message (up to 49.9kb) £1.10 free per message
photo message (over 50kb) £1.65 free per message
video message £1.65 free per message
450 customer services - automated free
450 customer services - representative 25p per call £1.00 per min
452 information line free
450 top-up/453 balance/112 emergency free free
Mobile internet/data (GPRS or EDGE) £8.00 per MB
Mobile internet/data (3G) £8.00 per MB

Bundles available to keep your costs down

Sorry, bundles are not available in this country.

Available networks

Network phone type Answer phone text msg photo msg data video call
Bharti - Hexacom India Ltd (AIRTEL Rajasthan) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited (Delhi) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Andhra Pradesh dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Gujarat singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Haryana singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Karnataka dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Kerala singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Kolkata (Calcutta) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Madhya Pradesh singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Maharashtra and Goa (Airtel) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Mumbai singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Tamilnadu singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Limited - Uttar Pradesh West singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Ltd (Chennai) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Ltd (Himachal Pradesh) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Bharti Airtel Ltd (Punjab) dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar Gujarat Ltd dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar Ltd (Mumbai) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar Ltd (Mumbai) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no
Vodafone Essar Mobile Services Ltd (Delhi) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
yes yes yes yes no

In EU regulated countries where VAT does not apply (see below) pay as you go customers will be charged 30p to make a call and 9p to receive a call from Europe zone 1, Ireland and the Channel Islands. Pay as you go customers will be charged 9p to send a text within these countries. EU regulated countries where VAT does not apply for pay as you go customers are: French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Guadeloupe, Norway, Lichtenstein and Iceland.

All calls made in Europe zone 1, Ireland and the Channel Islands will be charged per second subject to a 30 second set-up fee. Calls received will be charged per second from the first second. Calls made or received in all other zones will be charged per minute.

Top tips to keep your costs down

  1. 1Buy a travel bundle to save money on calls, texts and browsing
  2. 2Use free wifi whenever you can
  3. 3Make sure you know how to turn data roaming on and off on your phone
  4. 4Avoid checking your Answer Phone until you’re back home
  5. 5Download an app to help keep track of your data usage. Text APPS to 1200 for a link to apps you can use