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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Turkey

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Service Make/Send Receive  
calling to Europe, Ireland & the Channel Islands and back to the UK £1.30 70p per min
calling to all other countries £1.30 70p per min
Answer Phone £1.30 per min
text message 40p free per message
photo message (up to 49.9kb) 60p free per message
photo message (over 50kb) 75p free per message
video message 75p 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

Call bundles

30% off all your calls and texts

  • Perfect for staying in touch while you’re away

To buy:

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

£5.10 / month
  Discount rate Standard rate
Making a call 91p £1.30
Receiving a call 49p 70p
Sending a text 28p 40p
Receiving a text Free Free
Mobile internet/data bundles

30MB daily bundle - 97% saving on standard rates!

  • £6 for 30MB instead of £8 per MB
  • Enough data to send 30 emails with attachments, or browse the web on your phone for 1 ½ hours
  • Activates when you use data within (destination)
  • You’ll only be charged the bundle fee each day you use data – so if you don’t use, you don’t pay
  • Once your daily 30MB allowance has been used up, costs revert to £8/MB
  • The bundle will last up until midnight of that same day (local time)
  • You can use this bundle in the following countries: Armenia, Australia, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, USA

To buy:

  • Visit Your Account > 'Manage your Extras' > Travel
  • text ROAM to 6640

£6 / day

30MB bundle - 92% saving on standard rates!

  • Enough data to send 30 emails with attachments, or browse the web on your phone for 1 ½ hours
  • Active from the day you add it to your account
  • Bundle expires after 30 days
  • You can use this bundle in the following countries: Armenia, Australia, Columbia, Croatia, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, USA

To buy:

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

£20 / month

150MB bundle – 94% saving on standard rates!

  • Enough data to send 150 emails with attachments, or browse the web on your phone for 7 ½ hours
  • Active from the day you add it to your account
  • Bundle expires after 30 days
  • You can use this bundle in the following countries: Armenia, Australia, Columbia, Croatia, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, USA

To buy:

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

£75 / month

500MB bundle – 96% saving on standard rates!

  • Enough data to send 500 emails with attachments, or browse the web on your phone for 25 hours
  • Active from the day you add it to your account
  • Bundle expires after 30 days
  • You can use this bundle in the following countries: Armenia, Australia, Columbia, Croatia, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, USA

To buy:

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

£175 / month

Available networks

Network phone type Answer phone text msg photo msg data video call
TT andTIM iletisim Hizmetleri (AVEA -ARIA) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband		 yes yes yes yes no
TT andTIM iletisim Hizmetleri (AYCELL AVEA) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband		 PIN no no no no
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. dualband
triband
quadband		 yes yes yes yes no
Vodafone Telekomunikasyon A.S dualband
triband
quadband		 yes 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 £1.30 70p per min
calling to all other countries £1.30 70p per min
Answer Phone £1.30 per min
text message 40p free per message
photo message (up to 49.9kb) 70p free per message
photo message (over 50kb) £1.00 free per message
video message £1.00 free per message
450 customer services - automated free
450 customer services - representative 25p per call 70p 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
TT andTIM iletisim Hizmetleri (AVEA -ARIA) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband		 yes yes yes yes no
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. dualband
triband
quadband		 yes yes yes yes no
Vodafone Telekomunikasyon A.S 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

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