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 36.6p 11.5p per min
calling to all other countries 71.5p 11.5p per min
Answer Phone 38.8p per min
text message 10.2p free per message
photo message (up to 49.9kb) 61.3p free per message
photo message (over 50kb) 76.6p free per message
video message 76.6p free per message
Mobile internet/data (GPRS or EDGE) £3.07 per MB
Mobile internet/data (3G) £3.07 per MB
Video Calling 38.8p/71.5p 14.3p per min

Travelling to Europe? Find out about the EU data limit

Bundles available to keep your costs down

Call bundles

25% off your calls in any European destination

  • Get calls for only 27.4p/min (normally 36.6p) and receive calls for free
  • 25% off your first 200 mins + free to receive the first 200 mins when someone calls you

To buy:

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

£5.10 / month

25% off your calls in any European destination

  • Get calls for only 27.4p/min (normally 36.6p) and receive calls for free
  • 25% off your first 1000 mins + No charge for the first 1000 mins when someone calls you

To buy:

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

£10.21 / month
Mobile internet/data bundles

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

  • 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 the EU
  • 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 £3.07/MB
  • The bundle will last up until midnight of that same day (local time)
  • All you need to do is buy it more than 24 hours before you travel, and we'll take care of the rest
  • Just to let you know, when you take this bundle, we will remove the EU data limit of 16MB, giving you unlimited web browsing on your mobile. Remember, once you have used your bundle allowance, you will be charged £3.07/MB which will be uncapped

To buy:

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

£3 / day

30MB bundle - 83% 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 or reoccurs on a monthly rolling basis depending on what you opt for
  • Just to let you know, when you take this bundle, we will remove the EU data limit of 16MB, giving you unlimited web browsing on your mobile. Remember, once you have used your bundle allowance, you will be charged £3.07/MB which will be uncapped

To buy:

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

£15 / month

150MB bundle – 89% 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 or reoccurs on a monthly rolling basis depending on what you opt for
  • Just to let you know, when you take this bundle, we will remove the EU data limit of 16MB, giving you unlimited web browsing on your mobile. Remember, once you have used your bundle allowance, you will be charged £3.07/MB which will be uncapped

To buy:

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

£50 / month

500MB bundle – 89% 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 or reoccurs on a monthly rolling basis depending on what you opt for
  • Just to let you know, when you take this bundle, we will remove the EU data limit of 16MB, giving you unlimited web browsing on your mobile. Remember, once you have used your bundle allowance, you will be charged £3.07/MB which will be uncapped

To buy:

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

£150 / month

Available networks

Network phone type Answer phone text msg photo msg data video call
Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband		 yes yes yes yes yes
Vodafone Omnitel SpA singleband
dualband
triband
quadband		 yes yes yes yes no
Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
3G		 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.

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Service Make/Send Receive  
calling to Europe, Ireland & the Channel Islands and back to the UK 36p 11p per min
calling to all other countries 70p 11p per min
Answer Phone free per min
text message 10p 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 14p per min
452 information line free
450 top-up/453 balance/112 emergency free free
Mobile internet/data (GPRS or EDGE) £4.00 per MB
Mobile internet/data (3G) £4.00 per MB
Video Calling 38p/70p 14p per min

Travelling to Europe? Find out about the EU data limit

Bundles available to keep your costs down

Call bundles

30 minutes in Western Europe for a month- 53% saving on standard rates!

  • Active from the day you add it to your account
  • Bundle expires after one calendar month
  • You must have enough credit available on your account to be able to purchase this bundle. You can top up here if required
  • Remember, once you have used your bundle allowance, you will be charged at the standard rate of 36p/min. You can repurchase this bundle instead if you prefer

To buy:

  • Visit Your Account > 'Manage your Extras' > Travel
  • text WEST EURO MINS 5 to 6620

£5.00
Mobile internet/data bundles

4MB mobile internet in Western Europe for a month - 68% saving on standard rates!

  • Enough data to send 4 emails with attachments, or browse the web on your phone for 10 minutes
  • Active from the day you add it to your account
  • Bundle expires after one calendar month
  • You must have enough credit available on your account to be able to purchase this bundle. You can top up here if required
  • Remember, once you have used your bundle allowance, you will be charged at the standard rate of 36p/min. You can repurchase this bundle instead if you prefer

To buy:

  • Visit Your Account > 'Manage your Extras' > Travel
  • text W EURO WEB 5 to 6620

£5.00

Available networks

Network phone type Answer phone text msg photo msg data video call
Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) singleband
dualband
triband
quadband		 yes yes yes yes yes
Vodafone Omnitel SpA singleband
dualband
triband
quadband		 yes yes yes yes no
Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA singleband
dualband
triband
quadband
3G		 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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