How much do calls cost when abroad?
Standard roaming rates for our Europe Zone
| Europe Zone | Cost |
Making a call to Rest of the World (per min) | £2.09 |
Sending a text message to Rest of the World (zones 3-8) | 68p |
Sending a picture message to Rest of the World (zones 3-8) | 48p |
Standard roaming rates for Rest of World
Zone 3: Andorra, Faroe Islands | Cost |
Making a call in the zone you’re in / EU and back to the UK (per min) | £1.05 |
Making a call to Rest of the World (per min) | £2.09 |
Receiving a call in the country you’re in | £1.05 |
Data Charges if opt out of data pass | £7.84 |
Sending a text message (any destination) | 68p |
Sending a picture message (any destination) | 48p |
Zone 4: USA, Canada | Cost |
Making a call in the zone you’re in / EU and back to the UK (per min) | £1.41 |
Making a call to Rest of the World (per min) | £2.09 |
Receiving a call in the country you’re in | £1.05 |
Data Charges if opt out of data pass | £7.84 |
Sending a text message (any destination) | 68p |
Sending a picture message (any destination) | 48p |
Zone 5: Australia, New Zealand | Cost |
Making a call in the zone you’re in / EU and back to the UK (per min) | £1.57 |
Making a call to Rest of the World (per min) | £2.09 |
Receiving a call in the country you’re in | £1.05 |
Data Charges if opt out of data pass | £7.84 |
Sending a text message (any destination) | 68p |
Sending a picture message (any destination) | 48p |
Zone 6: Rest of world (any countries not included above) | Cost |
Making a call in the zone you’re in / EU and back to the UK (per min) | £1.72 |
Making a call to Rest of the World (per min) | £2.09 |
Receiving a call in the country you’re in | £1.57 |
Data Charges if opt out of data pass | £7.84 |
Sending a text message (any destination) | 68p |
Sending a picture message (any destination) | 48p |
Zone 7: Maritime | Cost |
Making a call in the zone you’re in / EU and back to the UK (per min) | £2.09 |
Making a call to Rest of the World (per min) | £2.09 |
Receiving a call in the country you’re in | £2.09 |
Data Charges if opt out of data pass | £7.84 |
Sending a text message (any destination) | 68p |
Sending a picture message (any destination) | 48p |
Zone 8: Rest of World Exceptional: Bahamas, Benin, Cape Verde, Chad, Congo, Cuba, Djibouti, Falkland Islands, Kuwait, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Palau, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | Cost |
Making a call in the zone you’re in / EU and back to the UK (per min) | £2.61 |
Making a call to Rest of the World (per min) | £2.61 |
Receiving a call in the country you’re in | £2.61 |
Data Charges if opt out of data pass | £7.84 |
Sending a text message (any destination) | £1.05 |
Sending a picture message (any destination) | £1.05 |
Zone 9: Planes | Cost |
Making a call in the zone you’re in / EU and back to the UK (per min) | £2.61 |
Making a call to Rest of the World (per min) | £2.61 |
Receiving a call in the country you’re in | £2.61 |
Data Charges if opt out of data pass | £7.84 |
Sending a text message (any destination) | £1.05 |
Sending a picture message (any destination) | £1.05 |
What does it cost to use roaming data abroad?
Using data in our Europe Zone
If you run out of your allowance, it costs the same in our Europe Zone as it does in the UK. The following data bundles can be purchased:
Handset data UK & EU (until your next bill)
£5.23 for 500MB
£13.06 for 2GB
£17.24 for 4GB
4GEE WiFi / tablet data UK & EU (until your next bill)
£3.14 for 250MB
£31.35 for 20GB
£41.80 for 30GB
£62.70 for 50GB
Our Europe Zone presently includes: Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Canary Islands, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, French Guyana, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Reunion Islands, Romania, San Marino, Saint Martin (French), Saint Barthelemy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Vatican City (Italy).
Note: Turkey (you may connect to a Turkish network in Northern Cyprus) and Andorra are outside the EU/EEA and not included in our European Roaming Zone.
Using data outside our Europe Zone
Zone A: Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, New Zealand, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, USA | Cost |
40MB (24 hours) | £4.18 |
100MB (24 hours) | £7.32 |
250MB (7 days) | £20.90 |
750MB (7 days) | £41.80 |
2GB (12 months) | £104.50 |
Zone B: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Bermuda, Brazil, Cambodia, Caribbean, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Indonesia, Isle of Man, Kenya, Kuwait, Macedonia, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates | Cost |
20MB (24 hours) | £5.23 |
45MB (24 hours) | £10.45 |
90MB (7days) | £20.90 |
200MB (7 days) | £41.80 |
Zone C: Benin, Botswana, Egypt, Gabon, Guinee, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Madagascar, Mali, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Panama, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Vietnam, Zambia | Cost |
10MB (24 hours) | £5.23 |
22MB (24 hours) | £10.45 |
40MB (7 days) | £20.90 |
100MB (7days) | £41.80 |
Zone D: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Centrafrique, Chad, Chile, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greenland, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macau, Malawi, Maritime, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherland Antilles, Niger, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen | Cost |
5MB (24 hours) | £5.23 |
11MB (24 hours) | £10.45 |
20MB (7days) | £20.90 |
45MB (7days) | £41.23 |
Zone E: Air, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Rwanda and Seychelles | Cost |
5MB (24 hours) | £31.35 |
10MB (24 hours) | £57.48 |
What roaming add-ons can I get?
World Select Talk & Text
- Get unlimited calls and texts whilst abroad in our World Select Zone for £5.23/day.
- Our World Select Zone includes USA, Canada, Turkey, Australia and the UAE.
- You will only be charged for the days you make or receive calls or send a text.
- Covers all calls and texts to standard UK and World Select Zone landline and mobile numbers.
- Premium rate numbers and other non-geographic numbers are not included in this offer.
- Daily is from midnight to midnight local time to the country you are in.
- Sign up in the UK or once you are abroad.
- Sign up by text, online, in-store or by calling Customer Services.
- Once opted in, automatically works whenever you make or receive calls or send a text whilst you’re in a World Select country.
- To remove the product from your account, text STOP WORLD to 150.
Use My EE to apply this add-on or text WORLD to 150
Travel Data Pass
Get a massive 500MB of data a day whilst abroad for a fixed price per day:
- £4.18 a day in the USA and Canada
- £5.23 a day in 9 other countries: Australia, China, India, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey & UAE.
You’ll only be charged on days you use data abroad in an included country.
Travel Data Pass comes with 500MB of full-speed data each day, with 4G where available. That’s equivalent to a 15GB monthly plan! That gives you hours of maps usage, loads of emails and hundreds of social media photo uploads.
It’s impossible to go over your data limit thanks to our data cap. If you use up your 500MB a day we’ll let you know, and we’ll ask if you want to buy more. Meaning you’ll never get an unexpected bill.
Once you opt in, it automatically works each and every time you use mobile data abroad in an included country, so there's no need to opt out and opt back in again each time you travel.
Remember that your phone will use data if you have apps on it that automatically update in the background and this will trigger the daily charge.
Daily is from midnight to midnight UK time.
To remove Travel Data Pass from your account, text STOP TRAVEL to 150.
Travel Data Pass is not currently available to customers on 4GEE plans and Max Plans or mobile broadband/Mobile Wi-Fi plans.
Use My EE to apply this add-on, or text TRAVEL to 150
Global roaming add-ons
The following add-ons give you an allowance to make or receive calls to standard numbers while roaming anywhere in the world, except zone 7 (maritime and planes). For zone details, see the Voice/Text section above.
Use My EE to buy one of these monthly recurring add-ons or call customer service on 150.
These add-ons automatically renew every month until you remove them from your account. Just use My EE or contact Customer Service to remove them.
Allowance | Monthly Charge (Recurs every month) |
60 Global roaming minutes | £8.70 |
120 mins from anywhere | £17.42 |
100 texts from anywhere | £5.23 |
250 texts from anywhere | £8.70 |
5G: THE NEXT GENERATION
5G is the latest generation of mobile network technology with much faster speeds than 4G. With more capacity, 5G also means a better more reliable internet connection - so you can keep watching movies at the train station, video call from the match, and stream music at the shopping centre.
We’ve been nation’s best network for 4G eight years in a row and now we’re the best for 5G too. It’s good news for our customers. And envy-inducing news for everyone else.
To use the 5G network you’ll just need a 5G-enabled device and a 5G pay-monthly phone or SIM-only Smart Plan.
Give me five, the UK’s best 5G network
We’re top of the class for 5G for the third time in a row.* In fact, no other network has ever won the award. So when it comes to 5G with us, you know you’re getting the very best connection.
Here’s why for 5G it’s got to be EE.
A connection you can count on
5G gives you a more dependable connection because it’s built to handle large numbers of people using it all at once. So, when you’re in busy places like train stations and sports stadiums, you’ll experience much less buffering.
5G in more places than any other network
We’ve got the UK’s widest network coverage—so you can be confident that you’ll get a great connection on the go. It means you can enjoy our 5G connection in more places than with any other UK network.
Speeds to be jealous of
We don’t need to tell you that our 5G offers faster mobile speeds than ever before: you can feel it. You’ll feel it when you download a movie in seconds, when you stream a box set at high resolution with lightning speed, and when you experience video calls so crisp that they feel like real life.
EE is the best network for your business collaboration
Best network by ranking first in the RootMetrics Overall RootScore award. So you have the peace of mind knowing you’re in safe hands with EE.
Does 5G use more data than 4G?
5G doesn’t use more data than 4G, but because it lets you do more, more quickly, you might find yourself using more data as a result. With 5G you can download large business files in seconds rather than minutes.
When will 5G arrive in my area?
We’ve already launched 5G in 160 cities and towns across the UK and we’ve moving full steam ahead with our nationwide 5G rollout.
You can use our coverage checker to see you have 5G reception in your area.
We’re miles ahead when it comes to 5G coverage. Currently, our 5G reaches over 40% of people in the UK – more than any other UK network.
Will I get coverage in rural areas?
We go further in rural areas. In Ofcom’s Connected Nations 2020 report, we had 85% geographic 4G coverage—more than any other network. How much more? Well, our lead over closest competitor Vodafone was 2.808 square miles. That’s nearly 20 times the size of the Isle of Wight.
And for those times (the really annoying ones) when you can’t get a mobile signal in a remote rural area? We’ve got the answer — The Go Further part of our network is able to reach across rural areas and into the most remote homes. It’s not our fastest connection, but it’s just enough for browsing the internet, checking social media, and streaming music. It’s a connection you can depend on.
We also cover more miles of road and rail network than anyone else. In London, that coverage includes tube platforms and throughout the Jubilee line from Westminster to Canning Town. Outside the capital, we’re the only network to cover the Newcastle Metro.
*Rankings based on the RootMetrics, UK RootScore Report: H2 (Jul-Dec) 2021. Tested at locations across the UK with the best commercially available smartphones on 4 national mobile networks across all available network types. Your experiences may vary. The RootMetric award is not an endorsement of EE. Visit ee.co.uk/claims for more details.