International Roaming Rates

In the telecom industry or mobile phone terminology, the term “roaming charges” commonly refers to using your mobile phone to make calls, receive calls, send texts, receive texts, and use the data when you’re overseas. In most cases, your mobile carrier doesn’t work overseas.

So, they get into agreements with the cellular networks in other countries to lend their network services and help you make/receive calls, texts, and use data. That’s why your network has to charge you extra. Roaming charges used to be relatively high in yesteryears, but things have changed significantly nowadays.

For instance, Now Mobile offers you remarkably cheap roaming rates compared to many other networks, thanks to their 20+ years’ legacy of viable connections with the world’s top networks.

Roaming or international roaming is the modern-day term commonly used to describe when someone can use their mobile phone (or other contemporary gadgets like laptops and tablets) even when outside the geographical coverage area of their standard network operator.

This can include anything from receiving or making calls on their mobile device, sending or receiving text messages, or even using data to browse the internet. Network operators used to charge a lot for roaming a few years ago, but not anymore.

Yes, almost all cellular networks charge you if you’re roaming in a region that’s beyond the standard coverage of your network provider.

Your regular network will charge you whether you make calls/texts, receive calls/texts, or use data.

Roaming is being able to use your phone outside the UK to make calls, receive texts and stay connected to your friends and family by sending and receiving data.

Roaming charges can build up. If you're worried, we recommend switching your phone to flight mode or turning off roaming when outside the EU and selected destinations.

Here is a list of countries where roaming is included as part of the Now Mobile service:

• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• French Guiana
• Germany
• Gibraltar
• Greece
• Guadeloupe
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Martinique
• Mayotte
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Reunion
• Romania
• San Marino
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Ukraine

That means you won’t be able to roam in that country; we don’t have any active roaming agreements in that destination.