MT Week - Cheapest mobile networks for travelling

Last summer, all four of the UK’s mobile network providers updated their roaming policies in response to Brexit.

For Vodafone* and EE* that meant additional per diem charges - unless you’re on a premium contract - while O2 and Three* introduced usage caps.

But now Three is also introducing new per diem charges.

From 23 May 2022, it will cost those on contract an extra £2 a day to roam in Europe and £5 a day in the rest of the World.

For now, the charges won’t apply to those who took out a contract before 1 October 2021. But if you upgrade your plan, the new charges will apply, so that’s worth bearing in mind.

Nor will the changes affect those on a Pay As You Go (PAYG) plan - although these weren’t the cheapest to begin with.

With all that in mind, this week I wanted to explore some of the cheaper alternatives to the usual suspects.