Our roaming charges

We cover roaming in our Europe Zone as part of our tariffs. Your data (subject to a roaming limit), minutes and text allowances will work in our Europe Zone, just like they do at home.

If your UK monthly data allowance is over 25GB, you’ll have a Roaming Limit of 25GB when roaming in our Europe Zone. This means you can use up to 25GB of your allowance at no extra cost. We’ll text you if you’re getting close to the limit, and again if you reach it. You can still use data if you reach our Roaming Limit, but you’ll be charged. Find out more in our FAQ section below.

What other restrictions are there?

What other restrictions are there? You can only use our services for periodic travel like holidays or short breaks in our Europe Zone (excluding the UK). Otherwise, we may charge you for using our services in our Europe Zone (excluding the UK). If this has happened to you and you think it might be a mistake, visit an O2 store or get in touch.

Use of our services in our Europe Zone is subject to our fair usage policy.

The roaming coverage and available services are subject to 3rd party network infrastructure and may be restricted.

What about data?

When you use data in our Europe Zone it will come out of your allowance, just like it would at home, subject to our Roaming Limits.

If you go over your total monthly data allowance in our Europe Zone, you'll need to add a Bolt On to keep using data - the options and cost are the same as if you were in the UK. If you add a Bolt On and don’t use all the data before heading back to the UK, you’ll still be able to use it when you get home. And if you add a Bolt On in the UK, you’ll also be able to use it in our Europe Zone.

If you use your phone in a country outside of our Europe Zone, our normal roaming charges will apply.


What’s included at no extra charge?
  • Making calls and sending texts within our Europe Zone (excluding the UK), to any other country in our Europe Zone (including the UK).
  • Receiving calls and texts in our Europe Zone.
  • Using your monthly data allowance whilst in our Europe Zone. Subject to our Roaming Limit.

What's not included?
  • Making calls or sending texts from the UK, to countries outside of the UK.
  • Making calls or sending texts to premium rate numbers, directory service numbers and some non-geographic numbers (which can vary over time). Find out more
  • Mobile broadband tariffs, as they can only be used in the UK.

What destinations are included in our Europe Zone?
Destinations    
Austria Azores Belgium
Bulgaria Canary Islands Croatia
Cyprus* Czech Republic Denmark
Estonia Finland France
French Guiana 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 Romania
Saint Barthelemy Saint Martin San Marino
Slovakia Slovenia Spain
Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Vatican City    

* Not including Northern Cyprus


What other restrictions are there?

You can only use our services for periodic travel (like holidays or short breaks) in our Europe Zone (excluding the UK). Otherwise we may charge you or have to suspend you from using our services in our Europe Zone (excluding the UK). If this has happened to you and you think it might be a mistake,call 202 from your mobile or 0344 809 0202 from any other phone.

Use of our services in our Europe Zone is subject to our fair usage policy.


What about Pay As You Go customers?

Our roaming charges have changed for Pay As You Go customers too. Read about the details here.


What is the Roaming Limit?

Tariffs with more than 25GB of monthly data

If your UK monthly data allowance is over 25GB, you’ll have a Roaming Limit of 25GB when roaming in our Europe Zone. This means you can use up to 25GB of your allowance at no extra cost – we’ll text you if you’re getting close to the limit, and again if you reach it.

If you’re on the new system and have an unlimited data allowance, your data service will stop when you reach 25GB. You’ll need to buy a data roaming Bolt-On to continue using data.

For all other customers, whether you’re on the old system or the new system, you can still use data if you reach our Roaming Limit but you’ll be charged £3.50/GB for your ongoing usage.


These charges will apply until the following (depending on which is earliest);

  • You use up your monthly UK data allowance**
  • You return to the UK
  • You reach your next bill cycle

**If you use all your UK data allowance when roaming outside the UK, you’ll need to buy a data Bolt On if you want to keep using data. See our data Bolt Ons here.

Tariffs with 25GB or less of monthly data

These tariffs are not subject to our Roaming Limit of 25GB. But if you use all your UK data allowance when roaming outside in the UK, you’ll need to buy a data Bolt On if you want to keep using data. See our data Bolt Ons here


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