French mobile customers keep roam-like-home benefit when travelling to UK ⋆

French mobile customers keep roam-like-home benefit when travelling to UK

France’s main four mobile network operators are continuing to include the UK to the list of countries covered by their roam-like-home policies. More about roam-like-home benefit when travelling to UK below. roam-like-home UK

Orange and Bouygues Telecom have confirmed to Le Figaro that no changes are planned to their existing mobile plans following the end of the Brexit transition period at the end of 2020, when EU roaming regulation stopped applying to the UK.

On their website, Free and SFR have also kept UK destinations among those covered by the roaming allowance of their plans, at no additional cost.

The British spared roam-like-home UK

British residents are going to have to ask themselves the same questions. Operators EE and Vodafone should not apply roaming charges to their customers, according to the BBC. The British government has warned that by leaving Europe, the country has also freed itself from the tariff agreements in force in telecommunications. London has, however, put up safeguards, asking operators to inform customers and limiting tariff overruns to 45 pounds. Once this amount has been reached, the subscriber should give his consent to be able to continue using his telephone.

Before leaving abroad, one piece of advice remains in order: check the commercial conditions specific to your package in order to avoid unpleasant surprises on your return.

Between 2017 and the end of 2020, UK consumers were able, within reason, to use the minutes, texts, and data included on their mobile phone tariffs when travelling in the EU.

But since January 2021, UK operators have been allowed to reintroduce so-called roaming charges because the UK left the EU and the Brexit trade deal did not rule them out.

What charges will there be?

None of the networks will be charging for roaming in the Republic of Ireland.

From 23 May 2022, Three customers who have signed up or upgraded from October 2021 will have to pay £2 a day to use the minutes and data from their UK contracts in EU countries.

It is also introducing a £5 a day charge for roaming in some countries outside the EU, where it previously allowed free roaming.

EE will also be charging £2 a day in Europe. It will introduce the charges in January 2022 for customers who joined or upgraded their contracts after 7 July 2021.

There will be 30-day packages available for people travelling for longer periods.

Vodafone has three types of tariff:

Its cheapest sim-only deals do not allow any use apart from emergency calls outside the UK and Ireland
Some of its more expensive Xtra plans include roaming at no extra charge