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Learn more about how to check if your phone is set up to work abroad.

Before you go abroad

Before you go abroad

Check your phone is set to automatic network selection within your device settings.

For help with this, select your phone on our Phones and Devices Help pages and select Connectivity > Selecting Network

Using your phone abroad
  1.  

    check if your phone is set up to work abroad by texting ROAMING to 150
  2.  

    if it is, and you’re abroad within the EU, you’ll connect automatically to 4G (where available) for free
  3.  

    to use your phone outside of the EU, turn on data roaming in your device settings
  4.  

    if you’re a Max plan user who joined or upgraded after 10 May 2017, your allowance includes countries outside of the EU

 
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