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We’re pretty sure that this is the most comprehensive mobile network comparison table in existence. Not only does it give basic tariff information like the price to make calls, send texts and use the internet, it even includes special deals such as offers for unlimited data, unlimited calls and unlimited texts. We’ve also tracked down information such as the cost for sending picture messages and making calls to premium rate 0870 numbers. 4G and 3G network coverage and the identity of the host network for virtual networks is even squeezed in. We literally couldn’t fit anything more in.

So have a look to work out which mobile network offers the best deal for you. We think that by giving you all the information, you’ll be able to choose the best value network for your specific needs and usage patterns. Many mobile networks advertise with misleading graphics that only quote some of their prices and even hide their costs from their websites – this puts all the relevant costs in one place.

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This is the only network comparison chart that really includes everything. Hover your mouse over the superscript numbers to read our detailed annotations. All data prices are per 10MB and all unlimited prices are per month or 30 days unless otherwise specified.

You can even click the headings to sort each column in ascending or descending order to help find the cheapest mobile network and click the network names to read our detailed reviews.

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Network 4G  ↓ 3G  ↓ Calls  ↓ SMS  ↓ Data  ↓ MMS  ↓ VM  ↓ 0870  ↓ Unlim. SMS   ↓ Unlim. calls   ↓ Unlim. data   ↓
Giffgaff1 99% 98% 15p2 5p3 £0.50 16p 8p4 12p £7.505 £06 £207
3 99% 98% 3p 2p £0.108 31p 3p 35p £109 No £2010
EE 99% 98% 30p 12p £0.1011 40p 30p 40p £10 No No
Vodafone 99% 97% 30p 14p £1.0012 36p 25p 14p £1013 £3014 No
O2 99% 98% 5p 5p £1.0015 25p 15p16 25p £7.50 £1017 No
Zevvle18 99% 98% 3p 3p 2p 3p 0p –19 No No No
1p Mobile 99% 98% 1p 1p 10p 30p 1p 20p20 No No No
ASDA Mobile21 99% 98% 8p 4p £0.50 25p 8p 35p No No No
Tesco Mobile22 99% 98% 25p23 10p24 £1.00 25p25 15p 20p £526 No £827
Tesco Lite28 99% 98% 8p 4p £1.00 25p 15p 8p29 £530 No £831
Lebara Mobile32 99% 97% 15p33 19p34 £1.90 45p 15p 10p £7.9535 No No
LycaMobile36 99% 98% 19p37 19p £1.50 – 0p 25p No No No
TalkMobile Rewards38 99% 97% 25p39 10p40 £0.2541 30p 15p 20p £1542 No No
Virgin Mobile43 99% 98% 35p 12p £1.0044 30p 26p45 41p No £1046 £1047
Virgin Mobile Simply 8p4849 99% 98% 8p 8p £1.0050 30p 26p51 31p No No No
Tru52 99% 97% 6p 11p £15.00 – 0p 15p No No No
Vectone53 99% 98% 19p54 15p55 £0.9056 25p 10p 10p £557 £558 No
Now Mobile59 99% 98% 10p60 10p61 £1.50 25p 0p 15p £562 No No
White Mobile63 99% 98% 6p64 5p65 £0.25 25p 0p 25p £066 £067 No
AfriMobile68 99% 98% 10p69 10p70 £1.00 40p 10p 25p No No No
The Co-operative Mobile71 99% 98% 8p72 4p73 £0.50 25p 4p 8p No No No
Lomo Mobile74 99% 98% 10p75 10p76 £0.90 25p 5p77 20p No No No
Smart Pinoy78 99% 97% 10p79 10p80 £1.00 – ? ? No No No
Talk Home Mobile81 99% 98% 10p82 10p83 £0.50 25p 0p 15p £1084 No £2085
Delight Mobile8687 99% 98% 3p88 2p89 £0.10 25p 5p 10p £5 £590 No
Aether91 99% 98% 10p 4p £0.6092 – ? ? No No No
T-Mobile93 99% 98% 30p 12p £1.0094 30p 30p 40p £10 £1095 No
Orange96 99% 98% 25p 12p £6.5097 40p 30p 40p £7.50 No98 No
The People’s Operator99 99% 98% 4p100 3p101 £0.20 30p 5p 5p102 £6.49103 £12.49104 No.
Family Mobile105106 – – 8p 4p £0.50 23p 8p 12p No No No
TalkMobile Essentials107 99% 97% 8p108 4p109 £0.25110 30p 8p 20p No No No
Tello111112 99% 98% 3p 5p £0.15 ? ? 15p No No No
GT Mobile113114 99% 98% 19p115 19p £0.90 – 0p 25p £10116 No No
Simple Call Mobile117118 – – 4p119 5p £1.00 30p 3p 25p No No No
RSPCA Mobile120121 – – 14p122 7p123 £2.50 25p 14p ? No No No
Talkxtra124125 99% 97% 7p 7p £0.70 30p 7p 15p No No No
Wildlife Mobile126127 99% 97% 18p128 7p129 £2.00 35p 5p 16p No No No
Econet130131 99% 98% 10p132 10p £1.00 – 15p 15p No No No
Freedomtalk133134 99% 97% 8p135 10p £1.00 20p 10p 10p No No No
Kontakt Mobile136137 99% 97% 9p138 9p £0.90 24p 9p 9p No No No
Sainsbury’s139140 99% 97% 8p 4p £0.50141 25p 8p142 8p £10143 No No
Donate Mobile144145 99% 97% 20p146 12p £2.00 32p 5p 25p No No No
Allpay Mobile147148 99% 97% 15p149 15p150 £1.50 30p 15p 25p £25 No No
Banana Mobile151152 99% 98% 14p153 7p154 £2.00 25p 14p ? No No No
C Mobile155156 99% 98% 14p157 9p158 £2.50 25p 14p ? No No No
iCard Mobile159160 99% 97% 8p 10p £1.00 – 5p161 25p No No No
OVIVO Mobile162163 – – 8p164 5p165 £1.60166 24p 8p 12p No No No
Victory Mobile167168 – – 4p169 4p170 £0.40 – 4p 25p No No No
DiDa Mobile171172 – – 10p173 10p £1.00 30p 10p 19p No No No
Dialog Vizz174175 99% 97% 9p176 9p177 £1.50178 – 10p 25p No No No

  1. Operated by O2. [↩]
  2. But always free to Giffgaff (if you topped-up within the last three months). [↩]
  3. But always free to Giffgaff (if you topped-up within the last three months). [↩]
  4. Per call. [↩]
  5. Truly unlimited and includes 250 minutes and 750 MB data otherwise £0/month to other Giffgaff users. [↩]
  6. But only to other Giffgaff users. [↩]
  7. Speed restrictions apply after 6GB of data usage and usage is subject to a Traffic Flow policy. [↩]
  8. 150MB free with every top-up of £5 or more. [↩]
  9. Only 3000 texts. [↩]
  10. Including minutes and texts too. [↩]
  11. Bundles start from £1/100MB. [↩]
  12. Per day, Gives you 25MB. You are billed in ££1 increments during each day up to ££5 then at 4p/MB. [↩]
  13. Includes 150 minutes and 250MB of data. [↩]
  14. Includes unlimited texts and 1GB of data. [↩]
  15. Per day, 100MB max. [↩]
  16. Per call. [↩]
  17. Only to O2 or £30/month from chosen postcode. [↩]
  18. No longer offer new PAYG plans. [↩]
  19. Not currently available. [↩]
  20. plus service charge. [↩]
  21. Operated by EE. [↩]
  22. Operated by O2. [↩]
  23. Effectively 8.3p due to triple credit offer. [↩]
  24. Effectively 3.3p due to triple credit offer. [↩]
  25. Effectively 8.3p due to triple credit offer. [↩]
  26. Only 5000 texts. [↩]
  27. £2/week, 1GB max. [↩]
  28. Operated by O2. [↩]
  29. Free credit cannot be used on these calls. [↩]
  30. Only 5000 texts. [↩]
  31. £2/week, 1GB max. [↩]
  32. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  33. Free to Lebara numbers for 30 days after a top-up, 1p to landlines at weekends. [↩]
  34. Free to Lebara numbers for 30 days after a top-up. [↩]
  35. Free minutes too. [↩]
  36. Operated by O2 and Orange. [↩]
  37. 9p to landlines. [↩]
  38. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  39. 10p to TalkMobile. [↩]
  40. 5p to TalkMobile. [↩]
  41. Per day, 25MB max after which it is £1.00/10MB. [↩]
  42. Or £5/week (max 3000 texts/month). [↩]
  43. Operated by EE. [↩]
  44. Per day, 100MB max with extra charged at 10p/MB. [↩]
  45. Per call. [↩]
  46. Including free data and you get to keep your credit. [↩]
  47. Including free texts and you get to keep your credit. [↩]
  48. Operated by EE. [↩]
  49. Only available to Virgin Media Customers. [↩]
  50. Per day, 100MB max with extra charged at 10p/MB. [↩]
  51. Per call. [↩]
  52. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  53. Operated by EE. [↩]
  54. 5p to landlines and free to other Vectone Mobile customers for a month if you top-up £5 or more. [↩]
  55. Free to other Vectone Mobile customers for a month if you top-up £5 or more. [↩]
  56. 10MB free per day when you top up. [↩]
  57. You get to keep your credit and includes both free calls and texts but only to other Vectone Mobile, LycaMobile and Delight Mobile users. [↩]
  58. You get to keep your credit and includes both free calls and texts but only to other Vectone Mobile, LycaMobile and Delight Mobile users. [↩]
  59. Operated by EE. [↩]
  60. 5p to landlines or other Now Mobile customers. [↩]
  61. 2p to other Now Mobile customers. [↩]
  62. Fair use policy of 5000 texts/month. [↩]
  63. Operated by EE. [↩]
  64. 3p to landlines and free to other White Mobile customers as long as your balance is at least 50p. [↩]
  65. Free to other White Mobile customers as long as your balance is at least 50p. [↩]
  66. But only to other White Mobile users as long as your balance is at least 50p. [↩]
  67. But only to other White Mobile users as long as your balance is at least 50p. [↩]
  68. Operated by 3. [↩]
  69. 5p/minute to landlines and 0p/minute to other AfriMobile numbers for the first 120 minutes per month but 7p/minute afterwards. [↩]
  70. 0p each to other AfriMobile numbers for the first 50 SMS per month but 10p each afterwards. [↩]
  71. Operated by EE. [↩]
  72. 4p to other Co-op Mobile numbers. [↩]
  73. 2p to other Co-op Mobile numbers. [↩]
  74. Operated by EE. [↩]
  75. Free to other Lomo Mobile numbers, 10p to landlines at weekends. [↩]
  76. Free to other Lomo Mobile numbers. [↩]
  77. Free after each top-up. [↩]
  78. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  79. Bonus allowance to other Smart Pinoy numbers with every top-up and 5p to landlines. [↩]
  80. Bonus allowance to other Smart Pinoy numbers with every top-up. [↩]
  81. Operated by EE. [↩]
  82. Free to other Talk Home numbers (max. 2000 minutes) and 5p to landlines. [↩]
  83. Free to other Talk Home numbers (max. 2000 texts). [↩]
  84. Comes with 500 minutes and 2GB data. [↩]
  85. Comes with unlimited texts and 2000 minutes. [↩]
  86. Operated by EE. [↩]
  87. Credit expires are three months. [↩]
  88. Free to other Delight Mobile customers for 4 weeks if you top-up £5 or more. [↩]
  89. Free to other Delight Mobile customers for 4 weeks if you top-up £5 or more. [↩]
  90. You get to keep your credit and includes both free calls and texts but only to other Delight Mobile users. [↩]
  91. Operated by EE (and occasionally O2 for data). [↩]
  92. £4.50 if using O2 data connection. [↩]
  93. Now merged into EE. [↩]
  94. Per day, 500 MB/month max. [↩]
  95. To T-Mobile only. [↩]
  96. Now merged into EE. [↩]
  97. 65p minimum charge. [↩]
  98. But three chosen numbers are 20p/hour. [↩]
  99. Operated by Three. [↩]
  100. Free to other TPO numbers. [↩]
  101. Free to other TPO numbers. [↩]
  102. Plus service charge. [↩]
  103. Includes minutes and data. [↩]
  104. Includes unlimited texts and 6GB data. [↩]
  105. Operated by EE. [↩]
  106. Now shut down. [↩]
  107. No longer offered. [↩]
  108. 4p to TalkMobile. [↩]
  109. 2p to TalkMobile. [↩]
  110. Per day, 25MB max after which it is £1.00/10MB. [↩]
  111. Operated by 3. [↩]
  112. No longer PAYG. [↩]
  113. Operated by O2. [↩]
  114. Now shut down. [↩]
  115. 12p to landlines and free to other GT Mobile numbers. [↩]
  116. Includes minutes and data too. [↩]
  117. Operated by EE. [↩]
  118. Now shut down. [↩]
  119. 3p to landlines. [↩]
  120. Operated by EE. [↩]
  121. Now shut down. [↩]
  122. 7p to other RSPCA Mobile numbers. [↩]
  123. 5p to other RSPCA Mobile numbers. [↩]
  124. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  125. Now shut down. [↩]
  126. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  127. Now shut down. [↩]
  128. 5p to other Wildlife Mobile numbers. [↩]
  129. 5p to other Wildlife Mobile numbers. [↩]
  130. Operated by EE. [↩]
  131. Now shut down. [↩]
  132. Free to other Econet numbers, 5p to landlines. [↩]
  133. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  134. Now shut down. [↩]
  135. Free to other Freedomtalk numbers and 5p to landlines. [↩]
  136. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  137. Now shut down. [↩]
  138. Free to other Econet numbers, 5p to landlines. [↩]
  139. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  140. Now shut down. [↩]
  141. Per day, Up to 25MB, then 50p for every additional 25MB or part thereof. [↩]
  142. Per call. [↩]
  143. Subject to fair use limit of 5000 texts every 30 days. [↩]
  144. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  145. Now shut down. [↩]
  146. 8p to other Donate Mobile numbers. [↩]
  147. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  148. Now shut down. [↩]
  149. 5p to other Allpay Mobile numbers. [↩]
  150. 5p to other Allpay Mobile numbers. [↩]
  151. Operated by EE. [↩]
  152. Now shut down. [↩]
  153. 7p to other Banana Mobile numbers. [↩]
  154. 5p to other Banana Mobile numbers. [↩]
  155. Operated by EE. [↩]
  156. Now shut down. [↩]
  157. 7p to other C Mobile numbers. [↩]
  158. 5p to other C Mobile numbers. [↩]
  159. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  160. Now shut down. [↩]
  161. Even though listed as free on their website. [↩]
  162. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  163. Now shut down. [↩]
  164. 200 free per month and 2p to other OVIVO Mobile customers. [↩]
  165. 300 free per month and 2p to other OVIVO Mobile customers. [↩]
  166. 500MB free per month. [↩]
  167. Operated by EE. [↩]
  168. Now shut down. [↩]
  169. Free to other Victory Mobile customers. [↩]
  170. Free to other Victory Mobile customers. [↩]
  171. Operated by 3. [↩]
  172. Now shut down. [↩]
  173. 5p to landlines. [↩]
  174. Operated by Vodafone. [↩]
  175. Now shut down. [↩]
  176. 4p to landlines and free to other Dialog Vizz users as long as you top-up £5. [↩]
  177. 5p to other Dialog Vizz users or free to other Dialog Vizz users as long as you top-up £5. [↩]
  178. 10MB free per day as long as you have at least £2 credit. [↩]

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