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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.

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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. [↩]

Version History (click to 10th May 2011 – first version published.
31st May 2011 – updated ASDA Mobile prices following price increase.
1st June 2011 – updated Orange prices following price increase.
7th June 2011 – updated TalkMobile data charges outside of daily allowance.
17th June 2011 – fixed transposition of Tesco Lite charges for calls and texts.
21st June 2011 – fixed error where calls and text charges for the TalkMobile tariffs had been transposed.
1st July 2011 – updated Giffgaff internet prices following introduction of data charging.
6th July 2011 – included more details for Orange data prices.
7th July 2011 – clarified Vectone prices for online top-ups.
14th July 2011 – updated Vodafone prices following price increase.
19th July 2011 – added details for Dalya Mobile, Delight Mobile, Dialog Vizz, iCard Mobile and Now Mobile.
1st August 2011 – removed half-price introductory offers from Vectone.
4th August 2011 – added notes to Tesco Mobile and Delight Mobile about effective cost due to triple credit offers.
15th August 2011 – updated Dialog Vizz costs following price increase.
18th August 2011 – added new Virgin Mobile Simply 8p tariff.
29th August 2011 – updated iCard Mobile landline rate following price increase.
30th September 2011 – updated Now Mobile mobile call, 0845 number and text rates following price increase.
1st October 2011 – corrected prices for 0870 and 0800 numbers for LycaMobile.
1st November 2011 – added Vectone’s price decrease for landline calls.
1st December 2011 – updated Dialog Vizz pricing following tariff changes.
3rd December 2011 – updated Delight Mobile pricing for various call and text charges as well as their updated Delight-to-Delight offer.
3rd April 2012 – updated Vectone landline and SMS pricing and added unlimited calls and texts offers.
19th April 2012 – made several changes to Delight Mobile pricing following scrapping of triple credit offer, changes to their terms and pricing alterations for premium rate numbers.
15th May 2012 – corrected transposition of Tesco Mobile and Tesco Lite prices for 08xx numbers.
29th June 2012 – updated Giffgaff pricing for 0870 numbers.
27th September 2012 – made an update after another iCard Mobile price hike for UK mobiles and landlines.
10th February 2013 – amended price for Giffgaff goodybag with unlimited mobile data.
15th February 2013 – updates to Now Mobile.
10th March 2013 – added OVIVO Mobile to the table.
11th March 2013 – added White Mobile pricing.
12th March 2013 – updated OVIVO Mobile-to-OVIVO Mobile rates in footnotes.
13th March 2013 – updated White Mobile MMS pricing.
18th April 2013 – updated Delight Mobile SMS bundle.
19th April 2013 – updated Orange and T-Mobile unlimited text pricing.
21st April 2013 – removed Vectone unlimited texts deal and included changes to Virgin Mobile tariffs.
14th May 2013 – updated table to reflect new Giffgaff goodybag options.
16th May 2013 – corrections to White Mobile and Orange charges.
16th May 2013 – updated to include T-Mobile’s voice call price increase.
23rd May 2013 – included Vodafone’s change to start charging for 0800 numbers.
26th May 2013 – corrected Three’s rate for 0800 numbers.
27th May 2013 – updated Virgin text and data pricing, Vectone calls pricing as well as many other minor details for both networks.
29th May 2013 – added a new entry for Victory Mobile.
30th May 2013 – added DiDa Mobile and removed Dalya Mobile.
31st May 2013 – added The People’s Operator to the comparison table.
3rd June 2013 – added AfriMobile to the comparison table.
3rd July 2013 – updated 3’s new 321 tariff.
31st July 2013 – added Mobile By Sainsbury’s to the table.
21st August 2013 – added an entry for Donate Mobile.
13th October 2013 – altered ASDA’s entry to reflect their move from Vodafone to EE.
14th October 2013 – updated Tesco’s data pricing.
16th December 2013 – altered Vodafone’s entry to include their price increases.
19th December 2013 – added O2‘s price increase to calls.
20th December 2013 – updated Three’s pricing for 0800 numbers and MMS.
2nd January 2014 – removed OVIVO’s deal for free minutes and texts to other OVIVO users.
31st January 2014 – added Lebara’s price increases.
2nd February 2014 – updated ASDA Mobile prices.
4th February 2014 – updated OVIVO allowances.
3rd March 2014 – fixed error on Mobile by Sainsbury’s.
25th May 2014 – added restyled table to create room for adding a Voicemail column.
5th July 2014 – added Allpay Mobile, Banana Mobile, C Mobile and Co-operative Mobile.
20th July 2014 – added RSPCA Mobile.
21st July 2014 – restyled table to create room for adding a Voicemail column.
22nd July 2014 – added Talkxtra, Wildlife Mobile, Econet, Kontakt Mobile, Lomo Mobile, Simple Call Mobile, Smart Pinoy and Talk Home Mobile.
24th July 2014 – updated 3G coverage figures.
28th July 2014 – adding missing Kontakt Mobile rates.
1st September 2014 – updated iCard Mobile price increases.
29th October 2014 – added a note to say that RSPCA Mobile has shut down.
5th November 2014 – also amended to show that Simple Call Mobile has shut down.
24th November 2014 – updated Delight Mobile’s pricing.
27th November 2014 – updated Giffgaff goodybags.
14th January 2015 – brought Lebara prices up-to-date.
16th January 2015 – modified table headers.
19th January 2015 – added Lebara SMS bundles.
1st February 2015 – linked to EE review page and updated pricing for bundles.
2nd March 2015 – incorporated Vectone, Lebara and Lycamobile price increases.
10th March 2015 – updated Lycamobile 0800 pricing.
19th March 2015 – fixed ASDA Mobile data costs.
20th March 2015 – added the new budget network Tello.
23rd March 2015 – added up-to-date information for GT Mobile.
8th April 2015 – removed TalkMobile Essentials.
11th June 2015 – updated pricing for Lycamobile and GT Mobile.
1st July 2015 – updated pricing for TPO bundles.
26th July 2015 – altered cost of 0800 numbers for all operators in line with new regulations.
2nd September 2015 – incorporated Three’s unlimited data price increase.
4th September 2015 – updated GT Mobile’s SMS and data data price increase.
12th October 2015 – amended to show that Family Mobile is no longer operational.
14th October 2015 – added a row for Aether.
15th October 2015 – noted that Mobile by Sainsbury’s is shutting down.
16th October 2015 – updated pricing for TPO again.
17th October 2015 – added a note about Three’s free data.
16th November 2015 – updated new Tesco Mobile data pricing.
18th November 2015 – added 4G coverage (finally).
10th March 2015 – updated TPO tariffs.
11th February 2016 – made several updates to defunct networks and made their status clearer in the table.
21st March 2017 – removed redundant 0800 number column.
18th May 2017 – updated unlimited texts price on TPO.
23rd May 2017 – updated 4G and 3G coverage for several networks.
23rd May 2017 – added O2‘s PAYG price cuts.
23rd May 2017 – corrected giffgaff pricing.
23rd May 2017 – updated call costs for Virgin, Lebara and Tru.
23rd May 2017 – fixed Lyca SMS pricing.
23rd September 2018 – added 1p Mobile pricing.
12th August 2019 – updated lots of pricing.
2nd September 2019 – added Zevvle pricing.
10th September 2019 – updated Zevvle 0870 pricing.
12th January 2021 – updated Zevvle PAYG availability and added a note to TPO.
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