Tesco Mobile to charge customers for data roaming in Europe from next year

Affected customers can't cancel penalty-free as they were told about roaming fees on joining or upgrading

If you took out or upgraded your contract on or after 16 June 2022, the roaming charges will have been stipulated in your contract, so you won't be able to cancel penalty-free, according to Tesco Mobile.

If you joined or upgraded on or before 15 June 2022, you won't be affected, so in this case you might want to consider letting your existing deal roll over when it expires to keep the free roaming perk. But you should, of course, check you're on a cheap deal first and compare prices with other major providers factoring in their roaming costs if this is important to you. Use our Cheap Mobile Finder tool to compare deals. 

Before switching be aware that many major mobile firms have already reintroduced European roaming charges: 

• Vodafone reintroduced roaming charges on 31 January 2022. 
• EE reintroduced roaming charges on 3 March 2022.
• Sky Mobile brought back roaming charges on 3 May 2022.
• Three brought back roaming charges from 23 May 2022. 
• Voxi reintroduced roaming charges on 27 May 2022.

However, O2 has pledged to continue offering free mobile roaming in Europe – and many smaller providers also continue to offer free roaming. See our Cheap mobile and data roaming guide for full help on how to avoid or minimise roaming charges.