Trying to contact your friends or family or a local business before you or whilst you take a trip somewhere? Depending on where you are in the world you will be able to do different things.
1. While I'm in the UK
Action | EU Countries | Non-EU Countries |
Send Texts | ❌ | ❌ |
Receive Texts | ✅ | ✅ |
Make Calls | ❌ | ❌ |
Receive Calls | ✅ | ✅ |
2. While I'm in the EU
Action | EU Countries | Non-EU Countries, inc UK |
Send Texts | ✅ | ❌ |
Receive Texts | ✅ | ✅ |
Make Calls | ✅ | ❌ |
Receive Calls | ✅ | ✅ |
3. While I'm in a Non-EU country - contacting other countries (not the one I'm in)
Action | Other Countries, inc UK |
Send Texts | ❌ |
Receive Texts | ✅ |
Make Calls | ❌ |
Receive Calls | ❌ |
4. While I'm in a Non-EU country - with an International Roaming data/calls/texts Add-on.
Action | To UK | Within Visited Country |
Send Texts | ❌ | ✅ |
Receive Texts | ✅ (from any country) | ✅ |
Make Calls | ❌ | ✅ |
Receive Calls | ❌ | ❌ (not currently supported) |
Roaming needs an active Slice plan. No plan = no roaming. Keep it active if you want to stay connected abroad.