Travelling outside your home country to another European Union Country and using your phone abroad is roaming – a term you all must be familiar with. Roaming takes extra charges besides paying for your standard plans, including data allowance, SMS texts, and call minutes. This article will discuss the dynamics of roaming charges in the European Union, more particularly mobile roaming in Cyprus.
While before Brexit, Cyprus roaming charges, along with the rest of the European Union, were zero, things took a turn after Brexit. Since Brexit, all the big data operators, including Three, have reintroduced data roaming charges. It also removed some of the benefits under the Go Roam program that affected travel to not only the European Union countries but also other destinations like the US, Australia, and others.
To get access to the mobile allowances in EU destinations, the customers of the Three must pay £2 per day, and the same holds in the case of mobile roaming in Cyprus. The cost increases to £5 with other Go Roam territories like Hong Kong and the United States. The reintroduction came into effect on May 23, 2022. One thing is that users get enough time to soak in the information and get ready for that.
Fair use policy for Mobile Roaming in Cyprus
Mobile operators have a ‘fair use policy’ to ensure all the customers can get the benefits of the ‘roam like at home’ rule when roaming around the EU. It means the operator has some fair and reasonable control mechanisms to prevent the customers from abusing the rules. The fair use policies are for everywhere, including mobile roaming in Cyprus.
The Go Roam in Europe destinations offers customers up to 12 GB of data allowance. If you surpass this fair limit use it while remaining in your allowance, which is to get surcharged. On the other hand, there are no fair use limits on texts, calls made to mobile numbers, or standard landlines within the Go Roam in Europe destinations.
If you have an unlimited data plan, you can use your mobile phone as a personal hotspot while roaming in EU destinations. If you have an essential plan, you have two options. You can change your plan or purchase an add-on to use your device as a hotspot.
Plans for Mobile Roaming
Plans for Mobile Roaming | oglooks
The best plans for mobile Roaming in Cyprus are monthly or pay-as-you-go plans, the details of which are mentioned down below to give you a better insight.
Monthly charges
The monthly roaming charges are further divided into two categories –
- Plans before October 1, 2021
It means that your plans have not been upgraded, so the texts and calls in the European Union will be included in your allowance.
- Plans after October 1, 2021
For monthly pay customers, mobile roaming in Cyprus is £2 a day. If you are in possession of the Three Your Way Plan, you get 56 days of roaming. Suppose you run out of roaming or you only have a standard plan. You can opt to buy a 3, 7, or 14-day Go Roam Pass.
| Service | With remaining allowance | Outside your allowance |
| Calling a UK member | Lies out of your allowance | 3p/minute |
| Calling an EU number or a Cypriot | Lies out of your allowance* | 3p/minute* |
| Texts to the UK | Lies out of your allowance | 2p/text |
| Texting an EU number or a Cypriot | Lies out of your allowance | 2p/text |
| Incoming calls from any number | Free | Free |
| Incoming texts from any number | Free | Free |
| Using data or the internet | Lies out of your allowance | 1p/MB (with £45 limit of data roaming) |
| Using voicemail | Lies out of your allowance | 3p/minute |
| Unlocking the UK allowance in Go Roam in Europe destinations | £2 a day** |
Pay-as-you-go charges
Pay-as-you-go charges | oglooks
| Service | With remaining allowance | Outside your allowance |
| Calling a UK member | Lies out of your allowance | 35p/minute |
| Calling an EU number or a Cypriot | Lies out of your allowance* | 35p/minute* |
| Texts to the UK | Lies out of your allowance | 15p/text |
| Texting an EU number or a Cypriot | Lies out of your allowance | 15p/text |
| Incoming calls from any number | Free | Free |
| Incoming texts from any number | Free | Free |
| Using data or the internet | Lies out of your allowance | 10p/MB (with £45 limit on data roaming) |
| Using voicemail | Lies out of your allowance | 35p/minute |
* – The monthly voice minutes allowance does not cover the calls to international special numbers, and these are charged £2.75/minute. Calls to special international personal numbers and international premium rates are generally included in this. When you connect to any of these numbers, Three tries its best to send you an SMS.
** – only when your monthly plan has been taken after October 1, 2022
Conclusion
The above information sums up the criteria for mobile roaming in Cyprus as well as other territories in the European Go Roam program. The Three network operator gives the best deals to its customers to let them enjoy their travel to any country in the EU. So, you must try out the plans to get the optimum benefits. For more information on mobile roaming in Cyprus, you can visit Oglooks.