topic Using mobile in Asia costs in Sky Mobile

Using mobile in Asia costs

KeithBennett1 — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:21:49 GMT

I'm travelling to Hong Kong - Vietnam-Thailand & Singapore how much would it cost to use my mobile for recieving local calls and data usage? Do you to an Asia travel pack upfront?

Re: Using mobile in Asia costs

caesarome — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:27:50 GMT

@KeithBennett1

Sky doesn't do Asia roaming packages so you pay for what you use as you can check yourself here:

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-mobile-roaming-destinations-and-charges

Rest of the world charges are usually this but can be even higher:

£2,160 per GB (yes this is correct)

£2.16 per minute Calls to local or UK mobile and landline numbers

£1.80 per minute to receive calls

£0.50 per text message to UK numbers and mobiles

£0.58 per picture message(MMS)

Re: Using mobile in Asia costs

TimmyBGood — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:52:02 GMT

@KeithBennett1 wrote:

how much would it cost to use my mobile for recieving local calls and data usage?

Potentially far more than the airline tickets, so be careful: you really don't want a UK SIM active when you land (and it's best to disable cellular data services on departure to avoid any risk of overflight charges ; )

Note that unfeasably high cellular data costs would typically also apply in, for example, a Gulf state stopover (apart from UAE which, for some reason, is one of the few nations outside Europe with £2 roaming on Sky Mobile)