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Tesco Mobile Value tariff charges

For cheaper rates when you talk and text in the UK, choose Tesco Mobile Value Tariff. It's straightforward with no extras - why pay for something you don't use? Calls are only 15p a minute to any UK mobile or standard UK fixed-line number and texts are 5p per text. Remember, with the Value tariff there are no frills such as internet access, picture messaging or calling or texting abroad.

Local and National charges - Using your mobile in the UK for UK calls & texts

Calls (to any UK mobile or standard UK fixed-line numbers 01, 02, 03) - anytime15p /min
Texts (to any UK mobile or standard UK fixed-line numbers 01, 02, 03) - anytime5p /message
Listen to Voicemail - 90510p /min
WAP (not GPRS)10p /min
Tesco Directory enquiries - 11832350p /min
Tesco International Directory enquiries£1.49 /min
Customer Care from handset - 445515p /min
Customer Care from fixed-lineCalls cost 7p, plus up to 2p per minute for BT Calling Plans. Calls may be recorded.
05 Calls20p/min
0844 / 0845 / 0870 / 080 / 084 numbers15p / min
0843 / 0871 / 0873 numbersFrom 15p /min/call
Premium rate calls - 090 / 091From 50p /min/call
Personal numbers - 07050p /min
Top-up via handset - 4444FREE
Top-up via fixed-lineCalls cost 7p, plus up to 2p per minute for BT Calling Plans. Calls may be recorded.
999 or 112FREE
Traffic news45p /min

International zone † charges - Calling and texting International numbers

Calls from the UK to Zone 1
(standard fixed-line or mobile)
(50 most called countries)
20p /min
Calls from the UK to Zone 2
(standard fixed-line or mobile)
40p /min
Calls from the UK to Zone 3
(standard fixed-line or mobile)
£1.49 /min
Texts to International mobile20p /message

Quick dials

2701Tesco offersFREE
2702How do I?FREE
2708Turn off locationFREE
282RegistrationFREE
2905Voicemail onFREE
2915Voicemail offFREE
1471Last received callFREE
*#10#Balance enquiryFREE

Minimum call charges

Standard local, national or international call from the UK10p then 1 second increments
Standard call from overseas1 minute, then 1 second increments
Tesco Directory enquiries1 minute, then 1 second increments
† Premium rate and other directory enquiriesCharges differ by service provider and calls and any interconnects may be charged
  • Minimum call charge, then 1 second increments
  • 1 minute, then 1 second increments
  • charges as whole minutes
  • priced per call
Please see service provider for details

Other charges

Handset unlocking: Your Tesco Mobile handset is locked to the Tesco Mobile network. If you wish to use another network's SIM, you will need to arrange for it be unlocked. If this is the case, you must not insert another operator's SIM card into the mobile without an unlatching code (which is not your PIN code). We will on request provide an unlatching code after 90 days starting from the date you activated your handset. If you activate your handset and use the Tesco Mobile network for less than 90 days before receiving an unlatching code, we will charge you a fee of £25 to unlock your handset.

If the handset has been active for more than 90 days there will be no charge as long as you have topped up by £25 since activation. If you haven't, you will need to top-up to reach this threshold before the code can be requested. The credit can then be used as airtime.

Please contact Customer care on 0845 301 4455 or call 4455 from your Tesco Mobile for further information on the qualifying period, applicable conditions and charges.

Our partner network O2, 80202 text services - requesting texts will be charged at standard rate, see www.o2.co.uk for delivery charges.

Call charges are inclusive of VAT where applicable.

† International zones

Zone 1 - Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, British Virgin Islands, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Zimbabwe.

Zone 2 - Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Ascension, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Diego Garcia, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, La reunion, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, North Mariana Islands, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Rodriguez Islands, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa US, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikstan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia.

Zone 3 - Afghanistan, Cook Islands, Cuba, East Timor, Falklands, Greenland, Guinea, Kiribati, Korea North, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa West, Sao Tome & Principe, Solomon Islands, Somalia, St Helena, Suriname, Thuraya Iridium (satellite network), Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam.