Talk Home Mobile Review: Pay As You Go & Pay Monthly Plans With EE Coverage

Talk Home Mobile offers 1-month rolling and 12-month plans with 4G & 5G coverage from EE.

In the UK, Talk Home Mobile offers low-cost plans with access to 4G & 5G coverage from EE. When you sign up as a new Talk Home customer, you can benefit from a discounted price for the first 3 months. There’s also a range of one-month rolling plans and 12-month plans that you’re able to choose from.

In this article, we’ll review the Talk Home Mobile network, including the plans and special offers available. We’ll also look at the coverage available on Talk Home Mobile, and how you can keep your existing phone number when you switching to their network.

Plans From:	£1.50 per month for 3 months, then £5 per month
Contract Length:	No contract & no credit check
Monthly Bundles:	4GB data for £2.50 (£5pm after 3 months) 8GB data for £3.50 (£8pm after 3 months) 20GB data for £4.50 (£10pm after 3 months) 50GB data for £6.50 (£15pm after 3 months) 100GB data for £8.50 (£20pm after 3 months) 200GB data for £13.50 (£35pm after 3 months)
Pay As You Go Rates:	1p/minute 1p/text 1p/MB
Coverage:	4G & 5G coverage from EE

Talk Home Mobile Plans

In the UK, Talk Home Mobile offers Pay As You Go deals with access to 4G & 5G coverage from EE. At present, you can choose from a range of monthly bundles that start from £2.50/month for the first 3 months (£5/month thereafter). Alternatively, you can Pay As You Go at the rates of 1p/minute, 1p/text and 1p/MB.

Monthly Bundles

For most people, the cheapest way to use Talk Home Mobile is to get one of their rolling monthly plans. With the monthly plans from Talk Home Mobile, you’ll get unlimited UK minutes, unlimited UK texts, and an allowance of 5G mobile data included.

Although you’re paying on a one-month rolling basis, there’s no contract and no credit check required. You can also change or cancel your plan at any time.

The following table shows Talk Home’s one-month rolling plans:

Network	Data	Monthly Cost
No price plans could be found matching this criteria.

12 Month Contracts

If you sign up on a 12-month contract, you can get additional data on your plan, as well as a larger discount for the first 3 months.

The following table shows Talk Home Mobile’s 12-month plans:

Network	Data	Monthly Cost
No price plans could be found matching this criteria.

When you choose a 12-month contract, an early termination fee applies if you cancel within the first 12 months.

Pay As You Go

It’s also possible to use Talk Home Mobile without the need to pay a regular monthly fee.

When you opt-in to their Penny Pro plan, you’ll pay just 1p/minute, 1p/text and 1p/MB. The caveat is that you’ll need to opt-in to this plan again every 30 days to benefit. Otherwise, you’ll go back to Talk Home Mobile’s standard Pay As You Go rates which are 18p/minute and 5p/text.

The following table shows Talk Home Mobile’s standard Pay As You Go rates:

Calling Rates:
Voice Calls	Free to other Talk Home Mobile customers 18p/minute to other UK mobile networks 10p/minute to UK landlines 1p/minute with Penny Pro opt-in
Calls to Voicemail	Free
Calls to Special Rate Numbers	15p/minute access charge + service charge from the company you’re calling
Messaging Rates:
Text Message (SMS)	Free to other Talk Home Mobile customers 5p to other UK mobile networks 1p with Penny Pro opt-in
Picture Message (MMS)	25p
Internet Rates:
Mobile Data	1p/MB

You’ll need to use your mobile phone for a chargeable activity at least once every 90 days to keep your SIM card active.

Looking across the rest of the UK mobile landscape, the Penny Pro plan from Talk Home Mobile is very similar to the offering from 1pMobile. The main difference is that 1pMobile requires you to add £10 of fresh Pay As You Go credit every 120 days. In contrast, customers on Talk Home Mobile will need to manually opt-in every 30 days and will need to have a chargeable activity every 90 days (which can include the use of existing Pay As You Go credit that’s already on your account). In addition, you can top-up your phone by as little as £2.50 each time (the minimum top-up is £10 on 1pMobile).

International Plans

You can call abroad from as little as 1p/minute on Talk Home Mobile. In addition, they offer specialist international calling plans from £10 per month, giving you an allowance of minutes and texts for contacting one of the following destinations:

• Angola
• Bangladesh
• Bulgaria
• Ghana
• Global^†
• India
• Jamaica
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Poland
• Romania

† The Global plans gives you an allowance of calls and texts for contacting phone numbers in: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus Greek, Czech-Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong-Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States.

It’s worth noting that the international plans do not come with any UK allowances included (i.e. you won’t get any UK minutes, UK texts and mobile data with your international plan). For that reason, you’ll need to buy a UK plan in addition to your international plan.

Network & Coverage

4G & 5G Coverage From EE

As a Talk Home Mobile customer, you’ll have access to EE’s 4G and 5G networks in the UK. This means you’ll have 99% population coverage on 4G, plus super-fast 5G coverage in more than 1,000 UK towns and cities.

Before you order a Talk Home Mobile SIM card, you can double-check the coverage in your area using the map on EE’s website:

Check Talk Home Mobile Coverage (via ee.co.uk) →

Unfortunately, Wi-Fi Calling and 4G Calling are not currently available to Talk Home Mobile customers.

International Roaming

If you’re travelling abroad, you’ll be able to use your Talk Home Mobile plan at no extra cost in the following 31 EU destinations:

1. Austria
2. Belgium
3. Bulgaria
4. Croatia
5. Cyprus
6. Czech Republic
7. Denmark
8. Estonia
9. Finland
10. France
11. Germany
12. Greece
13. Hungary
14. Iceland
15. Ireland
16. Italy
17. Latvia
18. Liechtenstein
19. Lithuania
20. Luxembourg
21. Malta
22. Netherlands
23. Norway
24. Poland
25. Portugal
26. Romania
27. Slovenia
28. Slovakia
29. Spain
30. Sweden
31. Switzerland

This is subject to a fair use limit as described on the Talk Home Mobile website.

For more information, see our guide to EU roaming on UK mobile networks.

Keeping Your Phone Number

If you’re switching to Talk Home Mobile, it’s a straightforward process to keep your current phone number.

Start by ordering your new Pay As You Go plan from the Talk Home Mobile website. Once you’ve done that, you can get a PAC Code from your old network. This is available through your mobile network’s website or app, or when you text PAC to 65075.

When your new Talk Home Mobile SIM card arrives in the post, you’ll be able to submit your PAC Code through this page. Once you’ve done that, you’ll be able to choose a date for the number to move over. You’ll also get 1GB of extra data added to your account once the transfer is complete.

For a step-by-step guide on how to transfer your phone number to Talk Home Mobile, please select your current mobile network from the drop down menu below:

For more information about transferring your phone number between networks, see our full guide to using a PAC Code.

About Talk Home Mobile

Talk Home Mobile is part of the Nowtel telecommunications group.

The ‘Talk Home’ brand first launched in the UK during 2012, originally offering low-cost international calling cards. Nowadays, they offer a full Pay As You Go mobile service under a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) agreement with EE. They also offer a Talk Home app for making low-cost international calls.

In the UK, the Nowtel group also powers a number of other UK mobile networks including Now Mobile and RWG Mobile.

More Information

For more information, please see the official Talk Home Mobile website. You can also see our in-depth guide to mobile networks using EE coverage.