Foreign Roaming with Prepaid Phones

Prepaids that roam beyond North America, or in Canada and Mexico only. Only Prepaids with Data Roaming are included. Most prepaid phones can use Wi-Fi in foreign countries to access Data and some can also make Voice Calls and Text messages using Wi-Fi Calling. Services are listed alphabetically.

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Prepaids that Roam Outside North America:

BOOST MOBILE offers add-ons that give you Data in over 38 foreign countries, depending on SIM and phone model, for $10 per Gb. Additional Data is available for $10 per 1 GB.

CONSUMER CELLULAR has roaming coverage in over 100 countries. Their rates start as low as .01 per minute Talk, per Text and per MB of Data. International Roaming must be enabled by Customer Service, and Wi-Fi Calling is available. Roaming rates in a small number of countries can be as high as .58 per Minute/Text/Mb, so to protect your account Consumer Cellular will limit your roaming when charges reach $100.

GOOGLE FI has Voice and Data Roaming in over 200 countries including Mexico and Canada. Fi uses Wi-Fi first then, if it finds none, automatically switches to cellular broadband.

SIMPLE MOBILE offers Voice, Text and Data roaming in Mexico and 15 other Latin American countries on all plans (that means no Brazil), including 3-10GB of data (plan-dependent) and unlimited text in those countries.

TELLO is one of our low-price leaders and that includes International Roaming in over 200 countries. Tello provides a "Pay-as-You-Go" bucket that you add funds to. Then they take out your individual roaming charges as you need them and leaves the rest for your next trip. This is superior to other Prepaids' add-ons as you only pay for whet you sue and and you don't lose the rest. They also support Wi-Fi Calling which could result in no roaming charges! Read our full Tello Review.

T-MOBILE PREPAID phones roam in over 200 countries worldwide. Roaming within Mexico and Canada is included without extra charges, including Data, for "non-contract" plans. T-Mobile also supports Global Wi-Fi Calling which enables you to make calls via Wi-Fi back to the US at your normal per-call rate. Otherwise, Pay As You Go plan roaming rates range from $1.49 to $5.99 per minute! Text messaging is .50 to Send, .10 to receive, in all countries except Canada.

TOTAL WIRELESS offers Voice, Text and Data roaming in Canada and Mexico. You can also get roaming in 30 other countries with the Total Wireless International App. The countries are a rather odd list that does not include Europe.

US MOBILE roams in over 100 countries around the world including plans with Data. US Mobile has several other advantages including competitive prices, a choice of US networks, excellent promotions and more.

Prepaids That Roam in Canada and Mexico Only:

AT&T PREPAID roams in Canada & Mexico. Talk, Messaging and Data available on $60 monthly plan and above, Talk and Messaging available for other plans at per-use charges.

CRICKET Unlimited and 10 GB plans include Unlimited Calling and Unlimited Text and Picture Messaging to and from landlines and mobile phones in Mexico, Canada, and to the US, plus high-speed Data access while traveling in Mexico and Canada (Speeds reduced when you use up your plan's high-speed allowance). Cricket is owned by AT&T.

GEN MOBILE offers a Prepaid variation of Boost Mobile. Gen Mobile plans are reasonable and include Calling and Texting to 100 foreign countries as well as Canada and Mexico Roaming with plans $20 and higher, and include 500 minutes, 500 texts, and 500MB of data. Wi-Fi Calling is supported in foreign countries but only to US numbers.

METRO BY T-MOBILE phones include Unlimited Calls and Texts, to and from Mexico and Canada, including to both mobile phones and landlines. Available as a $5 add-on to plans $40 and above, and includes 5GB of Data. Higher Data plans available.

RED POCKET phones include Unlimited calling to and from Mexico and Canada. All Red Pocket Mobile Unlimited GSMA plans offer Free international roaming in Canada and Mexico, including unlimited Talk, Text and a Data limit of up to 100MB. Additional roaming data can be added for an extra cost. International roaming is also included in all other non-unlimited GSMA plans, but does not include unlimited talk and text, add-ons are available for all plans. Some International calling to other countries is also included.

VERIZON PREPAID roams in Canada, Mexico and Guam but the process is complicated and expensive. There are better Prepaid Roaming options.