A SIM-only deal is a mobile phone plan that offers a SIM card and a package of texts, minutes and data, but does not come with a handset.

If you are choosing a SIM-only deal, you will need to buy your phone separately or use your existing mobile.

SIM-only deals are available as both Pay Monthly and Pay As You Go plans.

All Lyca Mobile mobile plans are SIM-only deals, although we do also have handsets available to buy outright, or through payment plans.

Visit our Mobile Web Settings page to find out how to automatically set up mobile data on your phone. You'll need to know the brand and model of your device.

To enable Lyca Mobile 4G mobile data on an iPhone:

1. Open Settings on your iPhone 2. Tap Mobile Data 3. Select “Network Selection” or “Mobile Data Network” 4. Input your APN settings:

APN: data.lycamobile.co.uk Username: Password: MMS APN: data.lycamobile.co.uk

Once you've updated your APN settings, restart your iPhone and you'll be able to use 4G where it's available.

To enable 4G on Android, use the same APN settings as for iPhone.

In need of a little extra data on top of your data-only SIM plan? Adding data to a plan is simple with Lyca Mobile Data Bolt Ons.

All you need to do is select the amount of extra data you need from our selection of Data Bolt Ons. Currently, you can add 1GB, 3GB, 5GB, or 10GB of mobile data to your existing plan.

When you buy a Data Bolt On, the extra data will be immediately added to your existing allowance. The data will last until the end of your current plan.

If you've used up all of your data allowance, you can continue to use data without buying a Data Bolt On, but you'll be charged at our Standard National Pay As You Go Rates.

5G is the next generation of cellular data, offering faster, stronger mobile data than ever before.

4G is the current standard for mobile data in the UK, while 3G is still used extensively, particularly in more rural areas. However, 5G is quickly developing, and some networks have already started rolling out 5G across the country.

5G is expected to offer:
1. Better battery life
2. Improved network coverage range - for connecting more devices in remote areas
3. Extension of mobile data range - for efficient hotspot creation
4. Better support for interactive media such as voice, audio, internet and broadband services
5. Increased capacity and capability to support mass connectivity
6. Customer support for the ever-increasing use and making of diverse applications, services and users
7. Better cognitive radio software development
8. Improved security features
9. Improved virtual and immersive reality
10. Tactile internet
11. Wireless cloud
12. Improved machine-to-machine communication time and much more

Lyca Mobile 5G is on its way, and will offer the same affordable, flexible phone plans as always, but with a faster and more stable internet connection.

Until then, you can make use of the best possible high-speed data on our 4G network by choosing a mobile data plan of your choice.

Lyca Mobile international SIM cards are designed to reduce the cost of making calls to international landlines and mobiles from within the UK.

All Lyca Mobile SIM cards offer free roaming in the EU. When calling from outside the UK and EU, you'll be charged for calls, texts and data based on our international roaming rates.

Yes, it's easy to transfer your mobile number from a different network to a Lyca Mobile UK SIM card.

You'll first need to obtain a Porting Authorisation Code (PAC code) from your current mobile provider. You can do so by calling your provider, but if you want to avoid a customer retention pitch, you can use the text-to-switch service and text PAC to 65075. You should receive a reply with your PAC code within one minute.

PAC codes are valid for 30 days, so if you don't sign up for your Lyca Mobile SIM within a month, you'll need to obtain a new code.

Next, order your Lyca Mobile SIM card online from our website.

Once you have your SIM, fill out our Online Porting Form and you can then expect your existing mobile number to be ported to your new SIM within the next two working days.

Alternatively, you can contact Customer Services on 322 from a Lyca Mobile number or 0207 132 0322 from any other number. Provide your SIM and a PAC code from your previous provider, and your Customer Service representative will completen the porting process.

Lyca Mobile UK SIM-only plans may have an expiry date. As your subscribed Pay as you go plan approaches its expiration, we will notify you via communication. To determine the expiry date of your current SIM plan, simply visit our Plans page and refer to the associated Terms and Conditions.

Plan Renewal:

All pay as you go plans come with a renewal date, which can be set for 30 days, 3 months, 6 months, or 12 months, depending on the duration of your subscription plan. Unless you've chosen to cancel the auto-renewal feature, your plan will automatically renew on the last day of its validity period.

UK Plan Unlimited Plus and UK Plan Unlimited (“the offer”) inclusive allowances are for calls and texts from the UK to standard UK landline (starting 01,02 or 03) and other UK mobile numbers, (except Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey and Channel Islands' numbers), and for mobile internet usage in the UK . Other usages will be charged at standard rates. Allowances are valid for 30 days from the date of purchase. 4G availability is subject to the handset model and location. Calls are rounded up to the nearest minute for the purpose of calculating the remaining allowances. Customers can have only one bundle within the 30days from the bundle with Unlimited data (Go Endless, Go Endless Plus etc). Any remaining allowance after 30 days will not be carried over into the next 30 day period should the customer repurchase their plan. In plan, data usage is rounded up and charged in 20KB increments. The discounted price is valid for first month only. Second purchase/ auto renewals will be charged with standard price. EU data roaming gap 20GB applicable for the plan. Lyca Mobile reserves the right to replace or amend the offer or these terms & conditions or to withdraw the offer at any time with reasonable notice. Note that promotional credit (credit which Lyca Mobile has given to customers for free) cannot be used towards purchasing a plan. The offer is for non-commercial, private, personal use only and subject to our Fair Usage Policy – Lyca Mobile reserves the right to withdraw or suspend the offer or to disconnect you if we suspect that offer is being used in violation of our Fair Usage Policy, for commercial purposes, for conferencing, or if it is not being used in a handset (in a SIM box for example), if it is being used for tethering or if any reason Lyca Mobile reasonably suspects that you are not acting in accordance with this policy where we consider that the usage was illegitimate. Your plan is subject to Auto-renewal and if you opt-in, it will automatically renew once it expires. We will remind you before it is due to be renewed, giving you the option to cancel. The renewal charges will be deducted from your main balance or through your payment card, depending on the initial activation method. The discounted price valid for online customer only (one time / customer).

Fair Usage Policy for UK Plan Unlimited Plus and UK Plan Unlimited (offering unlimited data): To protect our network stability and ensure its availability for all our customers, data usage on the above-mentioned plans is subject to this policy in addition to the Lyca Mobile terms and conditions. If we observe excessive data usage by a customer, we reserve the right to take action, which may include, but shall not be limited to, notifying the customer that their usage breach this Fair Usage Policy and then charge the customer at our standard rates for future data usage, and throttling the speed of their internet connection, or disconnection.If we suspect you are in breach of this Fair Usage Policy, we may investigate your usage further to ascertain whether your unlimited data usage is in line with this Fair Usage Policy and take action as set out above.

Effective from 01/07/2021.

Lyca Mobile UK plan (“the offer”) inclusive allowances are for calls and texts from the UK to standard UK landline (starting 01,02 or 03) and other UK mobile numbers, (except Isle of Man , Guernsey Jersey and Channel Islands' numbers), and for mobile internet usage in the UK. Other usages will be charged at standard rates. Allowances are valid for 30 days from the date of purchase. 4G availability is subject to the handset model and location. Calls are rounded up to the nearest minute for the purpose of calculating the remaining allowances. A customer may purchase a second plan only if it is priced higher than the currently active plan. Any remaining allowance after 30 days will not be carried over into the next 30 day period should the customer repurchase their plan. Data usage is rounded up and charged in 20KB increments. Once the data allowance of a plan has been fully used, additional data usage will be rounded up in 100kb and charged at a standard rate. Lyca Mobile reserves the right to replace or amend the offer or these terms & conditions or to withdraw the offer at any time with reasonable notice. Note that promotional credit (credit which Lyca Mobile has given to customers for free) cannot be used towards purchasing a plan. The offer is for non-commercial, private, personal use only – Lyca Mobile reserves the right to withdraw or suspend the offer or to disconnect you if we suspect that offer is being used for commercial purposes, for conferencing, or if it is not being used in a handset (in a SIM box for example), if it is being used for tethering or if any reason Lyca Mobile reasonably suspects that you are not acting in accordance with this policy where we consider that the usage was illegitimate. Promotional period: The offer is valid from 05/02/2019.

Your plan is subject to Auto-renewal and if you opt-in, it will automatically renew once it expires. We will remind you before it is due to be renewed, giving you the option to cancel. The renewal charges will be deducted from your main balance or through your payment card, depending on the initial activation method. 

Terms & Conditions for Talk & Text Lyca Mobile UK Talk & Text (‘the offer') inclusive allowances are for calls and texts from the UK to standard UK landline (starting 01,02 or 03) and other UK mobile numbers,( except Isle of Man , Guernsey Jersey and Channel Island's numbers). Other usages including mobile Internet will be charged at standard rates. Allowances are valid for 30 days from the date of purchase. Calls are rounded up to the nearest minute for the purpose of calculating the remaining allowances. A customer may have only one offer on their account and may not buy another during the 30 day validity period. Any remaining allowance after 30 days will not be carried over into the next 30 day period should the customer repurchase their plan. Lyca Mobile reserves the right to replace or amend the offer or these Terms & Conditions or to withdraw the offer at any time on reasonable notice.

Your plan is subject to Auto-renewal and if you opt-in will automatically renew once it expires. We will remind you before it is due to be renewed, giving you the option to cancel. The renewal charges will be deducted from your main balance or through your payment card, depending on the initial activation method. 

Note that promotional credit (credit which Lyca Mobile has given to customers for free) cannot be used towards purchasing a plan. The offer is for non-commercial, private, personal use only – Lyca Mobile reserves the right to withdraw or suspend the offer or to disconnect you if we suspect that offer is being used for commercial purposes, for conferencing, or if it is not being used in a handset (in a SIM box for example). Promotional period: The offer is valid from 03.11.2014. For our EU Countries roaming terms and conditions, please click here. 

Standard Pay As You Go Rates

* Following Estonia, Slovenia and Latvia prefixes have not been included in the international plans/international minutes and pay as you rates applies.

Acceptable Usage PolicyIf the use of any plan that includes ‘unlimited' calls or texts provided as part of the service exceeds the amount reasonably expected of a person using the service for personal purposes. Fair Use Policy All Lyca Mobile products, such as plans, are for personal non-commercial use only (see the relevant terms and conditions applicable for each product along with each product listed).Personal use means reasonable use of our communication services, such as voice calls, SMS & data, to fulfil individual needs. Any other usage is prohibited. The policy applies to:

• Airtime allowances, which Lyca Mobile gives for free in the form of free calls, free SMS, free data, free credit or any other relevant means
• Services, where there is a fixed charge for the allotted usage of allowances such as plans, planes, and add-ons for a defined period of time

A Fair Use Policy is applied where:

• Your usage on a promotion is unreasonable
• Your use of data services is non-consistent with other users, which would in turn affect the quality of service experience for the majority of customers
• Your usage of our services is for illegal activities

Some of the unreasonable usages includes, but is not limited to:

• Mass distribution of Lyca Mobile services to a large number of people. E.g. unauthorised SMS campaigns.
• Re-distribution of Lyca Mobile services without our formal consent to make income.

If your excessive or unreasonable usage continues, Lyca Mobile may, without further warning, suspend or limit your service or even terminate your agreement in accordance with our general terms and conditions. If you have any queries about our fair use policy, please feel free to contact us. Get even more from our plans. All customers who have purchased one of our plan/bundle will benefit from our Value Added Services such as International Money transfers, Sports news, Horoscopes, etc. All of these services are included automatically as part of your plan/bundle allowances. For a full list of Value Added Services, click here.