Lyca Mobile's roaming in India: what you do and don't get

All Lyca Mobile plans now include data roaming in India

Whether you join Lyca Mobile on Pay As You Go or one of their better value longer pay monthly plans, you’ll now get inclusive data roaming in India at no extra cost.

Lyca are already known for their low priced deals and widespread coverage via EE’s network, so this is another excellent benefit on top of that. Take a look at their best SIM only deals below:

Lyca's best current deals with India data roaming

India’s tourism board reports that around one million people travel there from the UK each year, often for holidays or to visit family. That’s a lot of people who’d benefit from the inclusive Indian roaming on Lyca.

In this quick guide, we’ll take you through how Lyca’s India roaming works and help you decide whether it’s a good enough reason to join them.

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It’s very unusual to get India roaming on UK networks

This benefit from Lyca Mobile is certainly welcome. Many networks have already removed EU roaming, while Lyca still offer it. So it’s even more generous that they include India too, with no extra cost.

Only a couple of other providers offer something similar, including Lyca’s main rival Lebara. Even premium networks like Three and Vodafone don’t include India in their roaming zones.

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Lyca clearly know their customer base. They’ve long appealed to international communities living in the UK, originally through inclusive international minutes.

It makes sense that many of those customers, and others, would want to use their UK SIMs while visiting India. Lyca now let you do that without the usual roaming charges.

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It’s only your data that’s covered while you’re there

There is a key restriction to know about with Lyca’s roaming in India though. Only your data is included in your plan. Calls and texts are not covered.

That means you can browse the internet or use apps like WhatsApp that run on data. But if you want to call UK or Indian numbers directly, you’ll need to pay extra:

You’ll need to top up with credit if you’re on Pay As You Go, or raise your spend cap above £0 if you’re on pay monthly. After that, you’ll be charged per minute or text at these rates.

It’s a bit of a dampener on an otherwise brilliant benefit. Inclusive data roaming is still valuable, but most people will likely want to make calls or send texts while there.

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