Only a few know the feeling of having your life split across countries; you moved to France and hence use French banks and spend weekends exploring around the EU and UK. While you need to keep in touch with family back home, your group chats run across 3 different time zones.
Do you relate to the feeling of having a stamped passport, a half-packed bag, and your phone being in chaos?
This is exactly the reality Lyca Mobile is aware of and has roaming-ready plans for those in France who live all around. The expats and international students, the group of people who are always on the move, “cosmo.” They need one number in France that just doesn’t work in France, but also when they move around in the EU and the UK.
The Cosmo Lifestyle: One Life, Many Countries
Tell us if you can relate to this: you study/work in France, hop to London for a concert or quick weekend, meet friends in Amsterdam, and then fly home for the holidays. Your phone goes through all of this with you. You use data to book flights and scan boarding passes; you use it for work calls, or when homesickness hits, you call home.
Not only your device, but also your phone plan must keep up! It needs to be predictable abroad while being strong at home, and give you good national and international calling as well as texting options, not only data for social scrolling or vlogging.
| Feature | Plan L 350GB – AlwaysOnline Roamer | Plan S 200GB – Flexible Expat Favourite |
| Plan name | Monthly plan L 350 GB Data – 1Month Contract | Monthly Plan S 200GB – Without Commitment |
| Data in France | 350GB: 11,99€ / month | 200GB: 7,99€ / month |
| National calls & texts | Unlimited minutes and SMS in France | Unlimited minutes and SMS in France |
| Calling & Text | Unlimited international calls (selected countries) Unlimited EU mins & texts when roaming in the EU (fair use applies) | Unlimited international calls (selected countries) Unlimited EU mins & texts when roaming in the EU (fair use applies) |
| Roaming data (EU/UK/CH) | 16GB roaming for EU, UK, and Switzerland | 11GB roaming for EU, UK, and Switzerland |
Please note: Read the fine print of the plan before buying.
Before you choose any plan, you need to make sure you are aware of the usage and your needs. It is always good not to underestimate your usage.
Here is how each plan translates into real-life usage: (RECOMMEND TURNING IT INTO AN IMAGE)
| Aspect | Plan L 350GB – AlwaysOnline Roamer | Plan S 200GB – Flexible Expat Favorite |
| Every day use in France | This is for the ones who use data primarily and don’t need to worry before scrolling, streaming, tethering a laptop, watching lectures, attending Zoom calls and more | This plan makes you avoid data anxiety, and is perfect for daily usage without constantly checking pending data allowance |
| Travel mode trigger | Travel mode in the EU, UK or Switzerland allows you to use 16GB roaming data (fair usage policy) | Travel mode in the EU, UK or Switzerland allows you to use 11GB roaming data (fair usage policy) |
| What Fair Use is designed to cover | You can use navigation, travel apps, social media, email and other messaging apps. Along with light streaming and scrolling | This makes for a perfect pal on a weekend trip, in which you would use maps, book or cancel reservations and tickets, social media scrolling and posting. While also calling your loved ones. |
| Ideal user profile | Heavy data user in France who also travels frequently around EU/UK/Switzerland | International student/expat who travels regularly but not every weekend and wants maximum flexibility |
Does Lyca Mobile France Roaming Work in the UK and EU in 2026?
The answer to this key question for the “Cosmo” crowd is, YES!
Both plans include SIM and eSIM options with roaming in EU countries, the UK and Switzerland. You can enjoy roaming across these countries without changing your French number. And as an existing plan privilege, you get unlimited EU minutes and texts while roaming (under fair use rules)
That means Paris–London–Berlin feels like one big zone where your phone just…works.
Unlimited Global Calling: Your Pocket’s New "Home Line"
Your data runs all day, but calls are what fuel your relationships with your loved ones. And Lyca Mobile’s plans include unlimited international calling to selected countries. This makes it easy to:
- Call Back Home: Can keep in touch with everyone, even the ones who are comfortable with ‘normal calling’
- Keep in touch: These plans make it easy to keep in touch with your new formal relationship like, like banks, schools, consulate, work and landlords.
- Live borderless: Both plans come with more than enough data and calling as well as roaming access, so you can live your life borderless.
Stop juggling top-ups. Start dialling. Your French plan is now your international hub.