1pMobile Review

Table of Contents Plans Value for money Extras and benefits Network Which network does 1pMobile use? Coverage Speeds Frequencies Customer Service Conclusion Alternatives

Plans

1pMobile offers a selection of SIM Only plans, along with a Pay As You Go service. 5G comes as standard but you can’t buy phones on the network.

1pMobile Plans

	Mobile phones	SIM Only
Plans Available	X	✔
Max Data Allowance	X	Unlimited
Contract Length	X	30 days or 1 year

The vast majority of 1pMobile’s SIM Only plans last just 30 days, so you’re not tied into a long contract. They all include unlimited minutes and texts, and they top out at unlimited data. 1pMobile was later than most networks to offer unlimited data, but it’s nice to see it has arrived now.

1pMobile’s plans additionally come with a selection of extras, detailed in the ‘Extras and benefits’ section further down.

You can also get 1-year plans with 1pMobile, and these also top out at unlimited data.

Of course, 1pMobile also offers a Pay As You Go service, and that’s one of the network’s main highlights, as it charges just 1p per minute, 1p per text, and 1p per megabyte of data. That 1p rate also applies when roaming in 46 European destinations.

Value for money

SIM Only Deals

	5 GB data UNLIMITED mins UNLIMITED texts 1 Month Contract	£5.00 a month View Deal
	50 GB data UNLIMITED mins UNLIMITED texts 1 Month Contract	£10.00 a month View Deal
	10 GB data UNLIMITED mins UNLIMITED texts 1 Month Contract	£8.00 a month View Deal
	75 GB data UNLIMITED mins UNLIMITED texts 1 Month Contract	£12.50 a month View Deal
	100 GB data UNLIMITED mins UNLIMITED texts 1 Month Contract	£15.00 a month View Deal
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1pMobile is superb value on Pay As You Go, given that it charges just 1p per minute, 1p per text, and 1p per megabyte of data.

As the vast majority of its SIM Only plans are only 30 days long there’s no annual price rises to worry about with those, so in that sense they’re good value too.

Actual pricing for SIM Only plans is fine, with prices that are generally comparable to the likes of VOXI (though some specific plans may cost more or less), however they can’t match the very cheapest SIM Only networks, such as Smarty.

Extras and benefits

The chart below shows you in brief the key features that are and aren’t available on 1pMobile, but for more details of each, read on.

1pMobile Perks and Policies

5G	✔
Free Roaming	✔ (in EU)
Tethering	✔
Wi-Fi Calling	✔
VoLTE	✔
Data Rollover	✖
Spending Caps	✖
Unlimited Data	✔
Family Plans	✔
Credit Check	✖

5G

1pMobile provides 5G as standard on all of its plans, so all you need is a 5G phone and to be in an area with 5G coverage.

Roaming Destinations

1pMobile allows you to roam at no extra cost in 46 European destinations up to a fair usage limit of 14GB of data. You can also roam on Pay As You Go at the standard 1p rates in those 46 destinations.

However, you should be using your plan more in the UK than abroad, and 1pMobile will check this over a rolling 90-day period.

Tethering

Tethering means sharing your phone’s internet connection with other Wi-Fi enabled gadgets to get them online, and it’s a standard feature of most mobile networks, including 1pMobile.

Wi-Fi Calling

Wi-Fi Calling is a feature that lets you make and receive calls over Wi-Fi, as well as being able to send and receive texts. It’s seamless, and extremely useful when there’s not much mobile signal. This is something that many but not all networks offer, and 1pMobile is among those that do.

VoLTE

VoLTE stands for Voice over LTE (also known as 4G Calling) and it lets you call and text over 4G, rather than being limited to 2G for this. As with Wi-Fi Calling this is a common feature but not one that every network offers, and 1pMobile does. It also allows 5G Calling (which is the same idea but for calls over 5G).

Data rollover

Data rollover is a perk that lets you keep unused data for another month, so you have a second chance to use it. However, this isn’t offered by 1pMobile at the time of writing.

Spending caps

1pMobile doesn’t advertise any sort of spending caps, so presumably it doesn’t offer these, meaning you likely can’t customise how much you want to be able to spend outside your allowances.

Unlimited data

1pMobile didn’t offer unlimited data for a long time, but it now does. This is a standard feature offered by almost every mobile network at this point.

Family plans

1pMobile has a sort of family plan, as if you purchase multiple unlimited data SIMs then all additional ones will be half price. So the first is full price but the others are at a significant discount.

Credit checks

1pMobile doesn’t credit check its customers, so it’s a great choice if you have a poor credit rating.

Unique perks

1pMobile has a couple of additional perks not detailed above. For one thing, it offers fairly cheap international calling, with prices starting at 9p per minute and 6p per text.

There’s also a referral programme, which rewards both you and any person you refer with a £5 bonus that’s added as a top-up to your phones.

Network

Which network does 1pMobile use?

1pMobile is an EE MVNO, so its coverage is identical to that of EE, and will improve as EE’s does.

Coverage

1pMobile through EE has rapidly growing 5G coverage and almost comprehensive 4G coverage, as you can see in the chart below.

Note that for 5G, the percentage below comes from a 2025 Ofcom report, and refers to UK premises outdoors.

1pMobile Coverage

Network Type	Coverage by population
5G	At least 89%
4G	>99%
3G	Switched off
2G	99%

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Network speeds

Opensignal January 2026 (speeds), and Speedtest 2H 2025 (latency)

Network	Download/upload speeds	Loaded latency (ms)
1pMobile (EE)	53.2/10.4Mbps	583.53ms
Three	51.0/9.3Mbps	405.93ms
Vodafone	37.5/7.4Mbps	449.16ms
O2	32.8/6.4Mbps	1039.19ms

While there haven’t been any significant studies of 1pMobile, there is plenty of data on EE, which is likely to deliver similar results.

So then, an Opensignal report from January 2026 recorded an average download speed of 53.2Mbps for EE, along with an average upload speed of 10.4Mbps. These results use a combination of 5G and 4G connections, and they have Three, Vodafone, and O2 beat.

There’s no latency data in that report, but a 2025 Speedtest report found that EE’s average loaded latency (the amount of time the network takes to respond to a request when the connection is under heavy use) was 583.53ms. That’s not a bad result but only beats O2.

Looking at 5G and EE again impresses, albeit not quite as much relative to rivals, as it was found in the same Opensignal report from January 2026 as above to have a UK-wide average 5G download speed of 92.2Mbps. That has O2 beat but not Three or Vodafone.

It was also found in a RootMetrics report from the second half of 2025 to have a median 5G download speed of 236.7Mbps, which beats all other networks.

This RootMetrics test also included EE’s 95th percentile 5G download speed (meaning close to its highest), which was 684.0Mbps, and that beats all networks except Three.

Finally, there’s a 2025 report from Speedtest, which found that EE’s median 5G download speed was 97.96Mbps and its median 5G upload speed was 10.96Mbps – both of which were beaten by Three, with the download speed also being beaten by Vodafone.

Traffic management

1pMobile doesn’t appear to currently publish a traffic management policy, but it’s likely to be similar to EE’s, which reserves the right to manage traffic in order to protect the network for the use of all customers, but shouldn’t otherwise limit your data speeds or usage beyond the limits of your allowance.

Network Frequencies

1pMobile Network Frequencies

Frequency	Frequency Band	Network
700Mhz	n29	5G
800MHz	Band 20	4G
1800MHz	Band 3	2G & 4G
2100MHz	Band 1	4G
2600MHz	Band 7	4G
3400MHz	n78	5G
3600MHz	n77	5G
26,000MHz	n258	5G
40,000MHz	n259	5G

The chart above shows the network frequencies used by EE, and presumably 1pMobile has access to all the same ones, since it shares EE’s network infrastructure.

In which case, you’ll be using the 700MHz, 3400MHz, 3600MHz, 26,000MHz, and 40,000MHz bands for 5G, and the 800MHz, 1800MHz, 2100MHz, and 2600MHz bands for 4G.

Generally speaking, the lower frequency bands are able to send a mobile signal over longer distances than the higher frequency bands, but aren’t as good at passing through walls and other obstacles. So a combination of different frequencies like we see here is desirable.

For further details, check out our 4G and 5G frequencies guide.

Customer Service

There haven’t been any significant studies into 1pMobile’s customer service, but customer satisfaction seems generally high, with the network having a Trustpilot score of 4.3 out of 5. That’s classed as ‘excellent,’ and is based on 19,940 ratings at the time of writing.

Conclusion

1pMobile is one of the best possible options if you want to Pay As You Go, as its rates are among the lowest around.

Beyond that, it using EE’s coverage is a big bonus, as EE has excellent coverage and speeds.

1pMobile also has other things going for it, like inclusive EU roaming, plus 4G Calling and Wi-Fi Calling.

However, it’s a bit limited as it doesn’t sell any phones. Plus, while it’s generally decent value, it only excels on that front for Pay As You Go – its SIM Only plans are competitively priced but not up there with the very cheapest.

Alternatives

EE is one obvious alternative to 1pMobile, since it has identical coverage. EE also comes with a much larger variety of plans and some premium extras, like subscriptions to streaming services, but as a result it’s also a more expensive choice.

You might also want to consider Lyca Mobile, which likewise shares EE’s coverage but is cheaper than EE. However, it’s not as cheap for Pay As You Go as 1pMobile, with Lyca Mobile’s main focus being cheap international calls.

For the cheapest SIM Only plans, you could consider Smarty, though this shares Three’s infrastructure, and therefore has different coverage.