EE charges £4.64 a minute to call the US, India, Pakistan or Australia on a standard pay-monthly plan, plus a 34p connection charge on pay-as-you-go. Below is what the same call costs on BoraPhone right now, per minute, from any browser, with nothing to install and nothing that renews.
BoraPhone rates are live, fetched from our billing source as this page loaded. EE's figures are its published standard pay-monthly rate without an add-on, as of September 2026. BoraPhone bills in US dollars.
| Calling | BoraPhone landline | BoraPhone mobile | 10-min call from | EE standard rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $0.04/min | $0.21/min | $0.40 | £4.64/min |
| Ireland | $0.11/min | $0.21/min | $1.11 | 25p/min |
| India | $0.11/min | $0.11/min | $1.11 | £4.64/min |
| Pakistan | $0.35/min | $0.40/min | $3.50 | £4.64/min |
| Poland | $0.07/min | $0.16/min | $0.70 | 25p/min |
| Australia | $0.06/min | $0.17/min | $0.60 | £4.64/min |
| Canada | $0.04/min | $0.21/min | $0.40 | see EE |
| Nigeria | $0.51/min | $0.52/min | $5.10 | £4.64/min |
| South Africa | $0.08/min | $0.11/min | $0.80 | see EE |
| Spain | $0.04/min | $0.11/min | $0.40 | see EE |
| France | $0.05/min | $0.09/min | $0.50 | see EE |
| Germany | $0.07/min | $0.10/min | $0.70 | see EE |
| Italy | $0.04/min | $0.10/min | $0.40 | see EE |
| Portugal | $0.04/min | $0.11/min | $0.40 | see EE |
| Romania | $0.03/min | $0.08/min | $0.30 | see EE |
| Jamaica | $0.95/min | $1.03/min | $9.50 | see EE |
| Ghana | $1.09/min | $1.17/min | $10.90 | see EE |
| Bangladesh | $0.14/min | $0.14/min | $1.40 | see EE |
| Sri Lanka | $0.64/min | $0.64/min | $6.40 | see EE |
| New Zealand | $0.07/min | $0.19/min | $0.70 | see EE |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.66/min | $0.66/min | $6.60 | see EE |
| Turkey | $0.16/min | $0.64/min | $1.60 | see EE |
Billing is per minute (partial minutes round up), no connection fee, no subscription. EE adds a 34p connection charge to every pay-as-you-go international call. EE rates link to the EE page they were taken from.
The standard rate is the trap. On EE's pay-monthly plans a call to the US, India, Pakistan, Nigeria or Australia is £4.64 a minute unless you have bought an add-on first. Pay-as-you-go is cheaper per minute for some countries (43p to the US, £1.07 to India) but adds a 34p connection charge to every call, so a two-minute call to India costs £2.48. Near neighbours are the exception: Ireland and Poland are 25p a minute on pay monthly and 18p on pay-as-you-go.
Add-ons fix the per-minute price if you remember to buy them and they cover the country you need. EE's International Pass drops the US and India to 3p a minute, Poland to 8p, Ireland to 12p, Nigeria to 15p and Pakistan and Australia to 21p, for a monthly fee. If you call one of those countries for hours every month, that is a good deal and we say so below. Vodafone, O2 and Three publish their own rates through country checkers and sell similar bolt-ons; check the mobile rate as well as the landline rate, because they often differ.
| EE, calling | Pay monthly, no add-on | Pay as you go, no add-on | With International Pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | £4.64/min | 43p/min + 34p connection | 3p/min |
| India | £4.64/min | £1.07/min + 34p connection | 3p/min |
| Pakistan | £4.64/min | £4.64/min + 34p connection | 21p/min |
| Poland | 25p/min | 18p/min | 8p/min |
| Ireland | 25p/min | 18p/min | 12p/min |
| Australia | £4.64/min | 43p landline / 75p mobile + 34p connection | 21p/min |
| Nigeria | £4.64/min | not listed | 15p/min |
Source: EE's per-country calling pages, September 2026. Prices change; the country names link to the page each figure came from.
From a UK landline, dial 00, then the country code, then the number without its leading 0 in most countries. From a mobile, or in BoraPhone, replace the 00 with +. The US and Canada are +1 followed by the 10-digit number; Ireland is +353; India +91; Pakistan +92; Poland +48; Australia +61; Nigeria +234.
Two exceptions catch people out. Italy keeps the leading 0 on landlines (+39 06 for Rome). Spain, Poland, Portugal and Greece have no leading 0 to drop, so dial the number exactly as written locally. Every country page on this site shows the format with an example.
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