On January 1, 2026, Ukraine joined the EU’s single roaming zone Roam like at home: subscribers can call, send SMS messages, and use mobile internet in 27 EU countries at Ukrainian rates — without “international rates,” according to Suspilne.
Similarly, subscribers from EU countries traveling to Ukraine will retain their home rates.
Roam like at home is the EU’s internal market regime for mobile communications. It allows you to use calls, SMS, and mobile internet abroad without roaming surcharges.
As for the internet, the pan-European Fair Use Policy applies. If your tariff in Ukraine includes 20 GB or unlimited data, this does not mean that all these gigabytes will be available in the EU for free. Operators calculate the volume using a special EU formula linked to the cost of your tariff, explains Suspilne.
“Welcome Moldova and Ukraine to the EU zone without roaming! From today, you can ”roam like at home” because we are preparing a home for you in the European Union. The benefits of our Union bring Europeans closer together across the continent – also on the eve of EU accession,” wrote European Commissioner for EU Enlargement Marta Kos in H.
Back in June last year, as reported by Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, the European Commission sent a proposal to the EU Council to join Ukraine to the Roam like at Home policy from January 1, 2026. The EU Council approved this proposal. In early June, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed Bill No. 12150, which is the final requirement for Ukraine to join the single European roaming area Roam like at home (RLAH).
Since 2022, Ukrainians in Europe have been able to use the tariffs of Ukrainian mobile operators without additional roaming charges, thanks to temporary joint agreements between operators in Ukraine and the EU.
Fedorov himself emphasized on Thursday: “Ukraine is a full member of the European Roam Like at Home policy. Domestic tariffs for Ukrainians in Europe will be standard practice — previously, these were agreements with European operators.”
Roam Like at Home is an opportunity for Ukrainians who are temporarily traveling or staying in EU countries to make calls and use the internet at their operator’s tariffs without any additional charges, Fedorov wrote on Telegram.
“We became the first candidate country to join Roam Like at Home even before joining the EU. Use your operator’s tariffs in Europe without changing your SIM card,” he said.
