T-Mobile Expands International Coverage to 20 More Countries

T-Mobile on Thursday added 20 new countries and destinations to its Simple Global feature.

With the expansion, the program now offers subscribers unlimited data and texting, plus calls for $0.20 a minute in 145 countries and destinations, including all of Europe and South America. The expansion perhaps most notably includes the Bahamas, “where more than 2 million Americas travel each year,” T-Mobile said.

Other new additions include Haiti plus nine European countries: Monaco, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia; five European destinations: Guernsey, Alderney, Jersey, Sark, and Isle of Man; and four other countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Check out the full coverage map below.

“We’ve just made your traveling even easier in 20 more destinations around the world, expanding Simple Global to cover all of Europe and all of South America,” T-Mobile President and CEO John Legere said in a statement.  “The carriers have made billions overcharging consumers who just want to stay connected overseas, and we’ve changed all that! Today, we made it even simpler to text, search or keep up on social media in a total of 145 countries and destinations, all at no extra cost!”

T-Mobile said Simple Global now covers more than 90 percent of the trips Americans take abroad each year. The self-proclaimed “un-carrier” added that Simple Global has been one of its “most loved moves.” Since the program launched in 2013, customers are using 140 times more data abroad, making more than six times as many voice calls, and global texting is up tenfold.

The Simple Global feature is available at no extra charge with a qualifying Simple Choice Plan.