T-Mobile struggled for a while in the free SIM market, but have found their niche now and are proving extremely popular. As well as having their own network, T-Mobile users also have the benefit of being able to ‘piggy back’ on the Orange network. So between the two, T-Mobile customer’s benefit from the most extensive coverage across the UK.

Their plans are simple too. Top more than £10 in a month, and the next month you can have free texts or 100 free minutes. With Orange you get to go out, with T-Mobile you get to stay! Their 5 for a fiver tie in with Blockbuster has proved incredibly popular. By texting ‘night in’ to 3000, you can get a DVD, a game, drink and snacks for £5. There isn’t much you can get for £5 these days, and as these are available Mon-Thurs it fills in those nights between the weekends.  Those with unlocked phones take advantage of these kinds of deals to the max, as you can imagine,

Other advantages of a T-Mobile free SIMs are that every time you top up you get free texts or minutes, generally over the weekend. This is great if you are running out of credit and don’t get paid until Monday. There are also boosters you can buy for browsing, texting and travelling. The latter in particular is very handy as one off if you are going away and want to avoid hefty international call charges. You can get a free SIM for the T-Mobile network from practically anywhere on the Internet, just pop it into your phone and top it up. You can do this with a credit or debit card over the phone, by buying a voucher from practically anywhere, or even via a cash machine.