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Opera has added travel eSIM functionality directly into its Android browser, letting users buy, install, and manage data plans without a separate app. The eSIM covers the whole device, works in 47 destinations, supports 5G where available, and offers 3GB, 5GB, or 10GB plans valid for 30 days after activation. Users in 11 launch markets can also claim 3GB of free data for three days without entering payment details.
T-Mobile is emailing customers that its Regulatory Programs and Telco Recovery fee will rise by $1 per voice line and $0.50 per mobile internet line, bringing them to $5.49 and $2.60 respectively. The change takes effect October 12, 2026, and marks the second such fee increase this year. Because the fee sits outside core plan pricing, it applies even to customers covered by T-Mobile's five-year price lock guarantee.
T-Mobile has partnered with India's Jio to enable the world's first 5G standalone roaming link between their networks. This allows T-Mobile customers traveling to India, and Jio customers visiting the US, to connect directly to each carrier's full 5G standalone infrastructure instead of falling back to older network types.
An Android Authority writer describes being billed for roaming data twice in three months even though mobile data and roaming were turned off on a rarely used phone connected only to Wi-Fi. The carrier recorded tiny amounts of roaming usage—under 200KB—which triggered a full roaming-day charge, echoing a widely shared case of a Reddit user hit with a $53,000 AT&T bill after a European trip.