Ubigi travel eSIM
Overview
What is Ubigi?
Ubigi is a travel eSIM and cellular-data brand run by Transatel, a Paris MVNO enabler in the NTT Group, selling data plans in 200+ destinations. It offers country, regional and global plans, including unlimited options with a fair use policy, supports hotspot tethering, and works on phones, tablets, laptops and connected cars. Simscanner tracks Ubigi across 72 country pages today and records its coverage, fair use rules and hotspot policy from primary sources only. No paid placements.
Preview state. Plan facts here are sourced and dated; per-brand performance scores stay pending until Ubigi's data is independently verified.
What Ubigi is
Ubigi began in 2017 as Transatel's consumer connectivity brand and has grown alongside its parent inside the NTT Group, with Transatel based in Paris. Where many travel-eSIM names started with phones, Ubigi grew out of machine-to-machine and IoT connectivity, so its data plans cover not just smartphones and tablets but Windows 10 and 11 laptops and connected cars. A traveller buys a plan, installs the eSIM by QR code or in-app, and is online abroad without swapping a physical SIM.
The catalogue splits three ways: single-country (local) plans, regional or continental bundles such as Europe or Africa, and global plans that span its 200+ destinations. Topping up means buying a fresh plan in the app or at ubigi.me rather than reloading a balance. This page records those facts and how Simscanner tracks them; it is a neutral ledger, not a recommendation. Simscanner does not sell eSIMs, show prices, or name a best brand, and each figure here traces to a primary or dated secondary source.
Countries tracked
Simscanner currently holds sourced Ubigi plan rows on 72 country pages, each read from Ubigi's own rates-and-coverage pages or a dated secondary source. The number reflects what Simscanner tracks today, not the full Ubigi catalogue, which the brand puts at 200+ destinations.
72 country pages with sourced Ubigi plans
SourcedTracked destinations span Europe (such as France, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom), Asia (including Japan, Thailand, Singapore and the UAE), the Americas (United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and more), Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji) and Africa (Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa and others).
Each country page carries the sourced plan, network and validity rows behind these figures, and a per-brand performance score that stays pending until public performance data is verified for that destination.
Regions tracked
Simscanner uses eight canonical regions. A region shows as tracked once Ubigi country plans inside it are sourced. Six of the eight are tracked today; the Caribbean has no tracked Ubigi country yet and reads pending, while Ubigi's own global plan covers The World.
Coverage
How clearly a brand publishes the country list for each plan , and how Simscanner checks it.
Coverage transparency measures whether a brand publishes, on its own plan pages, the exact list of countries each plan includes , so a traveller can confirm a destination is covered before relying on it. Simscanner reads that published list directly from the brand source and re-verifies it on a schedule, rather than repeating marketing claims about how many countries are "supported".
Ubigi scores well here on availability: every tracked plan is read from a Ubigi rates-and-coverage page that names its destination and price, so a traveller can confirm a country before buying. What Simscanner does not yet assert is a single coverage breadth score against rivals; that ranking waits on the full per-country gate. For how breadth is weighed across brands, see which eSIM has the best coverage.
Country list published per plan
Each Ubigi plan names its destination on the brand's own rates-and-coverage page.
SourcedRe-verification cadence
Sourced rows are re-checked at least every 90 days; current set retrieved 02 Jun 2026.
90-dayLocal network transparency
Which local carrier a brand connects to in each country shapes real-world speed and reliability. Simscanner maps this country by country from sourced data , never from assumption.
Carriers sourced per country
Per countryUbigi rides a local host network in each market, and Simscanner records that carrier country by country rather than as a single brand-wide claim. Sourced examples include Optus in Australia, Proximus in Belgium, Telefonica or Movistar in parts of South America, and Orange in Egypt, with most plans on 4G/5G.
The performance grade attached to each network stays pending until public speed and reliability data is verified for that destination.
Unlimited and fair use policy
Whether a brand markets "unlimited" plans, and whether it publishes a fair use policy (FUP) threshold, is one of Simscanner's tracked categories. Thresholds are only ever shown as a sourced quote , never estimated.
Ubigi , unlimited & FUP
Sourced 02 Jun 2026Yes, Ubigi sells unlimited plans, and they carry a fair use policy: data is high-speed up to an allowance, after which speed is reduced rather than the connection cut. The allowance is published per plan. On the unlimited plans Simscanner has sourced, the common pattern is roughly 20GB of high-speed data on 7-day plans and 60GB on 30-day plans, with throttling to about 2 Mbps once the allowance is used. Thresholds vary by market, so the exact figure always comes from that country's plan page.
"Unlimited plans are offered subject to a fair-use policy where speed may be reduced after a usage threshold." , Ubigi help centre, retrieved 02 Jun 2026.
Background reading: are "unlimited" eSIMs really unlimited? and what is FUP on an unlimited eSIM? · Category definition: how we score unlimited & FUP →
Hotspot tethering
Hotspot (tethering) support varies by brand and sometimes by plan. Simscanner states a brand's policy only from its own published wording, with the date retrieved.
Some travellers depend on tethering , sharing the eSIM connection with a laptop, tablet, or a travel companion's phone. Because policies differ and occasionally change by plan, Simscanner does not infer hotspot support; it records the brand's stated allowance verbatim, with a retrieved date.
Ubigi confirms personal hotspot and tethering are supported, and many of its plans go a step further by allowing data sharing across several of your own devices, which fits its connected-device roots. This is a brand-stated allowance; any per-plan limit is read from that plan's page. For how this category is weighed, see hotspot with a travel eSIM.
Hotspot allowed?
Yes , tethering supported; many plans also allow data sharing across devices.
SupportedSource & retrieved date
Ubigi help centre, tethering page · retrieved 02 Jun 2026.
SourcedDevice compatibility & activation
The general requirements that apply to any travel eSIM. Brand- or model-specific details are only listed once sourced.
Like all eSIMs, an Ubigi plan needs a device that is both eSIM-capable and carrier-unlocked. Ubigi activation is handled in-app, by scanning a QR code, or by entering a manual code, and a plan is typically installed before departure and switched on after arrival.
Ubigi documents support beyond phones: tablets, Windows 10 and 11 laptops, and connected cars are covered, which reflects its IoT and connected-device heritage. Exact handset model lists still come from Ubigi's own compatibility pages, so Simscanner does not assert a specific model unless it is sourced there.
Requires an eSIM-capable, unlocked device
A general requirement for every travel eSIM.
GeneralInstall & activate in-app or by QR
Standard activation flow for app-based eSIMs.
GeneralSupports phones, tablets, laptops & cars
Ubigi documents iOS, Android, Windows 10/11 laptops and connected cars; exact handset models from its own pages.
SourcedSpeed & reliability signals
Performance depends on the local network a brand rides on in each country, so Simscanner reports it country by country from public performance data , not as a single brand-wide figure.
Speed data pending
PendingBecause a brand's real-world speed reflects the local carrier it connects to, Simscanner does not publish a global speed score for Ubigi. Sourced speed and reliability signals appear on the relevant country pages once verified for that destination.
Reviews & user sentiment
A summary of signal, not an editorial verdict. Simscanner never invents ratings and never republishes a number without a primary source.
Independent review signals for Ubigi are pending. Simscanner does not republish App Store, Play Store, or third-party ratings without a primary source. When sourced, each rating is shown with its review count and the date it was fetched , never as a Simscanner score, and never emitted as rating schema.
Where Ubigi data is pending
An honest ledger of every field still under verification. Ubigi is not penalised for pending data , it simply isn't ranked on a field until that field is independently sourced.
Compared with peers
Ubigi sits closest to Airalo, Holafly, and Nomad: all sell country, regional and global travel-eSIM plans, and all are tracked by Simscanner on the same categories. The verified head-to-head publishes once Ubigi and the peer both clear the data gate. Until then, each peer column reads pending rather than guessing a winner.
Airalo
Profile planned. Head-to-head comparison publishes once both brand profiles reach the data gate.
Open profile → Peer profileHolafly
Profile planned. Head-to-head comparison publishes once both brand profiles reach the data gate.
Open profile → Peer profileNomad
Profile planned. Head-to-head comparison publishes once both brand profiles reach the data gate.
Open profile → Peer profileHelloRoam
Profile planned. Head-to-head comparison publishes once both brand profiles reach the data gate.
Open profile →Head-to-head pages publish on the data gate
Coming soonA dedicated Ubigi-vs-peer page publishes once both brand profiles reach verified status. The verified-state comparison turns each peer column above into a sourced, country-by-country breakdown, never on price, and never on a paid arrangement.
How Simscanner profiles Ubigi
Every category is defined publicly and scored from primary sources. A brand reaches verified only when each required field is sourced , and is re-checked on a schedule.
Coverage breadth
The published country list per plan, read from the brand's own pages.
how-we-score#country-coverage →Unlimited & FUP honesty
Whether "unlimited" is marketed, and whether a FUP threshold is published.
how-we-score#unlimited-fup →Hotspot policy
The brand's stated tethering allowance, quoted with a retrieved date.
how-we-score#hotspot-policy →The brand's official URL appears once, above, with rel="nofollow noopener". Simscanner did not receive payment from Ubigi, and Ubigi did not review this page before publication.