Sky Mobile customers can now share spare internet data with family and friends who need it more.

The telecoms giant currently allows customers to roll over unused data each month into a ‘piggybank’, which they have three years to use. 

So if you pay for 4 gigabytes of data a month and only use 3GB, the extra 1GB will be saved for future use.

Data angels: Sky Mobile customers can now gift their monthly unused data to someone else 

But from today you can now gift this data someone else. The change could benefit those working and learning from home.

It comes after research by the Mail found nearly 1 million children did not have broadband at home and families were at risk of racking up big mobile data bills while home schooling.

To take advantage, visit sky.com and add a free Sim to your basket. Once activated you can send it to a loved one and share your spare data using the My Sky app.

The offer is available to all Sky Mobile customers until February 25. You must have fewer than seven Sims linked to your account. 

The new card will be free for 12 months and then cost £5 a month after unless you cancel.

EE customers with pay-as-you-go deals and its 30-day Sim-only Flex plans can also save up unused data. 

Virgin Mobile, ID Mobile and Vodafone pay-as-you-go customers can roll over data for just one month. Other networks, such as Three, GiffGaff and Tesco Mobile, do not allow you to carry over unused data.

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