Several telephone and Internet operators intend to increase the prices of their offers in 2023, with the exception of Free. These increases will be between 0.7 and 3 €. Will you be impacted?
Bad news for consumers. Faced with rising operating costs, several telephone and Internet operators have planned to increase their prices in 2023, reports The Parisian.
1 to 2 € more per month at Orange
At Orange, the plans will increase by €1 per month if it is exclusively mobile and by €2 per month if the subscription includes a mobile plan and an internet box. The increase will be effective in March 2023 for 3 million customers and in April 2023 for 12.5 million others, according to BFM TV. That is more than 15 million customers in total. The latter have already been notified and will also be informed of these increases one month before they are implemented.
In detail, the one euro increase will concern Orange mobile offers (mobile plan and mobile plan for Open customers), Orange Internet fibre, Sosh mobile and Sosh Internet; and that of two euros will affect Open and Orange Internet xDSL subscribers.
Certain offers with a 24-month commitment will not be affected, however, as will that of new subscribers.
1 to 3 € more per month at Bouygues
For its part, Bouygues Telecom has planned to increase the prices of mobile and fixed plans by €1 to €3 per month. For example, the entry-level Internet offer, Bbox fit, will jump two euros to €17.99 per month in the first year, while B&You plans at €4.99 per month will cost €3 more. . These increases will be effective from the end of January 2023.
Less than €1 more per month at SFR
As far as SFR is concerned, the operator has decided to increase most of its landline, Internet and mobile offers from January 2023. The increase will be between €0.69 and €0.99 per month.
No price increase at Free
Only the operator Free is an exception and does not plan to increase its prices next year.
Why these increases?
To justify these increases, SFR and Orange have in any case advanced the same explanations. To its customers, SFR thus highlighted “the general increase in the costs making up the price of the service (electronic components, raw materials, logistics)”. Orange, for its part, mentioned rising operating costs, although the operator also assured that it had not completely passed on these increases to their prices.