France asks operators to launch lower-income packages

March 7, the French government and the country's main mobile operators signed an agreement, according to the agreement France Telecom operators will provide low-income consumers with low-cost packages. This low-cost package, which should not exceed 10 euros per month, should contain at least 40 minutes of call time and 40 SMS, which will save the user about 20% of the communication expenses.　　Operators will launch such packages within 6 months. The set price is designed to allow low-income earners who receive social benefits to afford it.　　The French Government also stipulated that when the package contains the length and the number of text messages will generate additional costs, operators need to give users prompt. In France, most users get subsidies from carriers when they buy their handsets, but they are also tied to long-term contracts.　　For non-contract users who buy mobile phones that do not contain subsidies, the price of prepaid packages is relatively expensive. If the SMS fee is charged to the total price of 0.1 euros per article, the new tariff package per minute of the call fee is equivalent to saving about 20% more than the cumulative charge for the length of the call and the number of SMS articles.