PARIS--French telecom company Numericable SA (NUM.FR) will this
week announce one year's free access to 4G high-speed mobile
internet services for its subscribers, undermining its competitors
efforts to boost revenue with this service, Le Parisien newspaper
reports Sunday.
The company will start to charge 9 euros ($12) a month to its
subscribers for 4G services once the first free year has passed,
the newspaper says.
Numericable, which recently listed its shares on the Paris stock
market, doesn't own a mobile telephone network but has signed an
agreement with SFR, the mobile telephone unit of Vivendi SA
(VIV.FR).
The Numericable offer is the last episode in the 4G price war
which began a few months ago by Iliad SA (ILD.FR). The country's
three main operators SFR, Orange (ORA.FR), Bouygues Telecom, a unit
of Bouygues SA (EN.FR), were all forced to follow suit with Iliad
and ditch their original goals to charge 4G users a hefty fee.
Newspaper website: http://www.leparisien.fr
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