An SFR-FREE merger strikes the competition rules-BFM

For this new SFR or Free, Mezabo makes the same remark as for 4G offers. Prices at SFR are excessive compared to the options offered which are almost equivalent to those of Free. There is a difference of € 45 between SFR and Free after the first year of subscription ! Admittedly, SFR gives access to more options for foreigners, but that does not justify such a huge price difference. This sfr vs free is widely won by free.

SFR or Free: who is the best operator ?

You are looking for best box and mobile offers in the various operators that exist ? It is never easy to find your way around everything available on the market. To help you make your choice, Mezabo offers you to compare two large operators of French telephony. Sfr or free, such is the question. Depending on your desired needs, one operator may be more interesting than another. In view of the number of options available, it sometimes becomes necessary to stop for a few moments and compare what are the choices that operators make available to us. Mezabo immediately begins his overview of this sfr or free versus.

• ➪ In most cases, SFR and free offers are non -binding packages.
• ➪ Free mobile plans are more advantageous in terms of price.
• ➪ The Free operator has More 5G branches Although he does not have not the best speed. SFR is located around 300 Mbit/s, free caps at 149 and 128 Mbit/s.
• ➪ Free customer service is more satisfactory than that of SFR according to customers.

Mobile package offers: SFR or Free: which operator to choose ?

We start the comparison with a first category, those Mobile packages. It is important to choose your mobile offer well since it is with it that you will be able to communicate on a daily basis. Whether for work or leisure, the smartphone always needs to be connected and functional to help you perform the tasks of your days. What better than to see what are the best mobile packages at SFR and Free, first in 4G/4G+ then in 5G.

120 GB including 18 GB abroad

Unlimited calls and SMS

Premium ACCESS APP FREE LIGUE 1

12.99 € /month
For a year then 19.99 €

250 GB in 5g including 35 GB abroad

Unlimited calls and SMS

€ 9.99 & unlimited data if freebox pop subscriber

19.99 € /month
Even after 1 year

100 GB in 5g including 100 GB abroad

Unlimited calls and SMS

€ 10.99 if customer box SFR

5G € 10.99 if customer box
15.99 € /month
for a year then 30.99 €

50 GB of which 50 GB is abroad

Unlimited calls and SMS

Box customer price: € 21.99/month

Phone from 1 €
26.99 € /month
Even after 1 year

200 GB in 5g including 100 GB abroad

Unlimited calls and SMS

Box customer price: € 14.99/month

5g Customer Price Box: € 14.99/month
34.99 € /month
Even after 1 year

SFR or Free which has the best 4G/4G package+ ?

The comparison of 4G packages begins with the 80 GB 4G+ package from SFR. This offer is without commitment, for the sum of 15 €/month for a year and then 30 €/month. On the other hand, if you are fortunate to be a box customer at the operator, the package comes back to € 10 for a year, then it will drop to 25 €/month, a saving of € 5 during the first year and even after. With this package, you have:

• 80 GB of mobile internet in mainland France, from Europe, DOM, Switzerland and Andorra
• Unlimited calls, unlimited SMS from France to all the fixed and mobiles of Metropolitan France and DOM. Unlimited MMS to metropolitan France
• Unlimited calls, SMS & MMS unlimited from Europe, DOM, Switzerland and Andorra

Then, with regard to the package at Free, it is without obligation at 14.99 €/month for a year then you will get The 5G package at 19.99 €/month. This is a special series made regularly with the operator. With this offer, you will benefit from:

• 110 GB in 4G/4G+ in France and 18 GB in 4 GB, from Europe and the DOM
• Unlimited calls to fixed and mobiles in mainland France and DOM
• Unlimited SMS/MMS in Metropolitan France and Unlimited SMS to the DOM
• Free premium access to the Free Ligue 1 application

In view of this first comparison, Mezabo immediately notes that SFR has a much greater price increase after a year. The difference between SFR and Free is almost 10 euros, which is huge ! On the other hand, if we take a closer look at the proposed options, SFR is in front of Free. Indeed, the operator gives the possibility of communicating towards more foreign countries than Free, since it includes Switzerland and Andorra. On the other hand, Free gives more gigas in its package and makes it possible to migrate to a 5G offer after a year.

The best 5G mobile offer: SFR vs free ?

200 GB in 5g including 100 GB abroad

Unlimited calls and SMS

Box customer price: € 14.99/month

5g Customer Price Box: € 14.99/month
34.99 € /month
Even after 1 year

240 GB in 5g including 100 GB abroad

Unlimited calls and SMS

Box customer price: € 49.99/month

64.99 € /month
Even after 1 year

250 GB in 5g including 35 GB abroad

Unlimited calls and SMS

€ 9.99 & unlimited data if freebox pop subscriber

19.99 € /month
Even after 1 year

After comparing the best 4G/4G+ offers available from the two operators, it is important to talk about the new packages available on the market since the end of 2020, 5G packages. The subscription of these packages is increasingly common among operators’ subscribers. This is why an SFR vs free comparison is necessary on this page, to find out which operator has the best 5G package.

This Battle begins with the SFR 5G package at 220 GB. Always without commitment, this mobile offer is price of € 50/month during the first year and then goes to € 65/month. On the other hand, the operator makes you a reduction if you are a box customer. The 5G package will come back to you at 35 €/month for a year then it will increase at € 50/month. In this mobile package, SFR gives you access:

• 220 GB of mobile internet in 4G and 5G in mainland France, 100 GB of mobile internet from Europe, DOM, Switzerland and Andorra
• Unlimited calls, unlimited SMS & MMS from France to all the fixed and mobiles of Metropolitan France, Europe, DOM, USA, Canada, China and to fixes of 100 destinations
• Unlimited calls, SMS & MMS unlimited from Europe, DOM, Switzerland and Andorra

Aboute the free 5g package, It is without commitment and costs 19.99 €/month. As for the € 2 package, for boxes box subscribers, the package only costs you 9.99 €/month. Free offer:

• 210 GB of internet in mainland France, including 25 GB in 4G abroad for more than 70 destinations.
• Unlimited calls to mobiles and fixed in mainland France, the USA, Canada, China, Dom and to fixes of more than 100 destinations
• Unlimited SMS/MMS in Metropolitan France and to the DOM

For this new SFR or Free, Mezabo makes the same remark as for 4G offers. Prices at SFR are excessive compared to the options offered which are almost equivalent to those of Free. There is a difference of € 45 between SFR and Free after the first year of subscription ! Admittedly, SFR gives access to more options for foreigners, but that does not justify such a huge price difference. This sfr vs free is widely won by free.

Which mobile operator captures the best at home ?

After comparing the different 4G and 5G packages, Mezabo will give you more information Regarding network covers. Namely, which holds the best 4G and 5G network on French territory ? This is an important question since according to your place of residence, you may not capture the network in the same way. Indeed, some mobile networks are more accessible in certain places than other. In order to determine which network is best captured in your geographic area, you can always refer to the Arcep network coverage card.

Which has the best 4G network ?

In order to determine who has the best 4G network, Mezabo relies On the research carried out by the arcep. This authority carries out two studies to find out who has the best mobile network. First, the arcep looks at the coverage of the population and then on the coverage of the territory. From the results, it is possible to affirm that SFR is the leader on the 4G network compared to free. Indeed, SFR covers more than 99 % of the population in 4G and 94 % in territory covered by 4G. For its part, Free covers 99 % of the population, but only 91 % of the territory. Free still remains very well positioned.

Which of SFR or Free is more efficient with the 5G network ?

Regarding 5G now, ARCEP does not yet have enough data to establish percentage of population and territory coverage in the territory. However, in view of the antennas installed in France, ARCEP lists around 13,000 antennas Services in France for Free. It is the operator who has the most antennas to date. SFR is located in a range between 3000 and 6000 5G branches spread over the territory. Nevertheless, having a lot of antennas does not mean having good network quality. Indeed, while SFR is around 300 Mbit/s, Free caps at 149 and 128 Mbit/s. It is therefore still shared for the 5G mobile network on French territory.

An SFR-FREE merger strikes the competition rules-BFM

Paris, January 3 (Reuters) – The competition authority opposed the idea of ​​a rapprochement between the mobile operator SFR, a subsidiary of Vivendi, and its competitor Free, a subsidiary of Iliad, indicates Thursday BFM Business radio on its website.

Embranched by the arrival at the beginning of 2012 of Free on the French mobile telephony market and by the slowdown in the consumption of telecoms products in Europe, operators seek to reduce their costs and reflect on means of pooling their networks. Suddenly, speculation on rapprochements between operators are going well.

In this context, according to BFM Business, SFR and Free consulted, in an informant way and each on their side, the competition authority on a fusion scenario of the two companies.

“According to industrial sources, the competition gendarme replied that it would not accept such a merger due to the weight of the new set on the mobile market and especially the ADSL,” writes BFM which does not name however not his sources.

“The combination of SFR and Free would hold half of the Internet access market, which would therefore become a quasi-duopoly with Orange”, continues the radio.

Neither sfr, nor free, nor the competition authority wished to comment on this information.

On the Paris Stock Exchange, the Vivendi action abandoned 1.81% to 17.12 euros at 11:33 am while it was given 0.53% to 131.75 euros.

“In the current state, a sectoral consolidation seems difficult and a sharing of mobile network seems to us both easier to implement and less risky”, underline the analysts of CM CIC Securities in a research note.

“The most likely consolidation scenarios are therefore the sfr-numericable and bouyguegable rapprochements”, they continue.

In mid-December, the Vivendi group confirmed its wish to get out of the telecoms sector to focus on that of the media and content.

In recent months, the press has echoed many avenues of reflection on the future of SFR, whether it is a rapprochement with the numericable cable operator or a fusion with Free or Bouygues Telecom.

According to BFM Business, the businessman Vincent Bolloré, who entered the Vivendi supervisory board in mid-December, would however be reserved on a rapprochement between SFR and Numericable, believing that such an operation is Not sufficiently favorable to Vivendi. (Matthew Protard and Elena Berton, edited by Dominique Rodriguez)

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