Press Release: How do the Czechs compare to other European countries when it comes to prices for unlimited tariffs? We compared how much other European countries pay for unlimited calls and found that we are not exactly the best. We can only dream about Polish, Danish or British conditions. But it could be worse, as confirmed by the exorbitant prices that the Greeks have to pour into the operators' pockets.
Unlimited tariffs were a hit in the Czech Republic. But three years ago. In their time, they have attracted thousands of interested parties, who are endless calls to all networks and texting seemed attractive. But the mobile market is changing, so customers would welcome it if the operators came up with a new breakthrough offer - for example, tariffs that would include a decent package of data for a reasonable price, because the number of people who see mobile as a means of being online is still increasing.
How much our neighbors pay for unlimited tariffs and other residents of European countries? And when it comes to data, are their operators more generous, or do they have to make do with 1,5 GB per month, like the Czechs? To find out, we looked at unlimited operator tariffs from 17 Western European countries.
In order for the result to copy reality as closely as possible, we used local online tariff comparator and we also factored in what the average gross hourly wage is in that state. And what did we find?
Which neighbors can we envy?
Indeed, the prices of unlimited calls vary significantly across European countries. The data packages offered by the operators are also different. While in Denmark, which are among the richest countries of the old continent, people will receive as part of an unlimited tariff generous 30 GB for 540 crowns, Greeks with lower incomes and the not very optimistic economic situation they have to put up with 0,5 GB for less than 1 crowns. So the differences are literally shocking in some cases.
Czechs pay around 750 crowns for unlimited tariffs regardless of the operator, which puts them at the bottom of the imaginary European ranking. Some of our neighbors are much better off. Poles will pay the least for an unlimited tariff, who for 148 crowns get, and now hold on, a full 10 GB of data.
They don't have a bad time in Austria either - for less than 4 hundred they can happily surf 3,6 GB. What about Germans and Slovaks? Even if it's theirs data package in terms of volume comparable to the Czech one, they will pay a few hundred less for an unlimited tariff.
Calling abroad as a matter of course
The situation in the Czech Republic is not very happy, even when it comes to calls abroad. In Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Austria, and in some cases also in Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the unlimited tariff also includes free calls to up to 46 foreign destinations. This is a real utopia for us. Those who call abroad more often have to pay extra in the Czech Republic.
How to change the situation for the better? Operators probably have an inkling of the direction Czech customers' preferences are heading, but for now they are successfully ignoring their calls for data tariffs. The more vocal the clients are in their demands, the greater the chance that the operators will decide to take action after a three-year hibernation.
