French operators are helping people who have left the country since the first days of the conflict at the end of February, or those who already live in France and are looking to join their families still in Ukraine. It must be said that migratory flows are taking on an unprecedented scale.
Help in neighboring countries
Orange is present as an operator in Poland, Moldova, Slovakia and Romania. Four countries bordering Ukraine. There he distributes prepaid SIM cards to refugees. It also provides technical support to humanitarian associations, for example by installing free Wi-Fi zones at borders.
Free is also active in Poland, via the Play operator. He quickly made calls and Internet connections free in this country for Ukrainian nationals.
Free communications from France
The four big French operators have also granted free calls and SMS to Ukraine or a big reduction, such as Bouygues Telecom, which reimburses half of the costs. However, two players stand out this week with new actions.
SFR* has approached the Emmaüs Connect association. Since Tuesday, March 29, the operator has made available to Ukrainians on French soil 13,000 digital emergency kits, valid for one month, with a pre-activated SIM card and a prepaid recharge of 12 GB of data. 7,000 solidarity connection kits are also offered with a SIM card for unlimited calls, SMS and MMS, and 50 GB of data. This second option has the advantage of lasting six months.
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Free Mobile has also been offering a special full offer since March 29, valid until May 31. It includes 10 GB of data in mainland France, unlimited calls to mobiles and landlines in Ukraine, four hours of calls per month to mobiles and landlines in mainland France and Poland, unlimited text messages in mainland France to Ukraine and Poland, unlimited MMS in mainland France.
To benefit from it, you have to go to one of the 165 Free stores. After this date, the service will end automatically without any action to be taken on the part of the beneficiary.
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