Prices continue to soar at Orange! The operator is launching its second burst of price increases for its mobile and Internet subscriptions, with 2 to 3 € more per month and per package, including at Sosh. Careful, it stings!
Fixed and mobile packages are also victims of inflation! Since the beginning of the year, Bouygues, Orange and SFR have applied a general increase to all of their offers to offset rising energy costs. The increases range from just under €1 to €3 euros per package and take effect in several stages, so as not to upset the user too much (see our article). Only Free has not increased its prices – except for the Booster option of its 2-euro mini plan – as it had promised to do until 2027. But this series of increases was only the start : and Orange has just announced a second price increase for the year 2023 by updating a large part of its mobile and Internet plans, including its low-cost Sosh offer. Enough to cringe among subscribers of the incumbent operator, especially since the increases are not symbolic…
Orange and Sosh: a rise in several stages
The increases concern Orange mobile offers, Orange Internet fibre, Sosh mobile and Sosh Internet, as well as Open and Orange Internet ADSL customers. On the Orange side, the 2 hour and 100 MB mobile plan (without commitment) was €3.99/month at the end of 2022, before going to €4.99/month for one year then to €7.99/month at the beginning of the year. AT From April, this offer increases to €5.99/month for one year, then to €8.99/month, which makes a total increase of €2. For their part, the 2 hour and 20 GB plan increases again by €1 and is now offered at €16.99/month for one year then at €19.99/month, while the offer offering 10 GB and unlimited calls also go to €24.99/month for one year and then to €27.99/month.
For 5G subscriptions, the operator has changed its price list for all of its mobile offers, with an increase in data and above all in prices. Thus, the 80 GB package (without commitment) had increased at the beginning of the year from 14.99 to 17.99 €/month for 1 year, then to 29.99 €/month. It is now priced at €16.99/month for one year, then €31.99/month, but this time with 100 GB. Similarly, the most expensive non-binding offer sees its price increase by €2/ month with a 170 GB enriched envelope for €22.99/month for one year, then €34.99/month.
As for packages with 24 months of commitment, the 150 GB 5G package had increased at the beginning of 2023 from 29.99 to 32.99 € / month the first year, then to 44.99 euros / month (+ € 3). It is now a 200 GB package at €32.99/month the first year, then at €44.99/month. As for the 220 GB package, which had gone from €49.99 to €52.99/month for 1 year then to €64.99/month (+€3), it became a 240 GB package at €52, €99/month for 1 year then €64.99/month. A deceitful technique which makes it possible to better pass the pill while also justifying the high prices – in addition, the operator is counting on the fact that all the data is generally not all used. Sosh is not spared either! The 70 GB plan goes from €24.99/month to €25.99/month, while the 100 MB offer now costs €5.99/month instead of €/month, not counting the previous increases…
Increase Orange and Sosh: the fault of the energy crisis
The observation is the same for the three offers Livebox Fibre, Up Fiber and Max Fiber from Orange – ADSL offers are also entitled to a nice increase. Thus, the Livebox Fiber subscription now costs €24.99/month for one year, then €42.99/month, or €1 more per month. Ditto for the Livebox Up Fiber offer, which goes to €32.99/month the first year, then to €50.99/month. Finally, the Livebox Max Fiber is now worth €37.99/month for one year, then €55.99/month, compared to €36.99 then €54.99 respectively previously. Sosh is not to be outdone since the increase in its Internet offer The Sosh box also goes from 19.99 to 20.99 €/month for one year, then from 29.99 to 30.99 €/month.
Orange had justified toAlloforfait its decision to increase its rates by the fact that it faces “to a significant increase in [ses] operating costs, particularly of the energy that powers [ses] mobile networks and the Internet”. It was therefore “forced” to pass on the rise in energy prices to its subscribers. Christel Heydemann, CEO of the Orange Group, “assumed” this increase at the microphone of BFM Business on April 5, recalling the “context of inflation which obviously puts pressure on consumers (…) and unfortunately because we are affected like all companies by inflation, 150% increase in energy costs, we have been brought to increase our rates, 1 to 2 € depending on the packages.” With the increases in several stages, we are rather on a total of 2 to 3 € per subscription, which, within a family, still represents a hell of a budget, especially when you add up over a year.. .