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France Telecom labels unlimited mobile broadband 'unsustainable'
06 Jul 2010 | 08.12 Europe/London
France Telecom is expected to soon follow the example of the UK operators and AT&T in the USA by imposing monthly data limits on smartphones.
The explosion in sales of the iPhone, Android and other 'smart' handsets, which are often sold with unlimited data plans, has caused considerable strain on mobile airwaves. France Telecom’s Stephane Richard has announced that ‘all-you can-eat tariffs are unsustainable’ and raised expectation in France that the mobile broadband provider will set monthly limits on consumption.
Already the iPhone 4 launch has seen UK operators set limits between 500Mb to 1Gb per month for downloads in a move that is widely being perceived as an end to unlimited mobile broadband data plans.
The explosion in sales of the iPhone, Android and other 'smart' handsets, which are often sold with unlimited data plans, has caused considerable strain on mobile airwaves. France Telecom’s Stephane Richard has announced that ‘all-you can-eat tariffs are unsustainable’ and raised expectation in France that the mobile broadband provider will set monthly limits on consumption.
Already the iPhone 4 launch has seen UK operators set limits between 500Mb to 1Gb per month for downloads in a move that is widely being perceived as an end to unlimited mobile broadband data plans.