Half of Orange’s 22 million customers could be affected by this offer, which is only open to owners of 5G compatible smartphones.
SMS messages that are not sent and impossible calls during the Paris Olympic Games, this is the dark scenario for Orange. To avoid it at all costs, the number one telecoms operator in France is switching all its customers to 5G for free from this Monday, until September 8, the date of the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games, he said. he announced this weekend to our colleagues at Parisian.
Customers who do not yet benefit from a 5G plan will be automatically transferred this Monday to this more efficient network. Only condition: you must have a 5G compatible smartphone. At Apple, all iPhones since version 12 are. At Samsung, the Galaxy S20, S21, S22, S23, Galaxy A13, Galaxy A51 5G, Z Fold4 5G and Z Flip4 5G are compatible.
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11 million customers affected
Around half of the 22 million Orange customers, premium partner of the Olympics, could be affected by this offer, according to The Parisian. And for those who do not want this option, they will be free to deactivate it from their phone or their customer area on the internet. After September 8, customers who have been transferred will be switched back to the 4G network, without changing their subscription and without fees.
“This offer is a way to mark the occasion and give our customers a taste of the comfort of using 5G”also indicates to Parisian Jean-François Fallacher, general manager of Orange France, who hopes, thanks to this offer, to convince customers to upgrade to a more expensive 5G package. Such an operation should not fail to provoke a rapid reaction from Orange’s competitors, Free, SFR and Bouygues Telecom in the lead.
