Orange Switzerland to introduce new data plans
According to Orange Switzerland a new Blackberry Internet Service plan will be introduced on the 15th of August 2006. Instead of 3MB/p.m. for CHF 30.00 customers will get 5MB/p.m. for CHF 20.00. I noticed the new service on Orange’s own website today but according to a sales-person the service should not have been announced yet. Here’s the link to Orange’s bb page. As an avid blackberry user I strongly welcome the new service.
I have also been told that there is going to be a new data plan for GPRS and UMTS traffic. Allegedly it will be called “Optima Internet”. Details have not been disclosed but it was said it should have been introduced at the end of June 2006. Plans are now to introduce the new plan during the next two months. Maybe Orange is also going to offer some kind of plan with a flat-rate or at least a pretty high volume like Swisscom does. Swisscom is currently offering 1GB/p.m. for CHF 69.00, which in my opinion is completely overpriced! Since Orange has a more aggressive pricing I’m eager to see what kind of price-plan they will come up with.