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Unlimited data tariffs – new norm in Europe

How much GB is unlimited data?

The standard unlimited data plan includes unlimited minutes, unlimited messages, and unlimited high-speed data up to a certain data cap. Usually this high-speed data cap is 22–23 GB. Some of the major carriers offer more expensive unlimited plans with higher data caps, exceeding 50 GB of data per month in some cases.

Almost two third of Finns don’t have to worry about reaching a data cap with their phone plan provider. According to data from the Statista Global Consumer Survey, 65 percent of Finnish residents are using an unlimited data plan with their mobile phone, making it not only the country with the highest share of people using uncapped mobile data plans in Europe, but around the world.

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France has a good dose of tariffs with unlimited data. The disruptive Free offers since last March a rate that in exchange for 15.99 euros per month offers both calls, messages and data unlimited, 25 GB for roaming included.

Now, in your case you have to have contracted your connection pack for home and television, because if not the price goes up to 19.99 euros per month and the data included are limited to 100 GB (which is not turkey mucus).

witzerland and the U.S. aren’t far behind, as our chart indicates. While more than half of users in the Alpine state have unlimited data, 46 percent of people polled from the United States have no cap on their smartphone data usage. Unsurprisingly, four of the biggest global superpowers make the list. Conspiciously missing: Germany, the European country with the fourth-highest GDP worldwide. Only six percent of Germans have unlimited data, which earns the country the last place out of the 21 places polled between July 2020 and June 2021. This is symptomatic for Germany’s lack of affordable and reliable digital infrastructure which became especially obvious during the coronavirus pandemic.

The difference in unIimited data plan usage can also be explained by its price tag. In the U.S., you can get a 5G-enabled unIimited data plan starting at $40 a month, although you might face deprioritization with a smaller carrier. Finnish providers, on the other hand, offer uncapped data in Finland itself, the Nordics and the Baltics for roughly €30 a month for 300 mbit/s download speed, even for prepaid cards. The cheapest plan with comparable speeds in Germany is offered by telco provider O2 and clocks in at €50 a month for a fixed two-year contract.

Poland have an unIimited data rate still more economical, but also with conditions. This is the one offered by T-Mobile in exchange for 50 zlotys, about 11.76 euros, with the condition that the contract remains in force for at least 24 months. Roaming data is limited to 2.55 GB per month per European standard.

Latvia has Tele2 and Bite offer unlimited data to 21.99 and 22.50 euros respectively. Tele2 is one of the companies that bet more on this type of tariffs, since it also offers them in Croatia (for 33 euros per month) and in Sweden (for 52 euros per month).
In Holland there is also an interesting fight of unlimited rates, with two operators of which we have already talked about protagonists. Tele2 offers unlimited calls, messages and data for 26 euros per month without permanence, while T-Mobile asks for 35 euros per month with two years of permanence or 50 euros without permanence.

Finally, in the United Kingdom it is also possible to contract unIimited data in exchange for 36 euros without permanence in Three.

Infographic: Where Data Plans Know No Bounds | Statista