Rewheel/research

April 2025

In markets with only 3 mobile network operators (3-MNO markets) where monthly prices for 5G&4G voice-data plans are in average 2-3x higher than in 4-MNO markets consumers pay every year billions of Euros in excessive fees ‘oligopoly rents’. This is a massive wealth transfer from consumers to operator executives/shareholders.

While mobile monthly prices fell by 53% in average across the 23 Euro markets, prices fell in 21 out of the 23 markets, in Finland prices went up 42% the last decade.

2025

January 2025

The average monthly price of 5G&4G voice-data plans with at least 1000 minutes fell 53% the last ten years across the 23 European mobile markets that use the Euro, from € 42 in the 1H2014 down € 20 in 1H2024. In Finland, the average monthly price went up by 42% from € 24 in the 1H2014 to € 34 in the 1H2024.

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