To use the internet or make phone calls a French mobile number can be convenient. Wifi at the university and in the city is not always available. Living 6 months to 1 year without a French number in France could make your daily life a struggle.
Before we start, a quick translation to help you on your search:
- Mobile = Cellphone = cellphone
- Package = subscription
- Prepaid Card = prepaid card
- Without subscription = without a contract
Here are a range of brands, sims and internet packages that will make sure you’re connected to your loved ones back home and up to speed with all your social media accounts.
Brands: Orange, Free, SFR, Bouygues
Approximately 10 € for a sim
POSTPAID
- Free: 10 € / month- 60GB, unlimited calls / sms / mms
- Orange: 16.99 € – 5GB, unlimited calls / sms / mms
- SFR: 20 € – 60 GB, unlimited calls / sms / mms
- Bouygues: 11.99 € / month- 60GB, unlimited calls / sms / mms
PREPAID
- Orange: 20 € – 1GB, unlimited calls / sms / mms
- SFR: 20.99 € – 1GB, unlimited national / local calls
- Bouygues: 20 € – 5GB, unlimited national / local calls
PACKAGE (Phone + Wifi + TV)
- Freebox Fiber: € 30 – 1 Gbit, Unlimited calls / sms, 220 channels / Netflix / Canal +
- SFR Fiber: € 40 – 1GB, Unlimited calls / sms, 200 channels + 60GB / phone
- Orange Fiber: € 40 – 2 Gbit, Unlimited calls / sms, 160 channels
Note: If you are living off-campus in a non-Crous residence, consider these packages that will cover both your phone and the wifi in your apartment.
Check out these links for more information:
- SFR: www.sfr.fr
- Orange: www.boutique.orange.fr
- Bouygues: www.bouyguestelecom.fr
- Free: www.mobile.free.fr