Mobile telephony remodulations, for SosTariffe from 2017 average cost increased by 43 euros

The tariff restructuring have become one real constant in the mobile telephony sector in Italy. The number of offers that are periodically subject to increases in the monthly fee is constantly growing. This practice, against which consumers have few weapons with which to defend themselves, entails a net increase in average spending for your smartphone. The confirmation comes from the new Observatory of SosTariffe.it that, analyzing the unilateral tariff remodulations of the contractual conditions, announced in the last two years by the operators of the mobile telephony sector, has found constant price increases.

Tariff adjustments over the last two years are more expensive, on average, of + 7.5%In fact, in 2018 the offers fees were subject to an average monthly change of € 1.74 and of € 1.87 in 2019. The SosTariffe.it study examined some of the main offers for smartphones (with a bundle of minutes, SMS and GB included each month) available on the Italian mobile telephony market and activated in 2017.

Subsequently, the impact on the monthly fee of the tariff changes announced by the operators who marketed the offers considered by the survey was assessed. During 2018, mobile telephony rates recorded an average increase of 1.74 euros per month. The monthly increase translates into an increase in annual spending for your smartphone of 20.88 euros.

The remodulations imposed during 2019, on the other hand, led to an increase in the monthly fee of 1.87 euros. This increase is equivalent to a annual expenditure increase of 22.44 euro which, for old customers who activated a tariff in 2017, adds to the annual increase linked to the remodeling of 2018.