Technology, Mobile | Huge price differences: – Large sums you could spend on other bills

In the past, choosing a mobile subscription was very difficult for the price-conscious.

But after SMS and voice were included in the vast majority of mobile subscriptions, 5-digit numbers have almost disappeared – and BankID on Mobile is about to be phased out, in practice there is only one thing the mobile operators have been competing for: The price of the amount of data.

Beyond data, most subscriptions offer roughly the same experience, although the subscriptions are occasionally sweetened with more or less useful additional services. The exception is that some travel in places where one operator has slightly better coverage than others.

At the same time, there can sometimes be limitations behind low prices, or expensive additional services.

– Good hourly pay for going through agreements

Nettavisen has reviewed prices for mobile subscriptions for different uses, and there are quite obviously very large price differences. Almost regardless of what kind of consumption you have, you can save thousands of Swedish kronor a year by choosing the right one.

Per user.

For a family, it will be far more.

And on average, it is relatively small companies that have the best prices, while the most well-known major players are conspicuous by their absence from the top lists.

Consumer economist Cecilie Tvetenstrand at Storebrand believes that there are many who are stuck with unnecessarily expensive contracts:

– It is important to be conscious consumers. There are probably more people who have more expensive subscriptions than necessary, because you simply sleep a little during the class. Everyday life happens and it’s easy to procrastinate and overlook finances. It can be a well-paid hourly wage to sit down and go over agreements and consumption. All fixed agreements, not just mobile subscriptions, says Tvetenstrand to Nettavisen.

– Compare services and prices, and don’t pay more than you have to for your appointments. It may not seem like the biggest amounts, but over time, or if you get more deals, it will be large sums that you could spend on other bills, or something more fun.

Free use (100 GB+)

Nettavisen has used the only completely open Nkom-approved comparison service for mobile subscriptions from Only to find the cheapest subscriptions in four usage categories, as well as the cheapest alternative from the two large mobile giants Telia and Telenor.

• Chile Free Data Standard – 349/month (Telia) *20 Mbit speed
• PlussMobil Free Data Basis – 379/month (Telenor) *15 Mbit speed
• HappyBytes FriData+ – 398/month (Telenor) *Free speed
• Cheapest giant: Telia X Normal, 499/month *20 Mbit speed (10 percent discount with a one-year contract)

The vast majority of subscriptions that are marketed as “free data” often have restrictions in other ways to limit overuse. The most common is that the speed is limited to around 3 Mbit when you have about 100 GB during a month.

In addition, it is quite common to have to pay extra to get the highest download speeds.

A lot (30 GB)

• Happybytes 1 a day – 248/month (Telenor) *Limit of 1 GB per day
• Happybytes 30 GB – 298/mnd (Telenor)
• Chili 30 GB – 299/month (Telia)
• Cheapest giant: Telia X Normal – 499/month *Free use ** 10 percent discount with a one-year commitment

By limiting yourself to 30 GB, it is possible to save NOK 50–100 per month. The cheapest subscription in the price comparison is Happybyte’s rather unique subscription “1 a day”, which means you get a quantity of data per day, not for a whole month. In case of uneven use, it is a disadvantage.

But Happybytes still has the cheapest normal 30 GB plan.

PS! Both Telenor and Telia transfer customers to free-use subscriptions over 15 and 20 GB a month.

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Medium (15 GB)

• Happybytes 1 a day – 248/month (Telenor) *Limit of 1 GB per day
• Chili 15 GB – 249/month (Telia)
• NiceMobil 15 GB – 250/mnd (Ice)
• Cheapest giant: Telia 15 GB – 429/month (10 percent discount with a one-year commitment)

Again, it is Happybytes’ special subscription that comes out the cheapest, with theoretically twice as much data as number two on the list. The price difference to regular monthly subscriptions with “Data Rollover” is, on the other hand, negligible.

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Mini (1GB)

• NiceMobil 1 GB – 95/mnd (Ice)
• Fjordkraft 1 GB – 119/month (Telenor)
• PlussMobil 1 GB – 119/month (Telenor)
• Cheapest giant: Telia 3 GB – 269/month (10 percent discount with a one-year commitment)

If you only exceptionally need to use mobile data, the price for the cheapest subscription with Telia and Telenor is almost three times higher than with the cheapest operator.

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Huge price differences for extra data

When choosing a mobile subscription, it is important to buy a subscription that has a sufficient amount of included data, since the price for exceeding the monthly amount is in many cases very high.

There are large price differences between subscriptions with apparently the same price.

Telenor, for example, operates with three different price lists for data packages depending on which subscription you have. Happybytes charges NOK 19 per GB. Chili sells data packages of 1, 3 and 5 GB, where the cheapest option is NOK 98.

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The Consumer Council: Avoid subscriptions that include telephone

Many choose to buy a mobile phone at a subsidized price, instead of committing to a mobile subscription. The Consumer Council is strongly critical of:

– Such an agreement rarely pays off. The total price will be higher than if you had bought the mobile phone at full price and chosen a cheaper subscription, the Consumer Council warns on its website.

– If you have bought a subsidized mobile phone, as a private customer you usually have a lock-in period of twelve months on the subscription. After this, you are free to choose a cheaper subscription. You should think about it if the operator offers you a “discount” of a couple of hundred Swedish kroner against a new twelve-month lock-in period on your subscription.