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They fooled people with a mobile tariff for 160 CZK. Now they want to buy Italian Vodafone

It was the French Iliad that literally drove Italian customers crazy in 2018. He came up with a very attractive mobile tariff offer, which has no analogues in the Czech Republic even now-that is, in 2022.

The tariff with unlimited calls and a package of 30 GB of data offered in conversion for only 160 CZK. It was, of course, an introductory offer, when the operator tried to attract a sufficient number of customers. The tariff offered first for a million customers, but after a month and a half added another 200,000 SIM cards, because it was sold out.

At the time, the company told Reuters that there were no unfair commercial practices. The price of CZK 160 for a given tariff is said to correspond exactly to the costs on the Italian market and was calculated so that the company does not make a profit.

Currently, the operator offers 120 GB of data, unlimited calls and SMS messages for less than CZK 220. With a share of about eight percent, Iliad is the fourth largest mobile operator in Italy.

Vodafone, by contrast, has a market share in Italy of around 28 percent. Thus, in the event of a successful acquisition, the position of the Iliad on the Italian market would increase significantly.

But representatives of either company have not yet officially confirmed the report.

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