Are you “poor” enough? You can have cheaper mobile rates
As you probably already know, on January 1, 2022, a new law on electronic communications will enter into force in the Czech Republic.several significant changes for consumers and providers of tariffs and services. During the preparations and discussions around this amendment, great attention was paid, for example, to the new rules for marketing calls, which should be less frequent and thus less annoying. In the list of news, however, there is also one that is directly related to prices and savings.
Who is a low income person?
Either a person with an income lower than 2.15 times the subsistence minimum in the case of an individual, or a person living in the same household as other persons and the sum of their income and income of these persons is less than 2.15 times the subsistence minimum.
The new law requires service providers to be able to use disabilities from 2022 draw the so-called “universal service” at a discount even low-income people. What exactly does this mean in the world of mobile phones? A package of the most necessary means of communication, among which will be In addition to calls and SMS, the data connection to the Internet now also falls, will be officially cheaper and demonstrably “poor” people according to current definitions of the social system. These basic tariffs will be available to the persons concerned cheaper, specifically by CZK 200.
How many people do you know in this situation?
Source: CTO, Graham Crumb
