Debitel is an mobile telephone operator virtual present in five countries: Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Slovenia and France since 2004. In our country, Debitel France exploits the infrastructure of the network SFR.

Debitel is known to be an operator " low cost" thanks to fixed prices of extremely low mobile telephony, the most popular offer being that at 30 minutes of communication for 9.90€ monthly, without engagement of duration. During last months, Debitel launched variations of its fixed prices bound for the large families and the people in looking for a job, which makes it possible these categories to profit from a handing-over on their fixed monthly price.

Debitel also proposes prepaid offers, by means of refills. There are two kinds, one being traditional, the other having a time of more important communication to the detriment of the period of validity of the refill.

Recently, Debitel also proposes Millenium fixed prices offering the unlimited calls towards the fixed numbers and Debitel the weekend, if the customer chooses to subscribe to an offer associating chart SIM and mobile phone.

The operator has at the beginning of 2007 of 160.000 customers. Although the French subsidiary company is source of profit, the head office decided to yield this subsidiary company in order to better be able to penetrate the German market. The operator providing him his infrastructure, namely SFR, is had a presentiment of for this repurchase.

Created in 1991, Debitel is in the beginning a Joint-venture associating Daimler-Benz and the German group Metro. In 1999, the operator telecom Swisscom becomes purchaser of 94% of Debitel. In 2004, Debitel falls into the bosom from the funds from investment Permira.

External bonds

• Site of debitel France