Boycott of text messages in France

The French Consumer Association UFC-Que Choisir calls for a boycott of text messages this Sunday 9th of May 2004.

The objective is get a fairer price on SMS. They say that 3 or 4 cents for each message would be acceptable for consumers and operators: while an SMS costs only 2 centimes to the companies, consumers have to give 15 cents to send one.