Operation Manual

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1.3.1. Important Information for Subscribers to Free,
Bouygues Telecom and Virtual Mobile Phone
Service Providers
1.3.1.1.French Subscribers to Free and Virtual Mobile
Phone Service Providers
Virtual mobile phone service provider refers to service
p r o v i d e r s w h o d o n o t h a v e a n y G S M n e t w o r k
infrastructures of its own and must rely on the network
infrastructure of an existing network operator (for France:
Orange, SFR and Bouygues Telecom). If you subscribe to
a virtual mobile phone service provider, the phone will
connect to a network that does not belong to the SIM card
operator. Your phone will then interpret that you are
abroad and display a roaming alert message (see below)
before you dial a call, send
a message, receive an MMS
or connect to the Internet in
order to warn you of the risk
of being overcharged. By
default, attempts to connect
t o t h e I n t e r n e t w i l l b e
refused.