Does the Palm Phone (PVG100) work on Bouygues Telecom?
It works, with caveats.
Works with caveatsWith 2G being switched off, calls and texts fall back to 3G, which this phone supports (2100 MHz). Bouygues Telecom plans to switch 3G off at the end of 2029. We haven't found confirmation that 4G Calling works on Bouygues Telecom. Its 4G bands (2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 17, 66 (US bands)) don't match Bouygues Telecom's, so expect no 4G data.
Expect it to work, but read the switch-off dates below. That's where the catch is.
We worked this out from the phone's published bands and Bouygues Telecom's own published network facts (see How we check). Nobody has confirmed it for this exact pairing yet.
Bouygues Telecom (France)
- 3G: On until the end of 2029
- 2G: Switch-off on 15 November 2026 in Brest, Guipavas, Nancy and Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, then everywhere from 1 to 15 December 2026
Palm Phone (PVG100)
- 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G: 850 MHz, 1700/2100 (AWS) MHz, 1900 MHz, 2100 MHz
- 4G bands: 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 17, 66 (US bands)
- 4G Calling: unknown – US bands only, so no 4G in the UK or Portugal.
The same applies to networks that run on Bouygues Telecom: B&You. Smaller networks sometimes handle 4G Calling differently, so check with them too.
Other networks in France
- Orange Doesn't work
- SFR Works with caveats
- Free Mobile Works with caveats
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How we decide: our method.