Does the Sonim XP3 work on Bouygues Telecom?
Yes, for now.
Works with caveatsWith 2G being switched off, calls and texts fall back to 3G, which this phone supports (900 MHz, 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. 4G data should work (shared bands: 1, 3).
Fine for now. The catch is how calls get through: if they ride on 2G or 3G, they stop when Bouygues Telecom switches that off.
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
Sonim XP3
- 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G: 800 MHz, 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1700/2100 (AWS) MHz, 2100 MHz
- 4G bands: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 38, 41, 66 (no band 20)
- 4G Calling: unknown – Built for US networks.
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 Works with caveats
- SFR Works with caveats
- Free Mobile Works with caveats
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Sources
How we decide: our method.