Telecompaper has compared the prices and conditions of postpaid iPhone packages across Western Europe. Despite Apple's continuously increasing the number of operators who offer the iPhone, still seven out of the seventeen countries in Western Europe have only one operator who is allowed to sell the iPhone. The results show that there are enormous differences between the countries both in prices and the minutes/SMS/MBs included, as well as other conditions such as the subscription length and handset subsidies provided by the operators. The most expensive plan in Austria, which has the cheapest packages of all the countries in Western Europe, has nearly the same level of pricing as the starting prices in some other countries. Due to strong demand, very few operators are promoting the iPhone by offering reduced fees or by including extras
