Salt price increase on 1 June 2026: which plans got pricier and what to do

What changed on 1 June 2026

On its official price-adjustment page, Salt announced the following 14 mobile plans:

Salt Max

Salt Digital

Smart plans

Not affected: PrePay offers, device bundles, option prices.

Over a two-year contract term, the increase adds up to CHF 24 to CHF 48 in extra cost depending on the plan.

What Salt says, and what it really means

In its official notice, Salt frames the change with the following sentence:

'The absolute value and duration of your discount remain unchanged.'
, Salt, price adjustment of 1 June 2026

It sounds reassuring: the discount supposedly stays the same. Mechanically, though, it means the discount amount in francs stays the same but is now applied to a higher list price. As a customer, you effectively pay more.

Example Salt Europe XL:

• Before: list price CHF 94.95, with promo CHF 35.95
• After: list price CHF 96.95, with promo CHF 37.95
• Effective extra cost: +CHF 2 per month = +CHF 24 per year

Salt is not alone with this mechanic. Sunrise, yallo, Lebara and TalkTalk are also adjusting prices in 2026 along the same pattern. Here is the full analysis of the four waves of 2026.

What can you do now?

Three options:

Option 1: use the extraordinary right of termination

With any unilateral change to the contract you have a statutory extraordinary right of termination of 30 days from the announcement. Salt typically communicates the change with the May bill. So whoever gets the information now can cancel until roughly early June, without a penalty fee.

How to proceed:

1. Keep Salt's notice (it shows the announcement date)
2. Send written termination to Salt customer service, referencing the unilateral contract change
3. Pick a new provider in parallel, request number porting (free, 1 to 3 business days)

Option 2: stay with Salt but switch plan

If you value Salt's network quality but find your current plan too expensive, you can switch within Salt. Salt has 13 mobile plans, some of which are not affected by the increase (Prepaid, PrePay).

Salt direct plans with promo (effective price), as of 25 August 2026:

• Salt Surf Unlimited: CHF 19.95 (promo from CHF 39.95), unlimited Switzerland
• Salt Start Max: CHF 12.95 (promo from CHF 42.95, new list price from 1 June)

Salt moves its promotional prices as often as weekly, in both directions. What applies today is in the Salt profile.

Option 3: switch to a cheaper MVNO on the Salt network

Several MVNO providers use the identical Salt network and are significantly cheaper:

Data as of 25 August 2026, permanent prices without promotions. Lidl Connect and Lycamobile regularly undercut these prices with promotions, but those expire, which is why their promotional price is not listed here. Current prices for every provider in the calculator.

Plus: anyone who does not strictly need the Salt network will find an unlimited plan at a stable permanent price at Digital Republic Flat Swiss (CHF 13/mo., Sunrise network).

Who is affected, who is not?

Affected:

• Existing Salt Max, Salt Digital and Smart plan customers
• New customers signing up from 1 June 2026
• Promo customers also pay the higher effective price (the discount amount stays nominal, the list price rises)

Not affected:

• PrePay offers (prepaid cards)
• Device bundles
• Option prices (e.g. Apple Watch SIM, day pass)
• MVNO customers at spusu, GoMo, Lidl Connect, Lycamobile, iWay (same network infrastructure, different provider)

Methodology and sources

All price information was taken directly from the official salt.ch price-adjustment page and cross-checked against our weekly-updated time-series database. handyabo.com compares all 22 Swiss mobile providers independently of affiliate relationships. Methodology public at handyabo.com/en/how-we-rate/.

Full analysis of all four waves with 6 Swiss telco price increases in 2026 (Swisscom April, TalkTalk May, Salt June, Sunrise + yallo + Lebara August): Lifetime discount, until the next price increase.