Despite EE’s content restrictions not applying to content viewed using wi-fi, the firm believes its new plans still provide teen smartphone users and parents with more protections.
Its Sim-only plans will be available for use on all smartphones and start from £7 per month, when launched in August.
EE’s three tiers offer different levels of protections depending on the age of the user, with its “protected” plan for pre-teens having “strict” controls while its “guided” and “trusted” plans for older teens having “moderate” controls for web access.
Each of the plans also has protections against receiving scam calls.
“As the UK’s best network for families, we understand that while smartphones offer many benefits to people, there are also very real risks and challenges, especially for young people,” said Claire Gillies, head of the consumer division of BT, which owns EE.
“As a parent of a teenager, I too have had to balance the benefits and challenges that come with giving our children their first smartphone.”