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IP: DEAD ON ARRIVAL: MMO2 gives first sign of European 3G pricing
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:19:50 -0400
One should take a look at verizons "2.5G" pricing and see how it compares -- http://www.verizonwireless.com/express_network/exp_terms.html Dave ------ Forwarded Message From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 20:36:28 +0200 To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: DEAD ON ARRIVAL: MMO2 gives first sign of European 3G pricing MMO2 gives first sign of European 3G pricing By Gautam Malkani in London The Financial Times Published: June 18 2002 19:56 MMO2, the mobile phone business spun off from BT Group last year, has become the first European operator to price the next generation of mobile phone services. --SNIP-- Based on its initial tariffs, MMO2 said a typical residential user would be charged £44 a month for using their phones to surf the internet, download music and video and send multimedia e-mails. This includes a basic consumer tariff of £25 per month [$37.25 USD] for up to 20 megabytes and £1 [$1.49 USD] for each additional megabyte. The total charge was calculated by monitoring typical data useage on the Isle of Man. For the heaviest business users, the typical monthly charge rose to £86 [$128.17 USD] a month. However the charge does not include voice calls - which according to the company's latest figures average at £34 [$50.67 USD] a month for UK subscription customers. MMO2 said it was too early to estimate whether its monthly UK average revenue per user (ARPU) would therefore rise from £40 [$59.61 USD] at the moment to nearer £70 [$104.32 USD] based on Tuesday's 3G data charges. The useage patterns on the Isle of Man were likely to change following the implementation of the tariffs. --SNIP-- http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c =StoryFT&cid=1024172319337&p=1012571727260 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com, Prague CZ * tel/mobil +420 (0)603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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