IP: DEAD ON ARRIVAL: MMO2 gives first sign of European 3G pricing

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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

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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.

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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.

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