Smartphones can hurt cellular operators

freaker76 said:
Damn, they allready milk us for every cent, now they looking for excuses to take more.

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That's the point. They continue to charge bat**** insane prices so people will use far less data then they actually want, otherwise it would become too obvious how stupidly under-provisioned the actual data capacity on the supposedly world-class networks are. They keep bragging about 7,14, or 21 Mbps networks, but mostly you are lucky to get 400Kbps, because there's hundreds or thousands of people sharing that capacity.
 
While operators are investing heavily to add capacity and roll out fourth-generation networks, they are having difficulty earning money from data transfer and forecasts see falling revenue per unit of data transferred if current trends continue.
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Guess what? If CellC continue with their current pricing strategy, and is cheaper than the three other, people will migrate to CellC.
 
yep
ppll will get the 5gb bundle n use it for calls etc
 
SIP/VOIP is the future of comunication... Using data to quickly make a Skype call from your phone works(sort-off) and it is cheaper to make a call using data than using the whole "analog" voice part.
They brag about their 21mbp's networks, but there are only a few places you get it, and then those connections is being overpopulated...

When can we start using our Adsl Accounts over The cellphone networks.. Now that will be quite nice.
 
The_Librarian said:
Guess what? If CellC continue with their current pricing strategy, and is cheaper than the three other, people will migrate to CellC.
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I am already planning my trip to Cell C as soon as my contract expires with Vodacom, VC is progressively being sold out to Vodafone and seems like their re-branding will be the beginning of the end of something I see as uniquely South African. And going all red?! Eish!
 
McT said:
I am already planning my trip to Cell C as soon as my contract expires with Vodacom, VC is progressively being sold out to Vodafone and seems like their re-branding will be the beginning of the end of something I see as uniquely South African. And going all red?! Eish!
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Hasn't Vodacom always been at least 50% owned by Vodafone? Not so uniquely South African then...
 
VOIP is fail....even me as a techie it's too much of a hassle....
the person you calling have to have skype....skype chows battery on your phone...
and then there is the lag...sounds like im speaking to someone in america...

VOIP on cellphones that is....1st generation...still have a long way to go...
 
In 3 years, not in SA where Celcos are swimming in data services profits. In anycase, operators have options to share their networks and hence costs or go the outsourcing route. If you go the lone route, maybe the research is correct about going in red especially in developed markets where speed of technology change is competitive, data prices are low and coupled with customer range of substitute products. Yes, bandwidth appetite will continue rising but innovation and lower cost models will leave the last man standing.
 
wouldn't implementing some kind of bis-like open standards compression tech go some way to buying them some time?
 
murraybiscuit said:
wouldn't implementing some kind of bis-like open standards compression tech go some way to buying them some time?
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I think it is actually concerning just that, I now pay R69 and can browse and download email till i`m blue, use to be at gprs/edge speeds, now 3G handsets.
When I started reading the article I thought they were referring to BIS and the likes

Venomous said:
:erm: They charge for the data
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Exactly, otherwise this article makes no sense to me personally.
 
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