What does 3G's pricing future look like?

[ipodmusicman]

Hi, I just read that article that was posted from the FM on myadsl news where Vodacom is considering giving away PCs, etc on signing a 3G contract ... what is Vodacom going to do with regards to pricing to entice people to sign the contracts in the first place. I don't believe giving away PCs, etc will entice people if the monthly subscription and limitations are the way they are at the moment.

It seems like they want to draw the private individual and not only the corporate clients here, and if that's their intension, they'll have to drop their prices drastically for the normal man in the street to afford it.

 

[magus]

I would love the pricing to drop 'drastically', but I am afraid that it is already quite agressively competitive. In fact, the pricing is a bargain, even compared to most overseas mobile broadband offerings. So don't hold your breath.

 

[Scandal]

Does any body know where one can find a decent price comparisons on cell phone call rates both local and international between us and the rest of the world?

 

[Dolby]

Is there a price difference between a 500kb MMS transfer and a 500kb file transferrred over GPRS?

 

[diabolus]

Does any body know where one can find a decent price comparisons on cell phone call rates between us and the rest of the world?

Prolly easiest way is to go to T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange's websites and look up their rates. When i went overseas i investigated that and i've found our cellphone call rates seemed to be quite similar to overseas [if not identical]. Data tarifs different story though, but they can get ADSL uncapped for 30 EUR per month , so you can't really compare as people will install ADSL and not even look at 3G/GPRS unless it's a business requirement.

Of course one has to take into account the average salaries people get overseas. If cellphone tarifs in europe is identical to SA...then somewhere someone is making more profit if the price in a 1st world country and 3rd world country is identical.


For example here's some prices below: [0.4 eur ~ R3.20]

O2 Local Prepaid Kostes:

Standaard naar vast & naar mobiel
24 uur / 7 dagen € 0,35

piek & dal naar vast naar mobiel
ma - vr 8:00 - 20:00 € 0,45 € 0,45
ma - vr 20:00 - 8:00 + weekend € 0,10 € 0,20

De bel-tarieven van O2 zijn per minuut, inclusief BTW en betalen per seconde.

T-Mobile Prepaid Kostes:

PrePaid: bellen zonder facturen en contract

Je betaalt per minuut Je betaalt per
SMS-bericht

Standaard tarief € 0,35 naar vast of mobiel € 0,23
Piek- en daltarief € 0,40 (piek) € 0,23
€ 0,20 (dal naar mobiel) € 0,23
After3 tarief € 0,45 (piek) € 0,09
€ 0,20 (dal) € 0,09

Vodafone Prepaid Kostes:

Naar vaste lijn EUR
Standaardtarief 0,35 0,35
Piek- en Daltarief 0,45 0,10

Naar mobiel

Standaardtarief 0,35 0,35
Piek- en Daltarief 0,45 0,30

SMS-bericht (zonder SMS TeGoed) 0,23

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