3, the UK based mobile operator belonging to Hutchinson Whampoa Group, has started three new competitive pricing for HSDPA service.
- £10 (14€) per month for 1 GB of data
- £15 (22€) per month for 3 GB of data
- £25 (37€) per month for 7 GB of data
It’s less than a half comparing to Vodafone prices in Spain (30€ per 1 GB).
SevenClick hopes that other mobile operators follow this path, lowering its data pricing, as long as this is the only way to foster mobile internet usage. Moreover, mobile operators should be very careful regarding WiFi enabled mobile phones, because this feature is increasingly being included in more and more models which could eventually cut down customer income coming from data services. And this is just the beginning, as long as WiMAX is knocking at the door.
Via ABI Research
Link 3 website
September 5th, 2007 at 9:45 am
[...] sooner or later, we’ll find similar services in the mobile market. Prices are still high, but some carriers are dropping their offerings. Once mobile data access is affordable by customers, the main barrier for this services had fallen. [...]