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Unlimited Data Plans: Networks start to focus.

clohamon · 2010-12-08 20:51:32

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-07/apple-google-asked-to-pay-up-as-europeean-operators-inundated-by-data.html Round-up of current state of play. Content Providers vs. Device Manufacturers vs. Networks

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-07/apple-google-asked-to-pay-up-as-europeean-operators-inundated-by-data.html

Round-up of current state of play. Content Providers vs. Device Manufacturers vs. Networks

Operators are meanwhile looking for ways to win revenue from data-hogging customers. Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile provider by revenue, plans to shift to so-called tiered pricing based on data use, following a similar move away from unlimited plans by AT&T Inc.

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“We are progressively going to switch from the unlimited approach that has been the trademark of our industry to something which is more sophisticated,” France Telecom’s Richard said today.

Unlimited data plans will become increasingly rare, said Rosalind Craven, an IDC analyst based in London.

Service providers, meanwhile, say they already pay enough.

“Currently about 40 percent of our expenses go to networks anyway -- servers, peering, our content delivery network, and other resources,” said Giuseppe de Martino, the legal and regulatory director of Paris-based online-video provider Dailymotion SA. “If telecom operators want us to share in their expenses, perhaps we should talk about sharing subscription revenues as well.”

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