Posts Tagged ‘Service Charges’
Mobile phones begin: Let the battle
Sunday, April 4th, 2010Attack Ofcom over Sky battle, stimulates the imagination, even if the actual cost of the transmitter in terms of lost revenue and profits, small beer. The latest proposals for the regulation of the media industry of mobile phones are quite different: to develop the methodology for calculating “mobile termination rates” sounds very boring, but the effect of the reform could be dramatic. On the surface, the idea of Ofcom sweet sounds – make the cost of terminating calls to the cost of termination match. What could be easier? The problem is that the big boys, the mobile world have grown very set of their revenue from service charges at a level well above you. In Britain, this figure could be up to 15%, say industry analysts Ovum. If the portion of income is suddenly reduced 90%, something has to give. Of course, like the cry of Orange and Vodafone foul and warning of negative consequences for a thriving industry, which supposedly the construction of the national critical infrastructure. Ofcom has is s wait a fierce legal battle like that with Sky. But again, the logic controller provides fairly solid. The current regime on charges of mobile operators favoring large incumbent fixed. This layout was easier to justify when mobile networks were in their childhood and youth need encouragement owners. The situation today is different. There remains the unanswered question, how will the next generation high-speed mobile networks will be financed. There are no easy answers. But based on asymmetric termination rates is not a long term solution. Mobile telecommunications industry phonesOfcomNils Pratleyguardian. co. UK © Guardian News and Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms and Conditions | More Feeds
Mobile phones begin: Let the battle
Sunday, April 4th, 2010Attack Ofcom over Sky battle, stimulates the imagination, even if the actual cost of the transmitter in terms of lost revenue and profits, small beer. The latest proposals for the regulation of the media industry of mobile phones are quite different: to develop the methodology for calculating “mobile termination rates” sounds very boring, but the effect of the reform could be dramatic. On the surface, the idea of Ofcom sweet sounds – make the cost of terminating calls to the cost of termination match. What could be easier? The problem is that the big boys, the mobile world have grown very set of their revenue from service charges at a level well above you. In Britain, this figure could be up to 15%, say industry analysts Ovum. If the portion of income is suddenly reduced 90%, something has to give. Of course, like the cry of Orange and Vodafone foul and warning of negative consequences for a thriving industry, which supposedly the construction of the national critical infrastructure. Ofcom has is s wait a fierce legal battle like that with Sky. But again, the logic controller provides fairly solid. The current regime on charges of mobile operators favoring large incumbent fixed. This layout was easier to justify when mobile networks were in their childhood and youth need encouragement owners. The situation today is different. There remains the unanswered question, how will the next generation high-speed mobile networks will be financed. There are no easy answers. But based on asymmetric termination rates is not a long term solution. Mobile telecommunications industry phonesOfcomNils Pratleyguardian. co. UK © Guardian News and Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms and Conditions | More Feeds
Mobile phones begin: Let the battle
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Attack Ofcom over Sky battle, stimulates the imagination, even if the actual cost of the transmitter in terms of lost revenue and profits, small beer. The latest proposals for the regulation of the media industry of mobile phones are quite different: to develop the methodology for calculating “mobile termination rates” sounds very boring, but the effect of the reform could be dramatic. On the surface, the idea of Ofcom sweet sounds – make the cost of terminating calls to the cost of termination match. What could be easier? The problem is that the big boys, the mobile world have grown very set of their revenue from service charges at a level well above you. In Britain, this figure could be up to 15%, say industry analysts Ovum. If the portion of income is suddenly reduced 90%, something has to give. Of course, like the cry of Orange and Vodafone foul and warning of negative consequences for a thriving industry, which supposedly the construction of the national critical infrastructure. Ofcom has is s wait a fierce legal battle like that with Sky. But again, the logic controller provides fairly solid. The current regime on charges of mobile operators favoring large incumbent fixed. This layout was easier to justify when mobile networks were in their childhood and youth need encouragement owners. The situation today is different. There remains the unanswered question, how will the next generation high-speed mobile networks will be financed. There are no easy answers. But based on asymmetric termination rates is not a long term solution. Mobile telecommunications industry phonesOfcomNils Pratleyguardian. co. UK © Guardian News and Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms and Conditions | More Feeds
Mobile phones begin: Let the battle
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Attack Ofcom over Sky battle, stimulates the imagination, even if the actual cost of the transmitter in terms of lost revenue and profits, small beer. The latest proposals for the regulation of the media industry of mobile phones are quite different: to develop the methodology for calculating “mobile termination rates” sounds very boring, but the effect of the reform could be dramatic. On the surface, the idea of Ofcom sweet sounds – make the cost of terminating calls to the cost of termination match. What could be easier? The problem is that the big boys, the mobile world have grown very set of their revenue from service charges at a level well above you. In Britain, this figure could be up to 15%, say industry analysts Ovum. If the portion of income is suddenly reduced 90%, something has to give. Of course, like the cry of Orange and Vodafone foul and warning of negative consequences for a thriving industry, which supposedly the construction of the national critical infrastructure. Ofcom has is s wait a fierce legal battle like that with Sky. But again, the logic controller provides fairly solid. The current regime on charges of mobile operators favoring large incumbent fixed. This layout was easier to justify when mobile networks were in their childhood and youth need encouragement owners. The situation today is different. There remains the unanswered question, how will the next generation high-speed mobile networks will be financed. There are no easy answers. But based on asymmetric termination rates is not a long term solution. Mobile telecommunications industry phonesOfcomNils Pratleyguardian. co. UK © Guardian News and Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms and Conditions | More Feeds