Jakarta, Indonesia - ABI, technology market research firm reported that Indonesia and the UK have the lowest mobile broadband pricing plans compared to most other Asian, European and American countries, basically, compared to the other countries around the world. In general, telecommunications companies in Asia do have low prices, primarily because of the government interference in controlling the price in response to fierce competition among the telcos.
XL Axiata, a subsidiary of Axis Capital Group of companies promotes 3G packages for $5 to $14. Other rival telcos such as Telkomsel and Indosat which has unlimited data on StarOne packages offer similarly priced services. Meanwhile in the UK, T-Mobile is promoting its Mobile Broadband Plus plan for US$ 15.47. For other telcos, many of them implement per-hour or per-packet plans.
Affordable pricing is driven primarily by increasing demand for mobile data services in line with rapid development of mobile industry. Despite the tough challenges the country has faced in 2014 with debts on individual telecommunications companies and loses, the operators refused to demand a higher price because they have to maintain the demand.
In Indonesia, for example, BlackBerry is huge because users who love to message each other rely on the BlackBerry messaging system and telcos’ low-cost data plans to chat all day. Singapore, meanwhile, is quite similar to European cities in usage.
Unfortunately, affordable pricing cannot fully compensate for the quality of broadband networks in Indonesia. Unlike other countries in Asia, Indonesia’s network is still improving, so for the moment, people still need to pay a little more to get the maximum service.
Asian telecommunications companies have some of the lowest-priced plans in this comparison.
Demand for mobile data has been soaring over the past few years. As such, unlimited data plans were seldom removed from the product offerings of many mobile operators, while at the same time tiered-pricing plans entered the market. This has created some uncertainty among subscribers. Many people have complaints on how these networks promise of having unlimited plans but the data lags a lot and the server is often out of reach. However, there are still a lot of people who take advantage of unlimited plans to save money.
Indonesia’s mobile phone market is unique in its size, scope and market trends. The key trends that have driven now mature mobile phone markets in developed countries have not taken place in Indonesia. Today, price considerations are just one of the areas that telecom providers are being measured against by consumers as factors such as call quality and network coverage become increasingly important.
XL Axiata, a subsidiary of Axis Capital Group of companies promotes 3G packages for $5 to $14. Other rival telcos such as Telkomsel and Indosat which has unlimited data on StarOne packages offer similarly priced services. Meanwhile in the UK, T-Mobile is promoting its Mobile Broadband Plus plan for US$ 15.47. For other telcos, many of them implement per-hour or per-packet plans.
Affordable pricing is driven primarily by increasing demand for mobile data services in line with rapid development of mobile industry. Despite the tough challenges the country has faced in 2014 with debts on individual telecommunications companies and loses, the operators refused to demand a higher price because they have to maintain the demand.
In Indonesia, for example, BlackBerry is huge because users who love to message each other rely on the BlackBerry messaging system and telcos’ low-cost data plans to chat all day. Singapore, meanwhile, is quite similar to European cities in usage.
Unfortunately, affordable pricing cannot fully compensate for the quality of broadband networks in Indonesia. Unlike other countries in Asia, Indonesia’s network is still improving, so for the moment, people still need to pay a little more to get the maximum service.
Asian telecommunications companies have some of the lowest-priced plans in this comparison.
Demand for mobile data has been soaring over the past few years. As such, unlimited data plans were seldom removed from the product offerings of many mobile operators, while at the same time tiered-pricing plans entered the market. This has created some uncertainty among subscribers. Many people have complaints on how these networks promise of having unlimited plans but the data lags a lot and the server is often out of reach. However, there are still a lot of people who take advantage of unlimited plans to save money.
Indonesia’s mobile phone market is unique in its size, scope and market trends. The key trends that have driven now mature mobile phone markets in developed countries have not taken place in Indonesia. Today, price considerations are just one of the areas that telecom providers are being measured against by consumers as factors such as call quality and network coverage become increasingly important.