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Global Roaming Tariff Tracker

A report by Tariff Consultancy

Yearly subscription: $2,692
Updated quarterly

REPORT AVAILABLE BY E-MAIL ONLY

Roaming prices have confronted criticism in recent years and are undergoing significant changes at this present time. The European Commission has imposed regulation to the pricing of voice roaming charges and it saw the introduction of capped pricing in July 2007. Data roaming rates are being monitored by the EC and could also be capped in the future.

Roaming especially in the consumer market is perceived complex and expensive, despite operators having moved to attractive on-net pricing and easier-to-understand pricing structures, roaming prices remain difficult to track and will be a challenge to keep up with the changes.

At the time of launching the product in March 2007, it covered 47 mobile service providers across 35 countries and has since been expanded to cover 70 operators in 50 countries. Findings reveal that offerings have increased through the launch of bundles and special schemes such as the Passport Service by Vodafone over time. Both voice and data calls price changes have been mainly downward with some oeprators increasing rates to non-European destinations.. Operators will be seeking to introduce innovative offers to help for the compensation of the potential loss in revenue from the imposed regulation.

Although a few service providers have initiated tariff reform in the sector, the reports finds that a high level of complexity in tariff structures and pricing levels persists. Marked differences in pricing too pertain between operators.

Information included within the report:

1) Voice roaming rates

  • Calling back home
  • Calling within a country
  • Calling to another country
  • Receiving a call

2) Data roaming rates

  • SMS
  • MMS
  • GRPS/UMTS data

3) Bundles / Special discounts

The information, presented in local currency and Euros, is held in excel spreadsheet and allows for easy comparison across operators/countries. The data is supported by 40-page report analysing the data and commenting on the latest trends and changes made in roaming prices over time.

Key highlights include:

  • 70 Service Providers across 50 countries, and continuously adding
  • Voice and data tariffs presented in Excel in local currency and Euros. A tariff table for each service provider in each country market
  • Trends & analysis Report with tables and charts
  • Plus supplementary notes
  • PLUS quarterly updates.


Who should buy this report

  • Mobile, Wireless Internet and Satellite Providers and Operators
  • Software and Equipment Vendors
  • Supplier organisations
  • Regulatory Bodies
  • Consultancies
  • Investors, Venture Capital Companies, Financial Service Companies
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TABLE OF CONTENT

METHDOLOGY

MANAGEMENT SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Roaming
1.2 EU position on roaming
1.3 Operators' moves

2. KEY REPORT PARAMETERS
2.1 Summary

3. ROAMING TARIFFS: ANALYSIS
3.1 Country roaming in
3.2 Type of subscriber: post- or prepaid
3.3 Type of postpaid plan
3.4 Billing increment
3.5 Time of the day

4. TRENDS IN PRICING OF ROAMING VOICE AND DATA CALLS
4.1 Attractive pricing for on-net calls
4.2 Decline in roaming prices
4.3 Bundled approach
4.4 Incentives/Promotions
4.5 Competitive offerings

5. VOICE ROAMING RATE ANALYSIS
5.1 Making a call back to the home country
5.2 Making a call back within the country of roaming
5.3 Receiving a call
5.4 Calling another country

6. DATA ROAMING RATE ANALYSIS
6.1 SMS
6.2 MMS
6.3 GPRS/UMTS

7. LATEST TARIFF MOVES BY OPERATORS

8. CASE STUDIES
8.1 O2 UK
8.2 Swisscom
8.3 T-Mobile UK
8.4 Vodafone
8.5 Mobistar (Belgium)
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TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Proposed Price Caps by European Commission
Figure 2: Operator Coverage March 2007
Figure 3: Example. A Pannon / Hungary postpaid subscriber calling back home
Figure 4: Price example where rates depend on which network caller selects
Figure 5: Price example where rates depend on type of subscriber
Figure 6: Price example where rates depend on which postpaid plan subscribed to
Figure 7: T-Mobile's ‘WorldClass' roaming service
Figure 8: T-Mobile's 'WorldClass' countries
Figure 9: Swisscom's Home Pricing model ‘Euro Passport'
Figure 10: Example of roaming bundles available
Figure 11: AwayPhone's offerings
Figure 12: Transatel's offerings
Figure 13: Pricing example: Operator making a distinction between calling back home and calling within the country
Figure 14: Pricing example: Operator making a distinction between calling back home and calling within the country
Figure 15: Example of SMS pricing when roaming
Figure 16: Examples of MMS pricing when roaming
Figure 17: Examples of GRPS pricing when roaming
Figure 18: Belgium 's Mobistar's Traveller Advantage options
Figure 19: 5th July 2006, Austrian mobile operator One's tariff change
Figure 20: Greek mobile operator Cosmote's preferential rates
Figure 21: Special promotion from O2 Germany
Figure 22: Belgium mobile operator's Mobistar's roaming rates
Figure 23: Swisscom's Euro Passport scheme
Figure 24: UK 's Orange 's new rates from 21st August 2006.
Figure 25: Comparison of Orange UK old and new roaming rates for businesses
Figure 26: T-Mobile' Austria 's options
Figure 27: Telefonica O2 in the Czech Republic 's ‘My Europe ' options
Figure 28: Vodafone/ Passport in the UK
Figure 29: WorldSim's roaming prices
Figure 30: T-Mobile UK 's roaming prices
Figure 31: CheMobile's roaming rates
Figure 32: Vodafone Romania 's ‘ Europe ' tariff
Figure 33: Swisscom's options launched in November 2006
Figure 34: Operator 3 in the UK 's pricing for 3 Like Home
Figure 35: Telenor's new roaming rates from 1st April 2007
Figure 36: Airtel Bharti's new roaming rates
Figure 37: O2's ‘My Europe ' option
Figure 38: Vodafone partner network
Figure 39: Vodafone ‘Passport' comparison 1 minute versus 5 minute
Figure 40: Vodafone ‘Passport' comparison 1 minute versus 5 minute expressed in percentages

Chart 1: Breakdown of number of zones used for 47 surveyed operators
Chart 2: The ratio of the cheapest and most expensive rate for calls back home
Chart 3: Swisscom ‘Euro Option' vs standard Swiss roaming charges
Chart 4: Snap shot of T-Mobile flat rate roaming charges.
Chart 5: Mobistar Traveller Advantage.



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