jeffrey funk wrote:
> I may have missed something earlier on the list, but does this mean the
> average i-mode user is paying 250 yen/month for i-menu (3rd party) pay-for
> content?
>
The average user of i-mode is paying the 300yen/month basic i-mode charge +
about 2000-2500 yen of accessed data (packet charges) and pay sites (official,
accessed-via-i-menu sites) -- I don't have a breakdown of how that 2500
yen/month charge is split between packet charges and fees for pay sites.
>
> They apparently receive between 250 and 300 yen per month per subscriber of
> which they pay 9%. Interestingly, this 250 to 300 is far less than its
> packet income so the content providers aren't making anywhere near as much
> money as Docomo (of course th is SW's point about the greater importance of
> packet charges).
user pays 100-300 /month per official pay site. DoCoMo gets about 9% of that
charge, the rest goes to whoever's providing the site.
r e n
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