(keitai-l) Re: Subsiding handsets

From: Graham Brown <gbrown_at_wirelessworldforum.com>
Date: 07/30/01
Message-ID: <DAECKHKLBMJEKBFJCDCBOEDKCEAA.gbrown@wirelessworldforum.com>
Actual figures

One2One has 7.6million users as of 25/07/01
and their ARPU is 39.70 sterling pcm.

http://www.thewapgroup.com/info_statistics.shtml

Recently One2One said they are looking to move away from subsidising
handsets.

Graham	




-----Original Message-----
From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
[mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Ben Hutchings
Sent: 30 July 2001 11:12
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Subsiding handsets


Benjamin Kowarsch wrote:
<snip>
> The chance is that a network like One2One in the UK with about 1m
> customers

9 million, actually - of which 80% are pre-paid subscribers!

> can ill-afford to pay handset subsidies. Let's assume their
> operating cost is 200m pounds a year. If their ARPU is 30 pounds
> per month,
<snip>

They claim only 22 pounds a month.

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Received on Mon Jul 30 21:27:34 2001