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I find it interesting that you say "Europe" in this context. As someone who travels around Europe a fair amount, I've researched mobile phone tariffs in various
by pmjordan 16y ago
I find it interesting that you say "Europe" in this context. As someone who travels around Europe a fair amount, I've researched mobile phone tariffs in various countries, and the differences can be staggering - for example, an order of magnitude difference for the cheapest prepaid data tariff seems pretty common, calls and SMS vary wildly as well. I haven't analysed it in depth, but there aren't any obvious correlations with population density, size, GDP/capita, etc. as you might expect. Not even the number of network operators (=competition) seems relevant.
- nanairo 16y agoI think you are probably right. My conclusions were mostly from what I experienced or heard... i.e. very anecdotal. First I should have been clear that by Europe I meant EU. And also I still think there's a lot of bad tariffs here too. I haven't checked in many countries but the 2-3 I've been to or checked had similar deals (though in Italy for example pay as you go is way more popular than contract, and in the UK is the opposite). But I think some of the better deals may have been the result of regulatory pressure. For example every other year the EU commission sets lower prices for inter-state roaming.