Yup - standard fare for Europe for a long time now... a totally foreign concept in north america. It'e sasier for operators to not have to deal with contracts

Yup - standard fare for Europe for a long time now... a totally foreign concept in north america. It'e sasier for operators to not have to deal with contracts and billing and just deal with self-service through supermarkets and hole-in-the-wall cellular shops selling phones, sims, and refill cards than it is to deal with contracts and billing...