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2007 average monthly revenue per user at google was $53. add this to the fact the the mobile phone is very important in many areas(for example: location , mobi

by ippisl 17y ago

2007 average monthly revenue per user at google was $53. add this to the fact the the mobile phone is very important in many areas(for example: location , mobile-web , mobile-tv) , $100 subsidization don't seem like a very large investment.

waterlesscloud 17y ago
Where did you get that monthly revenue figure?
- ardit33 17y ago
  "Overall revenue was $5.94 billion for the period ending September 30, an increase of 7 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008." Just a quick math. Assuming there are about 300mil frequent users of google (i.e more than the occasional search) in the western world. If 4.5 billions came from them, that would be about $15 per user per quarter, so about $60 per year. Assuming that the google phone user is going to be one of these heavy users, if mobile user are worth $60 per year, then a $100 subsidy doesn't sound that bad, but still, very far fetched. People would be buying them in droves, and using them in china/india/whatever developing country you think, and there is no way google would be making $60 per year from them. What I don't believe at all is the 29/mo data plan. There is no way att or t-mobile will put up with this. Remember, the device has to connect to something, otherwise it is just an ipod with wifi. The other alternative is wimax. Their network would be perfect for something like this, but they are not nation wide yet. My bet is that android 2.1 will have wimax support.
  - eli 17y ago
    Adding unlimited data to a voice plan on T-Mobile currently costs $30, so not totally out of the question. AT&T currently charges quite a bit more. Mobile WiMAX is still a long ways off.
    - pyre 17y ago
      The difference is that you would only have the data plan and your voice calls would go over the data network, and not the call network (IIRC, they use different bands to transmit/receive). So these people would immediately be 'high bandwidth users.'
mortenjorck 17y ago
That sounds very high without a solid source. For that to be an annual number, however, sounds pretty reasonable, especially given Google's asking price for an annual ad-free Google Apps subscription: $50.

by ippisl 17y ago

waterlesscloud 17y ago

Where did you get that monthly revenue figure?

ardit33 17y ago
"Overall revenue was $5.94 billion for the period ending September 30, an increase of 7 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008." Just a quick math. Assuming there are about 300mil frequent users of google (i.e more than the occasional search) in the western world. If 4.5 billions came from them, that would be about $15 per user per quarter, so about $60 per year. Assuming that the google phone user is going to be one of these heavy users, if mobile user are worth $60 per year, then a $100 subsidy doesn't sound that bad, but still, very far fetched. People would be buying them in droves, and using them in china/india/whatever developing country you think, and there is no way google would be making $60 per year from them. What I don't believe at all is the 29/mo data plan. There is no way att or t-mobile will put up with this. Remember, the device has to connect to something, otherwise it is just an ipod with wifi. The other alternative is wimax. Their network would be perfect for something like this, but they are not nation wide yet. My bet is that android 2.1 will have wimax support.
- eli 17y ago
  Adding unlimited data to a voice plan on T-Mobile currently costs $30, so not totally out of the question. AT&T currently charges quite a bit more. Mobile WiMAX is still a long ways off.
  - pyre 17y ago
    The difference is that you would only have the data plan and your voice calls would go over the data network, and not the call network (IIRC, they use different bands to transmit/receive). So these people would immediately be 'high bandwidth users.'

mortenjorck 17y ago

That sounds very high without a solid source. For that to be an annual number, however, sounds pretty reasonable, especially given Google's asking price for an annual ad-free Google Apps subscription: $50.