The problem is the calling rates have gone down so drastically over here they cant afford to subsidize... In US they normally have 2-3 year contracts for iPhones & other higher end android phones... in that contract the customer ends up paying atleast $70-80 per month to the service providers... thus giving them enough room to subsidize the phones... That practice wont actually work here in India...
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well this can actually work well in india.
i mean mts is charging 1500 per month. of course there would be users who would be able to use 1500 minutes talk time, 1500 sms, 1500MB data transfer. but a majority of them would probably fall short.
this model at least is expected to cost them pretty low. i would imagine around 5000 bucks. they can easily recover that much money.
the biggest problem would be to ensure that the customer does not disappear after a couple of months into the contract.
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most of the problems in india are not related to low cost of calling... it is mostly related to low ARPU.
most of us are likely to be paying less than 500 bucks per month to the service provider. i am a very good example.
i pay more for my gprs connectivity than i pay for mobile usage. 98 bucks are cut for airtel edge. but i hardly make 2-3 calls per day and these too last hardly 2-3 minutes.
i mean mts is charging 1500 per month. of course there would be users who would be able to use 1500 minutes talk time, 1500 sms, 1500MB data transfer. but a majority of them would probably fall short.
this model at least is expected to cost them pretty low. i would imagine around 5000 bucks. they can easily recover that much money.
the biggest problem would be to ensure that the customer does not disappear after a couple of months into the contract.
---------- Post added at 10:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:21 PM ----------
most of the problems in india are not related to low cost of calling... it is mostly related to low ARPU.
most of us are likely to be paying less than 500 bucks per month to the service provider. i am a very good example.
i pay more for my gprs connectivity than i pay for mobile usage. 98 bucks are cut for airtel edge. but i hardly make 2-3 calls per day and these too last hardly 2-3 minutes.
Also being CDMA - They can make the phone a paperweight if the customer doesnt pay & disappears...
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Also I hear that using IMEI any operator is capable of making the phone one (for stolen ones mainly)... but they dont do it unless you get an FIR
---------- Post added at 10:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:40 PM ----------
Also I hear that using IMEI any operator is capable of making the phone one (for stolen ones mainly)... but they dont do it unless you get an FIR