Comments on: Mobile Communications, Expensive Nooo… http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/ The official AllPeers blog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Peter http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-15967 Peter Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:24:47 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-15967 Completely ridiculous.... the Skype model worked once...the teleco operators are still having a strong control of their pricing. The niche market for those who care of the price are teenagers...I doubt that companies and business men are concerned about the SMS or MMS pricing Completely ridiculous…. the Skype model worked once…the teleco operators are still having a strong control of their pricing. The niche market for those who care of the price are teenagers…I doubt that companies and business men are concerned about the SMS or MMS pricing

]]> By: alarm:clock euro http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-15814 alarm:clock euro Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:02:10 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-15814 <strong>Mangrove's Tluszcz On Opps In Eastern Europe And Mobile Services...</strong> Mangrove, the young venture capital fund that is best known for being a Skype early backer is quite secretive about its activities, but one of its partners, Mark Tluszcz, has started to write occasionally on the corporate blog of its...... Mangrove’s Tluszcz On Opps In Eastern Europe And Mobile Services…

Mangrove, the young venture capital fund that is best known for being a Skype early backer is quite secretive about its activities, but one of its partners, Mark Tluszcz, has started to write occasionally on the corporate blog of its……

]]> By: alarm:clock euro http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-15812 alarm:clock euro Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:56:36 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-15812 <strong>Mangrove's Tluszcz On Opps In Eastern Europe And Mobile Services...</strong> Mangrove, the young venture capital fund that is best known for being a Skype early backer is quite secretive about its activities, but one of its partners, Mark Tluszcz, has started to write occasionally on the corporate blog of...... Mangrove’s Tluszcz On Opps In Eastern Europe And Mobile Services…

Mangrove, the young venture capital fund that is best known for being a Skype early backer is quite secretive about its activities, but one of its partners, Mark Tluszcz, has started to write occasionally on the corporate blog of……

]]> By: ingo http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-12952 ingo Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:56:20 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-12952 Mark, while I agree completely that charges in europe are too high, per-unit pricing may be misleading because many offerings include a large amount of flat minutes and texts. When I convert my current rate to price-per-minute, it comes down to 0,10 euro/minute and 0,05/text. Thats for Germany and while these prices are still high, the margins are not fat, especially when considering that my phone was subsidized quite a bit. I recently spent some time in Austria and there you can get provider-internal calls for 0,01 euro/minute. Austria is a small, crowded market, so competition works there. Mark, while I agree completely that charges in europe are too high, per-unit pricing may be misleading because many offerings include a large amount of flat minutes and texts. When I convert my current rate to price-per-minute, it comes down to 0,10 euro/minute and 0,05/text. Thats for Germany and while these prices are still high, the margins are not fat, especially when considering that my phone was subsidized quite a bit. I recently spent some time in Austria and there you can get provider-internal calls for 0,01 euro/minute. Austria is a small, crowded market, so competition works there.

]]> By: John http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-12344 John Sat, 24 Jun 2006 05:53:15 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-12344 Hi Mark I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU THAT THERE IS A TIME FOR YOUNG COMPANIES TO INNOVATE IN THE MARKET. TILL THEY DON'T COME WE ALL WILL KEEP ON PAYING THAT HEAVY BILL FOR OUR MOBILE AS IT HAS NOW BECOME A NECEESITY FOR ALL OF US!! Hi Mark
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU THAT THERE IS A TIME FOR YOUNG COMPANIES TO INNOVATE IN THE MARKET. TILL THEY DON’T COME WE ALL WILL KEEP ON PAYING THAT HEAVY BILL FOR OUR MOBILE AS IT HAS NOW BECOME A NECEESITY FOR ALL OF US!!

]]> By: ghost http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-12320 ghost Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:53:19 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-12320 Old industries will not give up their market shares so easy. And you are talking about real life. Changes do not happen so fast there. You need a lot of investment and time, to be able to concurrate with big telcos, which are mostly protected by government/laws. Skype is a small company, nearly unknown in real world. And all the closed/encripted protocolls, unidentifiable transfers and firewall-tunneling will not make it more popular. Old industries will not give up their market shares so easy. And you are talking about real life. Changes do not happen so fast there. You need a lot of investment and time, to be able to concurrate with big telcos, which are mostly protected by government/laws.
Skype is a small company, nearly unknown in real world. And all the closed/encripted protocolls, unidentifiable transfers and firewall-tunneling will not make it more popular.

]]> By: Chris http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-12295 Chris Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:16:55 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/06/21/mobile-communications-expensive-nooo%e2%80%a6/#comment-12295 Mark, We're working on it. Mark, We’re working on it.

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