The article discusses about the recent announcement of free roaming in the NTP 2012 - Telecom Policy 2012; discusses the economics of intra and inter-circle roaming; the effect of free roaming for voice and data subscribers; the possible increase in data usage charges due to free roaming ; and possible market developments including increase in Wi-Fi hotspots in the country.
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Key Highlights:
- Domestic Roaming contributes to 6 to 8% of the Operators' revenue
- Multi SIM mobiles are reducing hte relevance of roaming
- Free roaming is prevalent in advanced economies
- EU has been struggling with high data roaming
- Lack of 3G roaming regulation could be a matter of opertaors' dispute
- Subscribers might end up paying more than current rate
Interesting article. Noble thought and soon to be reality. Question lies is, how it will contribute in increasing ARPU? where operators are struggling to get break even on their investment.
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