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It’s no secret that the whole world is trying to save money, in the wake of the credit crunch – check out this news from Taiwan….
The Consumers’ Foundation in Taiwan is urging the national telecom operators to lower charges for 2G services, on the basis that costs are higher than in other Asian countries – notably China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan.
Apparently calls are cheapest in Hong Kong, and Japan is the highest. Interestingly, the survey also turned up that Taiwan and Hong Kong have mobile device usage rates above 100%!
One of the factors that might cloud this seeminly simple request however, is that Taiwan only charges the caller, whereas in Hong Kong, callers and receivers both pay a share of the call.
Whether anything will come of the request it’s hard to tell, but the fact that in many countries there are groups lobbying for the reduction of charges, shows that people are aware of significant personal outgoings in this time of reduced economic prosperity.
[Story Via: Taipei Times / Image Via: Wikipedia]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
