Monday, May 24, 2010

Interesting calculation showing that data cost to operator is €1/per GB


Posted by Zahid Ghadialy at 9:24 PM
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3 comments:

Unknown said...

They probably need to add Internet peering costs onto that too.

So many people think that data is close to free so its nice to see a simple explanation like this.

May 25, 2010 at 9:06 AM
Anonymous said...

Given that the calculation is based on a 20 year depreciation any business model in IT/Telco would be excellent. But I believe the reality shows installed HW lasts 3-5 years. So CAPEX would move to 2,20 to 3,66 Euro which is naturally another story and this does not seem to include marketing, sales, customer support for devices, subsidize devices etc. which normally is a unfortunately large cost for any operator.

May 25, 2010 at 11:10 AM
Zahid Ghadialy said...

Now even NSN says that 1GB of data cost can be as low as €1. See their whitepaper at http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/sites/default/files/document/Mobile_broadband_A4_26041.pdf

Via: Martins blog

May 25, 2010 at 12:32 PM

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