Today, nearly half of the world's total population has potential access to some kind of 3G or 4G network, which is five times the level of mobile coverage we were at just five years ago. Unfortunately, not all mobile broadband is created equal—especially where price is concerned.

According to a new report released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that measured the monthly cost of 500MB of pre-paid, mobile-broadband data, developed countries are the proud owners of the most affordable mobile-broadband in the world... sort of. While Austria comes in at a $4.70 per month, the mobile-broadband dark horse of the developed world, the United States, hits a staggering $85—but then, most of you were probably already well acquainted with that absurd truth. The ITU measured the monthly prices as a percentage of monthly gross national income, so the cause of the massive disparity comes down to the market itself.

The Economist postulates that Verizon and AT&T being our only two legitimate players and the added cost of building over a larger terrain are what's making the United States' collective mobile bill so depressing. But even Russia only clocks in at $27.60 a month, so the size explanation alone seems unlikely. The Economost has created a great interactive map using the ITU's data, and you can play around with it yourself over at their website.

http://gizmodo.com/the-price-of-500mb-of-mobile-data-across-the-world-1442047579

Nigeria comes in the $20 - $40 range which is cheaper than the USA and some other developed countries.

Nigeria's cost might be cheaper,its also not reliable compared to other countries that pay more. The thing is if the cost of a product or service is high and you are getting the best of it and not like the epileptic service we get here then people won't mind paying a better fee since it will be reliable

Sincerely...Brother how much did they(network operators) pay you for this advert.

Are the network providers planning to increase the tariff?

KELVIN-XY:
Sincerely...Brother how much did they(network operators) pay you for this advert.

Just found it online and thought to share...

How About quality of service?

That chart is wrong, or whatever metrics used is way off, or perhaps only the author understands it. What is "price power parity"? And it says those aren't real prices. . .Even commenters on the source's site are saying the chart is misleading.

Shouldn't this thread be in the phones or computers section?

OK. I see it has been moved. Great

when proper evaluation is done, Nigeria will be on the high side considering the unstable network and other shortchanges.

if i hear!!

Nigeria is cheap but useless compared to others country

Ok. Now does dis mek 9ja operators any beta in services?

Iolo: Today, nearly half of the world's total population has potential access to some kind of 3G or 4G network, which is five times the level of mobile coverage we were at just five years ago. Unfortunately, not all mobile broadband is created equal—especially where price is concerned.

According to a new report released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that measured the monthly cost of 500MB of pre-paid, mobile-broadband data, developed countries are the proud owners of the most affordable mobile-broadband in the world... sort of. While Austria comes in at a $4.70 per month, the mobile-broadband dark horse of the developed world, the United States, hits a staggering $85—but then, most of you were probably already well acquainted with that absurd truth. The ITU measured the monthly prices as a percentage of monthly gross national income, so the cause of the massive disparity comes down to the market itself.

The Economist postulates that Verizon and AT&T being our only two legitimate players and the added cost of building over a larger terrain are what's making the United States' collective mobile bill so depressing. But even Russia only clocks in at $27.60 a month, so the size explanation alone seems unlikely. The Economost has created a great interactive map using the ITU's data, and you can play around with it yourself over at their website.

http://gizmodo.com/the-price-of-500mb-of-mobile-data-across-the-world-1442047579

Nigeria comes in the $20 - $40 range which is cheaper than the USA and some other developed countries.

This is false. Unlimited wifi in u.s is $80 per month. $30gives you 3gig in Tmobile... Nigeria is in the dark ages.

What's the point of a 500mb which Nigerian useless networks won't even allow you use a quarter of it conviniently ?

we surely need fairer deals

You must be working for a Network provider.

Pls do your research again and next time use India or any other third world country for ur analysis or comparison.

How much were you even paid to post this?

Which United States are you referring to?

Can't be the same one I know, 500mb for $85, you have got to be joking.

$85 for 500Mb? I don't understand.

Lies
what do you take us for?
you compute the 'pay as you use' rate and put it up here.
Even at $85 for 500MB,they pay an equivalent of 26.7 naira per MB.
Meanwhile our pay-as-you-use price rate is 51 naira per MB or 5 kobo per KB.

Hehehe
I just read that AT&T charges 50$ for 5GB,thats 5$ for 500MB!
http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/finance/2012/dataplan-smartphone/

A better measure of the price would have been to ally it with the "purchasing or average income" of the users!

For example, if l earn #2000 monthly, and spend #200 on mobile data, that is 10% of my monthly income.
Compared to someone who earns $200 monthly (average of #32,000) and spends ##2,000 on the same amount of mobile data as l do, though he has spent[b] TEN TIMES of what l spent[/b] on the same thing, in "real terms", he has actually only spent 6.25% ota!f his income on data!

Thus, this publication is nothing more than Bullshyte!

Lastpage!

Wat shud we na do Evn tho dy mite be more xpensive, deir quality z incomparable 2 ours :\

What's the price of Etisalat 500mb data plan?