Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,194,471 members, 7,954,839 topics. Date: Saturday, 21 September 2024 at 10:34 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Science/Technology / Phones / The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World (31344 Views)
How To Use Less Mobile Data On Your Android Or Iphone / What Consumes Most Of Your Mobile Data? / Tips To Reduce Your Mobile Data Usage (2) (3) (4)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (Reply) (Go Down)
The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by Iolo(m): 9:24am On Oct 08, 2013 |
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. 2 Likes
|
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by ULSHERLAN(m): 9:51am On Oct 08, 2013 |
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 20 Likes |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by KELVINXY: 9:57am On Oct 08, 2013 |
Sincerely...Brother how much did they(network operators) pay you for this advert. 12 Likes |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by Nobody: 10:29am On Oct 08, 2013 |
Are the network providers planning to increase the tariff? 3 Likes |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by Iolo(m): 11:04am On Oct 08, 2013 |
KELVIN-XY: Just found it online and thought to share... 1 Like |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by vedaxcool(m): 11:10am On Oct 08, 2013 |
How About quality of service? 4 Likes |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by Bawss1(m): 11:36am On Oct 08, 2013 |
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? 2 Likes |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by Bawss1(m): 11:37am On Oct 08, 2013 |
OK. I see it has been moved. Great |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by kenbee(f): 11:43am On Oct 08, 2013 |
when proper evaluation is done, Nigeria will be on the high side considering the unstable network and other shortchanges. |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by OmichaelO: 11:44am On Oct 08, 2013 |
if i hear!! |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by sylve11: 11:47am On Oct 08, 2013 |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by dridowu: 11:47am On Oct 08, 2013 |
Nigeria is cheap but useless compared to others country |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by Morgan1092(m): 11:48am On Oct 08, 2013 |
Ok. Now does dis mek 9ja operators any beta in services? |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by Ositainklord(m): 11:48am On Oct 08, 2013 |
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.This is false. Unlimited wifi in u.s is $80 per month. $30gives you 3gig in Tmobile... Nigeria is in the dark ages. 8 Likes |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by Nobody: 11:49am On Oct 08, 2013 |
What's the point of a 500mb which Nigerian useless networks won't even allow you use a quarter of it conviniently ? |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by mcdokwe(m): 11:50am On Oct 08, 2013 |
we surely need fairer deals |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by Nobody: 11:50am On Oct 08, 2013 |
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? 2 Likes |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by YoshiMaster: 11:50am On Oct 08, 2013 |
Which United States are you referring to? Can't be the same one I know, 500mb for $85, you have got to be joking. 3 Likes |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by sCun: 11:50am On Oct 08, 2013 |
$85 for 500Mb? I don't understand. 1 Like |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by fr3do(m): 11:51am On Oct 08, 2013 |
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/ 6 Likes |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by lastpage: 11:51am On Oct 08, 2013 |
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! 9 Likes |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by bufness(m): 11:51am On Oct 08, 2013 |
Wat shud we na do Evn tho dy mite be more xpensive, deir quality z incomparable 2 ours :\ |
Re: The Price Of 500MB Of Mobile Data In Nigeria & Across The World by eagleeye2: 11:51am On Oct 08, 2013 |
What's the price of Etisalat 500mb data plan? 1 Like |
Airtel Nigeria Statement On Fuel Scarcity / My Experience In Computer Village, Ikeja Yesterday / Elephone P7000 3gb RAM Android 5.0 4G Smartphone Discussion Thread
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 31 |