About the Report

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Published: December 2014

The 45-page report supported with the all the data compared in excel spreadshhet entitled 'The Asia-Pacific Mobile Pricing Benchmark 2021 Service' provides analysis of voice and data services for both Pre Pay and Post Pay services across 28 MNOs in 14 Asia-Pacific countries.

Countries covered include: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

The report gives detailed pricing information of postpaid offers both for voice and mobile broadband. The information compares pricing for connection, rental, included usage as part of the bundle, domestic usage (voice, SMS, MMS, data), international usage as well as roaming (calling back home, calling locally, receiving a call, sending an SMS back home and data roaming).

The report provides the reader with a quick view of what a service costs and how it compares with other operators in the region. All price points referred to are compared, prices are expressed in USD.

Table of Contents
Methodology                         
Executive Summary  
Introduction

1.         Postpaid
            1.1     Comparison of rental charges          
                      1.1.1     Comparison of lowest priced postpaid plan 
                      1.1.2     Comparison of medium priced postpaid plan 
                      1.1.3     Comparison of high priced postpaid plan

             1.2     Comparison of included communication     
                       1.2.1     Comparison of included minutes (sorted by low to high)
                       1.2.2     Comparison of included SMS (sorted by low to high)
                       1.2.3     Comparison of included data (sorted by low to high)
                       1.2.4     Other inclusive services

            1.3     Comparison of domestic usage charges
                      1.3.1     Comparison of on-net usage per 1 minute
                      1.3.2     Comparison of off-net (mobile to mobile) per 1 minute
                      1.3.3     Comparison of off-net (fixed to mobile) per 1 minute
                      1.3.4     Comparison of SMS per 1 SMS
                      1.3.5     Comparison of MMS per 1 MMS
                      1.3.6     Comparison of Data per 1 Mbyte

            1.4     IDD comparison per 1 Minute

            1.5     Roaming                                                           
                      1.5.1     Calling back home per 1 minute
                      1.5.2     Local call per 1 minute
                      1.5.3     Incoming call per 1 minute
                      1.5.4     Sending an SMS back home per 1 SMS
                      1.5.5     Data Roaming per 1 Mbyte

2.       Prepaid
          2.1   Comparison of usage charges           

3.       Mobile Broadband                                                 
          3.1       Mobile Broadband postpaid:  Lowest priced plan
          3.2       Mobile Broadband postpaid – Highest priced plan
          3.3       Prepaid

4.       Social Media

Deliverables
Report in pdf format
Excel database holding all the pricing details