Pricing Analysis

UK: Ofcom to ban selling locked devices and easier to switch between broadband operators (17/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Tue 17 December 2019

Germany: O2 will launch 5G in 5 cities, 5G pricing not announced, but its 4G pricing is most attractive out of the 3 providers. (16/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Mon 16 December 2019

Spain: Telefonica boasts three times more sold smartphones during Black Friday period, mobile handset revenue decline by over 40 per cent over the last 5 years (16/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Mon 16 December 2019

Oman: 5G home broadband available from OMR 25 (USD 65), speed and data allowance dependent, set at OMR 5 above the price of the entry home broadband service (16/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Mon 16 December 2019

Italy: Lycamobile’s new promotion is still above that from low cost providers and offers 10 GB less data (16/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Mon 16 December 2019

Canada: Mobile costs must come down by 25 per cent says Canadian Prime Minister, Roger revealed CAND 50 million was lost in Q3 revenue due from loss in overage charge as moved to unlimited. (13/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Fri 13 December 2019

USA: Verizon includes Disney+ for 12 months, the latest of its promotions – a gift for you! (13/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Fri 13 December 2019

USA: Second increase for Hulu in 2019, with means a USD 15 per month increase for its subscribers in 2019. (13/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Fri 13 December 2019

Germany: Sky – who lost the rights to broadcast UEFA games introduces a lower priced option just under Euro 10 for its customers. (13/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Fri 13 December 2019

STOP PRESS: (12/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Thu 12 December 2019

UK: Three Xmas deal is worse than its Black Friday offer, as customer needs to tie in for 24 months (12/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Thu 12 December 2019

Greece: Add-ons from Vodafone for businesses, 40 GB for Euro 19.90, compared to top plan including 20 GB is available for Euro 190. (12/12/1985) [Subscription required]

Published: Thu 12 December 2019

Turkey: New plan priced lower than the lowest priced postpaid plan, including far less inclusive allowances, but allows customer to change allowances each month via App (12/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Thu 12 December 2019

Various: Netflix experimenting with upfront payments for 12, 6 and 3 months with discount up to 50 per cent. (12/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Thu 12 December 2019

STOP PRESS: UAE – Etisalat - New unlimited calling for the business market (11/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Wed 11 December 2019

Netherlands: Telfort subscribers to go over to KPN on the 26th January 2020 (11/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Wed 11 December 2019

Malaysia: Amazon Prime Video at half price for Digi subscribers (11/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Wed 11 December 2019

Qatar: 5G plans announced but higher prices and inclusive allowances (11/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Wed 11 December 2019

Australia: Regulator imposes a AUD 20 per month cap on third-party mobile content services (11/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Wed 11 December 2019

France: Receive more data for a price increase, 20 GB for an additional Euro 2 (10/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Tue 10 December 2019

Portugal: Price increase set for 1st January 2019, inflation linked follows the launch of unlimited offerings by operators in October 2019 (10/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Tue 10 December 2019

Italy: Friends referral scheme from Ho Mobile (10/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Tue 10 December 2019

Kenya: Airtel follows Safaricom’s no expiry offers with get 5 MB for 1 bob, down from the current out off allowance KES 4.3 per 1 Mbyte (10/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Tue 10 December 2019

Nepal: 4G is expanding with county-wide coverage by February, 5G not until 2 to 3 years (09/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Mon 9 December 2019

Angola: Third operator to enter Angola, penetration is still below 50 per cent end of June 2019 (09/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Mon 9 December 2019

India: New prepaid options from Bharti Airtel, a few days following the announcement of a price increase (09/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Mon 9 December 2019

Greece: Cosmote increases gigamax plans with more data with no tie-in including up to 80 GB for Euro 34 (09/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Mon 9 December 2019

Stop Press: 05/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Thu 5 December 2019

Thailand: 26 per cent will be stuck on unlimited until end 2020 (05/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Thu 5 December 2019

Turkey: Selfycard card from Turkcom’s youth brand, though available to everyone not just Turkcell customers (05/12/2019) [Subscription required]

Published: Thu 5 December 2019