Roaming Tariff Tracker

Table of Contents

METHDOLOGY

MANAGEMENT SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION

• 1.1 Roaming
• 1.2 EU position on roaming
• 1.3 Operators' moves

2. KEY REPORT PARAMETERS

• 2.1 Summary

3. ROAMING TARIFFS: ANALYSIS

• 3.1 Country roaming in
• 3.2 Type of subscriber: post- or prepaid
• 3.3 Type of postpaid plan
• 3.4 Billing increment
• 3.5 Time of the day

4. TRENDS IN PRICING OF ROAMING VOICE AND DATA CALLS

• 4.1 Attractive pricing for on-net calls
• 4.2 Decline in roaming prices
• 4.3 Bundled approach
• 4.4 Incentives/Promotions
• 4.5 Competitive offerings

5. VOICE ROAMING RATE ANALYSIS

• 5.1 Making a call back to the home country
• 5.2 Making a call back within the country of roaming
• 5.3 Receiving a call
• 5.4 Calling another country

6. DATA ROAMING RATE ANALYSIS

• 6.1 SMS
• 6.2 MMS
• 6.3 GPRS/UMTS

7. LATEST TARIFF MOVES BY OPERATORS

8. CASE STUDIES

• 8.1 O2 UK
• 8.2 Swisscom
• 8.3 T-Mobile UK
• 8.4 Vodafone
• 8.5 Mobistar (Belgium)

• Figure 1 Proposed Price Caps by European Commission
• Figure 2 Operator Coverage March 2007
• Figure 3 Example. A Pannon / Hungary postpaid subscriber calling back home
• Figure 4 Price example where rates depend on which network caller selects
• Figure 5 Price example where rates depend on type of subscriber
• Figure 6 Price example where rates depend on which postpaid plan subscribed to
• Figure 7 T-Mobile' s ' WorldClass' roaming service
• Figure 8 T-Mobile' s ' WorldClass' countries
• Figure 9 Swisscom' s Home Pricing model ' Euro Passport'
• Figure 10 Example of roaming bundles available
• Figure 11 AwayPhone' s offerings
• Figure 12 Transatel' s offerings
• Figure 13 Pricing example: Operator making a distinction between calling back home and calling within the country
• Figure 14 Pricing example: Operator making a distinction between calling back home and calling within the country
• Figure 15 Example of SMS pricing when roaming
• Figure 16 Examples of MMS pricing when roaming
• Figure 17 Examples of GRPS pricing when roaming
• Figure 18 Belgium' s Mobistar' s Traveller Advantage options
• Figure 19 5th July 2006, Austrian mobile operator One' s tariff change
• Figure 20 Greek mobile operator Cosmote' s preferential rates
• Figure 21 Special promotion from O2 Germany
• Figure 22 Belgium mobile operator' s Mobistar' s roaming rates
• Figure 23 Swisscom' s Euro Passport scheme
• Figure 24 UK' s Orange' s new rates from 21st August 2006.
• Figure 25 Comparison of Orange UK old and new roaming rates for businesses
• Figure 26 T-Mobile' Austria' s options
• Figure 27 Telefonica O2 in the Czech Republic' s ' My Europe' options
• Figure 28 Vodafone/ Passport in the UK
• Figure 29 WorldSim' s roaming prices
• Figure 30 T-Mobile UK' s roaming prices
• Figure 31 CheMobile' s roaming rates
• Figure 32 Vodafone Romania' s ' Europe' tariff
• Figure 33 Swisscom' s options launched in November 2006
• Figure 34 Operator 3 in the UK' s pricing for 3 Like Home
• Figure 35 Telenor' s new roaming rates from 1st April 2007
• Figure 36 Airtel Bharti' s new roaming rates
• Figure 37 O2' s ' My Europe' option
• Figure 38 Vodafone partner network
• Figure 39 Vodafone ' Passport' comparison 1 minute versus 5 minute
• Figure 40 Vodafone ' Passport' comparison 1 minute versus 5 minute expressed in percentages

• Chart 1 Breakdown of number of zones used for 47 surveyed operators
• Chart 2 The ratio of the cheapest and most expensive rate for calls back home
• Chart 3 Swisscom ' Euro Option' vs standard Swiss roaming charges
• Chart 4 Snap shot of T-Mobile flat rate roaming charges.
• Chart 5 Mobistar Traveller Advantage.