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| Thread ID: 53352 | 2005-01-15 02:51:00 | international mobile provider? | Ninjabear (2948) | PC World Chat |
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| 314172 | 2005-01-15 02:51:00 | I find the price of vodafone NZ too expensive. I called my dad to see if a NZ resident can hook up to a Hong Kong mobile service provider and he said yes but very expensive. I already knew the answer but i thought I might ask. Are there such thing as a international mobile service provider? Anybody can join the service provider and get certain free mins per month to any place in the world if you pay this much money so and so per month? |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 314173 | 2005-01-15 03:39:00 | No. "Free minutes" do not usually apply on any plans I am aware of, when using another service provider's network in another country. It costs money to provide a local network service. What you suggest would probably mean that we would not have any affordable mobile networks at all. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 314174 | 2005-01-15 05:53:00 | No. The bigger players are Vodafone and AT&T. And that's about it. | ~sy~ (95) | ||
| 314175 | 2005-01-15 13:10:00 | I wonder if telstra clear will come and compete with vodafone?? :confused: | Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 314176 | 2005-01-15 20:33:00 | I wonder if telstra clear will come and compete with vodafone?? :confused: Unlikely to lower costs if they do. Consider the millions of $ required to build another network of cellphone towers. Many $millions required just for the resource consent processes, without the huge cost of the equipment. Then factor in the low population of NZ from which to get a financial return. How do you see that giving lower costs I wonder? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 314177 | 2005-01-15 21:31:00 | I wonder if telstra clear will come and compete with vodafone?? :confused:TelstraClear resell Vodafone. | ninja (1671) | ||
| 314178 | 2005-01-15 23:18:00 | www.telstraclear.co.nz | godfather (25) | ||
| 314179 | 2005-01-16 02:12:00 | IF telstra clear is reselling to vodafone then what is the purpose of the link godfather gave?What is telstra clear planning to do?Something about mobile capability with the nokia,ericsson brands. Can anybody explain please? The 4th paragraph says . We need to have converged core services available over mobile or fixed network access.” I don't really understand what that sentance mean..? |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 314180 | 2005-01-16 02:23:00 | You're not meant to understand it. It's corporate buzztalk. (There are ruder descriptions of this sort of thing). | Graham L (2) | ||
| 314181 | 2005-01-16 02:58:00 | IF telstra clear is reselling to vodafone then what is the purpose of the link godfather gave?What is telstra clear planning to do?Something about mobile capability with the nokia,ericsson brands. Can anybody explain please? The 4th paragraph says . We need to have converged core services available over mobile or fixed network access.” I don't really understand what that sentance mean..? "Mrs Howard says the RFI process has given TelstraClear and Telstra a great deal of confidence in the commercial viability of building a next generation network in New Zealand." What about that is unclear..? Telstra are talking to possible suppliers of equipment to built a competing mobile network. Just do not expect prices to come down. Possibly the reverse in fact. The existing players could possibly raise prices and still be competitive with a new network. |
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