Comments on: Demand for data services has never been so high http://www.telecoms.com/12907/demand-for-data-services-never-so-high/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demand-for-data-services-never-so-high telecoms.com is the leading provider of global news, comment and analysis for the telecommunications industry Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: Bernard Hayes http://www.telecoms.com/12907/demand-for-data-services-never-so-high/comment-page-1/#comment-4011 Bernard Hayes Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:22:35 +0000 http://www.telecoms.com/?p=12907#comment-4011 Note that the listing of the top users does NOT include the US. Smartphones, historically a tool of the more wealthy, can become what they have become elsewhere - a data viewing/management tool for those not tethered to PCs. US carriers, focused on profitability, have priced wireless data for the high-end, avoiding the market of the many who NOW have data resources to review (payment card balances, transit schedules) and don't have a PC at home, or do have a desire to view such info while mobile themselves. BLHayes@gmail.com Note that the listing of the top users does NOT include the US. Smartphones, historically a tool of the more wealthy, can become what they have become elsewhere – a data viewing/management tool for those not tethered to PCs.

US carriers, focused on profitability, have priced wireless data for the high-end, avoiding the market of the many who NOW have data resources to review (payment card balances, transit schedules) and don’t have a PC at home, or do have a desire to view such info while mobile themselves.

BLHayes@gmail.com

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