A comparison of 4G telecommunications tariff plans in Asia countries

Author

Huai-Sheng Huang ; Tzu-Chung Su ; Jo-Ching Wu ; Wan-Du Tsai ; Yu-Chee Tseng ; Lin, Fuchun J. ; Bo-Ting Lin ; Wan-Hsun Hu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2014

fDate

17-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Long Term Evolution (LTE) has been widely adopted by many 4G network operators. Many countries in America, Europe, and Asia have started LTE services since 2010. In the meantime, some countries (such as Taiwan and China) are in the process of transferring from 3G or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) to 4G services. In this paper, we investigate the tariff plans of the nine telecommunications operators which own top-three market shares in Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong, respectively. Several issues, such as market share, tariff strategy, and even customs are discussed. Also, Tier-pricing strategies of LTE, such as Fair Use Policy (FUP), monthly data allowance, and data overage allowance, are discussed and compared. Moreover, we compare different charging plans and examine their price-performance ratios.

Keywords

4G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; WiMax; pricing; tariffs; telecommunication industry; 4G telecommunications tariff plans; America; Asia countries; Europe; FUP; Fair Use Policy; Hong Kong; Japan; LTE; Singapore; WiMAX; Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access; data overage allowance; long term evolution; market share; monthly data allowance; tier-pricing strategies; Asia; Companies; Long Term Evolution; Mobile communication; Telecommunications; Upper bound; 4G; Charging Factor; LTE; Tariff;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS), 2014 16th Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Hsinchu

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APNOMS.2014.6996599

Filename

6996599