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07:38 16th June 2011
Consumers need more regulation and competition to see high mobile data roaming costs slashed, according to a new Organisation from Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Analysis of pricing plans at 68 operators in the 34 OECD countries points to a strong case for new consumer protection and empowerment measures, it said in a press release.
The report says: "Current pricing levels indicate that there is, in general terms, either insufficient retail or wholesale competition."
The OECD went on to say more operators should put in place simple measures, such as sending an SMS to users when they travel abroad or setting up a “cut-off limit” based on price or amount of data used.
In other IT industry news, wireless services like mobile applications, data, voice, and streaming and broadcast video, global wireless bandwidth usage has increased ten-fold since 2008 and it seems it will continue to grow, according to In-Stat research.
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