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Originally Posted by snaimon
I suspect the providers will have plenty to say against free inbound roaming WITHOUT compensation in home country. How will they make up for those lost revenues?
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The road to free roaming is still long, because in the actual business model roaming fees are a rich source of revenues, both directly and through the application of expensive interconnection fees.
If somebody is willing to read the GSMA argumentation on this matter, here is a link:
http://www.gsmworld.com/news/press_2...ess06_23.shtml
and the link to the press release, upon which the article in italian in the first post of this thread was probably based:
http://www.gsmworld.com/documents/press/gs...int_roaming.pdf
Among the ridiculous justifications for keeping roaming prices high, I found:
"Operators? voice revenues per minute for all calls (international roaming and domestic), have been declining at an average rate of 5% per annum over the last four years across Europe and this decline is accelerating" and "Operators have invested heavily in the roll out of 3G networks".
I leave the comments up to you...