[governance] IGC's NETMundial Submission

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Probably using up spare and unused 2g spectrum .. and as always caveat emptor. 2g is quite enough for you to get your email, even now :)

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/10/t-mobile-makes-data-roaming-free-in-100-countries-128kbps-but-still/

--srs (iPad)

> On 08-Mar-2014, at 21:41, Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:
> 
> In message <144a2107f10.27e9.4f968dcf8ecd56c9cb8acab6370fcfe0 at hserus.net>, at 19:50:00 on Sat, 8 Mar 2014, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> writes
>> Funnily enough carriers in india have been slashing International data roaming charges and T-Mobile has post paid packages with free international data roaming.
> 
> Completely free of charge, or just at no extra cost compared to domestic data?
> 
> I can't see how International data roaming could ever sustainably be cheaper than the domestic data charges in the country you are roaming to. Someone has to pay for the infrastructure there.
> 
>> So even that is changing and will change faster as a lot more moves away from traditional phone systems to voip
> 
> Mobile networks rely on high voice-call roaming costs too. If they are losing international business to voip, it could be a reason for competition to reduce the voice call costs.
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