3 Denmark Launches New Business Plans 10-April-2013 Mobile operator 3 Denmark has launched three plans for corporate customers, offering unlimited calls, plus unlimited SMS and MMS, as well as LTE data allowances ranging from 1 GB to 50 GB. They are priced from DKK 149 (about US $26) to DKK 279 (about US $49) per month. The new plans coincide with the provider’s recent revamping of its switching platform for business customers, known as “3Omstilling,” which extends traditional PBX capabilities to a mobile context. The switching platform is 100 percent cloud-based and accessible by web browser. Tarifica’s Take: Because of the ever-increasing mobility of the corporate workforce, larger businesses are fast becoming more fertile territory for mobile operators. 3 Denmark’s latest offerings, timed to coincide with its updated PBX capability, represent a vanguard approach – a bold move to take market share away from competitors, as well as traditional fixed-line operators and even equipment manufacturers. As such, we think it could be a blueprint for the industry to follow – and a model that all MNOs should think seriously about adopting. The data allowance at the high end of the new plans should prove particularly attractive to larger businesses. In fact, we haven’t seen many plans with a 50 GB limit; that amount of data should be enough to satisfy the appetites of a considerable number of employees who need to access complex information and send and receive large files while on the road or working from remote locations. Moreover, the hosted solution, designed to essentially duplicate or even replace a PBX system, offers business customers a mobile network that provides functionality similar to what they have had, up to now, only via static,fixed-line solutions. Although a relatively small player, even in its home market, 3 Denmark has taken a bold step to move up the telecommunications food chain. With the world fast moving towards a more mobile workforce and hosted solutions, its latest initiative serves as a blueprint for other MNOs, large and small, to follow. Other Notable Developments: Vodafone Germany has announced a suite of new prepaid data plans targeted at notebook and tablet users. The WebSessions S package costs€14.99 and offers 1 GB of data; the WebSessions M costs €24.99 and offers 3 GB;and the WebSessions L is priced at €34.99 for 5 GB of data. Subscribers need not commit for more than 30 days at a time. We like these plans, in particular because of the flexibility the prepaid aspect affords. Furthermore, Vodafone is offering the prepaid option to a broad spectrum of data-only consumers, effectively hitting different components of this growing market segment. The low-end plan should prove particularly attractive to users who don’t travel much. And compared to other packages we’ve seen, the pricing is competitive at all levels. In the current uncertain economic climate, many subscribers – even those who consider themselves “road warriors,” would prefer not to be locked into long-term contracts. In summary, Vodafone Germany has succeeded in creating a suite of flexible and attractively priced data-only plans. We think it’s a good move.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:45:40 +0000
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