Pre-pay mobile tariffs in Mexico are 292 percent cheaper than in Central America, a study of pricing in Latin America and the Caribbean shows. Many operators who want to boost their subscription base are too focused on portability schemes, said the report by Signals Telecom Consulting. The consultancy said customers in the region were more interested in price reductions than in keeping their original phone numbers and said customers could be encouraged to put a different SIM card into their phone to make cheaper calls to a particular destination. The consultancy studied prepay prices in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama and found a low level of return calculated per minute of time available for each USD. Prices were adjusted for equality in purchasing power. Mexico’s Movistar offered the best return per minute for those spending less than USD 18 while for those spending more Iusacell offered the best return.
Wireless Federation » Mexico prepay mobile prices among cheapest in LatAm (Mexico)
Mexico prepay mobile prices among cheapest in LatAm (Mexico)
- February 21st, 2008
- 2:13 pm
