It will not be long before plans for smart phones unlimited free calls and sms. That says a ceo of a European telecom provider against the Financial Times. When that abo’s are, is unclear.
Providers would within a short time, calling minutes and text messages for free go give away at internetbundels for smartphones, because the revenue from call minutes and text messages is rapidly decreasing. That predicts an anonymous ceo of a European telecom provider across the Financial Times. When the first bundles with unlimited calling and texting, is unclear. Also calls the source is not in any European countries that the first time is going to happen.
As it happens, the subscriptions for internet on smartphones is likely to continue up in price. Sms alone is still good for 15% of the turnover of providers, minutes have an even larger share.
The development of sms unlimited to be offered is already underway in the Netherlands; in the last year, a Dutch provider with subscriptions that allow you unlimited can sms or a limit of thousands of sms messages per month. This suggests that providers think out additional bundles for sms not a lot of revenue to get more. This is especially due to the emergence of alternatives to sms such as WhatsApp and Facebook Chat. In the United States, unlimited sms messages for years; U.s. teens send average of thousands of messages per month to each other.
Nevertheless, European providers still suffer from the decrease of sms traffic, claims the Financial Times on the authority of analistenbureau Citigroup. The analysts think that, particularly Belgacom and KPN by the decline of sms traffic difficult.