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Big differences between Finnish Android smartphone and iPhone owners

2013-02-28

Alekstra has studied the behavior of Finnish Android smartphone and iPhone owners and the results are rather interesting. In November 2012, Android owners consumed 2.07 GB of mobile data - nearly twice the 1.05 GB that iPhone owners consumed.

Ratemizer Thrives on App Charts of USA and Finland

2012-12-06

Last week, Ratemizer climbed to Number 9 on the US iPhone Finance app chart – and this week, the application returned to Number 1 position in the iPhone Finance category in Finland. The success of the application has led to recent media coverage by Reuters, New York Times and CNBC.

Alekstra Helps Rovio to Manage Mobile Telephony Services Globally

2012-12-04

Rapidly growing companies face unique challenges in managing their mobile telephony services. Mobile voice, minute and data needs change quickly on the domestic level – but in addition, there are further complications in juggling the various roaming services in Europe, North America and Asia. Alekstra’s deep knowledge of operator billing policies in countries including Canada, United States, Germany, UK, Russia, Hong Kong, China etc. helps growing companies to manage their global expansion in the most cost-effective manner.

The first day of Ratemizer

2012-09-27

A few interesting points emerge from the early users of Ratemizer app in Finland. First – typically, substantial savings can be achieved by switching to the optimal plan of any of the four mobile operators covered by Ratemizer. In one case, a consumer could have achieved savings in the range of 1’020 to 1’230 by switching to the best possible plan of Saunalahti, TeleFinland, DNA or Sonera.

iPhone 5 debut in Europe may trigger new price competition

2012-09-19

The eagerly awaited iPhone 5 is debuting in Europe at a fascinating juncture. In markets like France, major price wars broke out earlier in 2012 as challenger operators began experimenting with new price plans. Strong early demand for the iPhone 5 may well spur creation of new price plans aimed at luring in consumers unhappy with the old smartphone plan prices.

Smartphone Plan Pricing Changing Rapidly in the US Market

2012-08-23

American mobile phone market is entering a period of turmoil as the number of new subscribers slows down. In recent quarters, smaller operators like Metro PCS, T-Mobile and Sprint have lost hundreds of thousands of mobile subscribers, even as AT&T and Verizon have hiked up the price of cheapest smartphone plans. In the coming Christmas quarter, more than 75% of consumers buying a handset will opt for a smartphone – and challenger operators are declaring a price war.

WhatsApp Ascent Threatens Nordic Carriers

2012-08-17

WhatsApp became the world’s most popular messaging service in 2011 – and in 2012, it has become the world’s number on mobile app in all categories. For many consumers, WhatsApp basically replaces SMS while offering value-added features such as group messaging and file transfer.

The iPhone Price Spectrum in America Now Wider Than Ever

2012-07-06

Will New Smartphone Plans Convince US Consumers to Switch Carriers?

2012-06-14

AT&T and Verizon hold 66% market share of US mobile subscribers. But their share of mobile plans for connected devices is nearly 80% – and it is this market share domination that has enabled the Big Two to make a series of contract price moves that effectively force consumers to upgrade to more expensive plans.

Mobile Data Pricing Complexity Set to Increase

2012-06-05

Operators in both America and Europe have been moving towards more complex ways of pricing mobile data for the past two years. But the rapid growth of data consumption combined with extremely high data needs of a small group of ultra-consumers are prompting carriers to ever more baroque pricing structures. Companies will face difficult decisions about which data speeds and MB quotas each employees is entitled to have.