Comments on: Fair Mobile – A Start

By: Are Mid-Range Phones the “Smart Phones 4D”? « MMD4D

Are Mid-Range Phones the “Smart Phones 4D”? « MMD4D — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:33:53 +0000

[...] on the lack of fairness in the pricing of mobile communication and recently started the initiative Fair Mobile). Mid-range phones allow a cheaper alternative because in terms of the price of data transfer per [...]

By: Mark Belinsky

Mark Belinsky — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:34:22 +0000

I think this is hugely important as mobile becomes infrastructure for countries the world over. At mobileactive08 we tossed around the idea of a mobile bill of rights, which I think is a powerful concept, particularly when coupled with sets of verifiable indicators (and big macs). Kudos on a great post.

By: Blurring Borders » Blog Archive » Fair Mobile & the Case for Strong Consumer Advocacy to Promote Responsible ICT4D

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:03:11 +0000

[...] for Steve Song’s new Fair Mobile project. In the starting blog post, he explains that the uncompetitive mobile markets and the closed nature of the networks makes innovation far more dif…: If we were able to drive down the barriers to mobile voice and SMS use through reduced cost and [...]

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:08:30 +0000

Steve, you can find info on RPP in Sri Lanka on the national regulator (TRC) website. The link that was posted miraj k is also excellent, though I do disagree with the prof. on him denouncing RPP and then suggesting CPP. I think xPP should be terminated in favor of Bill and Keep or better said Peering and Transit. But to get an idea of what the choices in Sri Lanka have as an effect, look at this page. http://www.dialog.lk/personal/mobile/rate-plans/prepaid/per-second-package/detail/ It is all in Sri Lanka money, but still you can see it’s very affordable when you do the calculations.

By: Katrin Verclas

Katrin Verclas — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:27:01 +0000

Steve — good to see you back in the FairMobile game! We have all the data you are referencing, sending over a spreadsheet. Also, working with a researcher on crunching additional data for the index, as per our collective email exchange. Shall we talk?