Paper Info
Title
A comparison of 4G telecommunications tariff plans in Asia countries
Abstract
Long Term Evolution (LTE) has been widely adopted by many 4G network operators. Many countries in America, Europe, and Asia have started LTE services since 2010. In the meantime, some countries (such as Taiwan and China) are in the process of transferring from 3G or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) to 4G services. In this paper, we investigate the tariff plans of the nine telecommunications operators which own top-three market shares in Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong, respectively. Several issues, such as market share, tariff strategy, and even customs are discussed. Also, Tier-pricing strategies of LTE, such as Fair Use Policy (FUP), monthly data allowance, and data overage allowance, are discussed and compared. Moreover, we compare different charging plans and examine their price-performance ratios.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/APNOMS.2014.6996599
APNOMS
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
Charging Factor,WiMax,Japan,FUP,data overage allowance,Asia countries,market share,WiMAX,4G,Europe,4G telecommunications tariff plans,Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access,Tariff,Fair Use Policy,tariffs,Hong Kong,Singapore,Long Term Evolution,America,long term evolution,telecommunication industry,tier-pricing strategies,4G mobile communication,pricing,monthly data allowance,LTE
Conference
2576-8565
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Huai-Sheng Huang122.16
Tzu-Chung Su200.34
Jo-Ching Wu300.68
Wan-Du Tsai411.09
Yu-Chee Tseng56603639.67
Fuchun Joseph Lin69620.75
Bo-Ting Lin722.44
Wan-Hsun Hu823.12