Strategy Analytics: GPRS prices down 40 percent but pay-per-use plans remain out of reach; "3" leads market with value-based pricing as operators struggle to stimulate consumer data demand.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-14 September 2004-STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Strategy Analytics: GPRS prices down 40 percent but pay-per-use plans remain out of reach; "3" leads market with value-based pricing as operators struggle to stimulate consumer data demand(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09132004 London, England & Boston, MA - Strategy Analytics' Wireless Internet Applications Service today released, "GPRS Prices Fall by 40 as '3' Leads Drive Towards Value-Based Charging," a report which builds on last year's groundbreaking data pricing study.

This report reveals that the cost of transporting 10Mb of data across a GPRS network has fallen by an average of 40 percent in Western Europe between May 2003 and August 2004. As Service Director, Phil Taylor, notes however,...