Comments on: Operators to charge for incoming calls? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/operators_to_charge_for_incoming_calls.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eddy http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/operators_to_charge_for_incoming_calls.html/comment-page-1#comment-244269 Eddy Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6851#comment-244269 what a canadian customer say about this, er, actually:<br>- paying for incoming calls is the norm and as this is not enough, people will be paying for incoming text messages from now on,<br>- I pay for a voicemail service (~10$CAD=~5£)monthly and when I listen to my messages, those minutes are deducted from my monthly allowance,<br>- and if I am not happy with that, I have the choice to stop using my mobile phone...as the big 3 players adopted the same policy. What a dynamic and competitive market? (see Krystal's post: <a href="http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/08/its_ok_really_canadians_have_a_choice_we_swear.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/08/its_ok_reall...</a>).<br><br>TOO SAD Mrs Viviane Reding cannot act on the canadian market or accept the hole CRTC team members (local regulator) for a long internship in her office. Anyone to join me and donate for their accomodation in Brussels? what a canadian customer say about this, er, actually:
- paying for incoming calls is the norm and as this is not enough, people will be paying for incoming text messages from now on,
- I pay for a voicemail service (~10$CAD=~5£)monthly and when I listen to my messages, those minutes are deducted from my monthly allowance,
- and if I am not happy with that, I have the choice to stop using my mobile phone…as the big 3 players adopted the same policy. What a dynamic and competitive market? (see Krystal's post: http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/08/its_ok_reall…).

TOO SAD Mrs Viviane Reding cannot act on the canadian market or accept the hole CRTC team members (local regulator) for a long internship in her office. Anyone to join me and donate for their accomodation in Brussels?

]]> By: Eddy http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/operators_to_charge_for_incoming_calls.html/comment-page-1#comment-234641 Eddy Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:45:00 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6851#comment-234641 what a canadian customer say about this, er, actually:<br>- paying for incoming calls is the norm and as this is not enough, people will be paying for incoming text messages from now on,<br>- I pay for a voicemail service (~10$CAD=~5£)monthly and when I listen to my messages, those minutes are deducted from my monthly allowance,<br>- and if I am not happy with that, I have the choice to stop using my mobile phone...as the big 3 players adopted the same policy. What a dynamic and competitive market? (see Krystal's post: <a href="http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/08/its_ok_really_canadians_have_a_choice_we_swear.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/08/its_ok_reall...</a>).<br><br>TOO SAD Mrs Viviane Reding cannot act on the canadian market or accept the hole CRTC team members (local regulator) for a long internship in her office. Anyone to join me and donate for their accomodation in Brussels? what a canadian customer say about this, er, actually:
- paying for incoming calls is the norm and as this is not enough, people will be paying for incoming text messages from now on,
- I pay for a voicemail service (~10$CAD=~5£)monthly and when I listen to my messages, those minutes are deducted from my monthly allowance,
- and if I am not happy with that, I have the choice to stop using my mobile phone…as the big 3 players adopted the same policy. What a dynamic and competitive market? (see Krystal's post: http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/08/its_ok_reall…).

TOO SAD Mrs Viviane Reding cannot act on the canadian market or accept the hole CRTC team members (local regulator) for a long internship in her office. Anyone to join me and donate for their accomodation in Brussels?

]]> By: Eddy http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/operators_to_charge_for_incoming_calls.html/comment-page-1#comment-226129 Eddy Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:45:00 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6851#comment-226129 what a canadian customer say about this, er, actually:<br>- paying for incoming calls is the norm and as this is not enough, people will be paying for incoming text messages from now on,<br>- I pay for a voicemail service (~10$CAD=~5 what a canadian customer say about this, er, actually:
- paying for incoming calls is the norm and as this is not enough, people will be paying for incoming text messages from now on,
- I pay for a voicemail service (~10$CAD=~5

]]> By: james vincent http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/operators_to_charge_for_incoming_calls.html/comment-page-1#comment-226128 james vincent Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:03:12 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6851#comment-226128 EC Commissioner Viviane Reding really needs to leave this and other subjects on our UK Networks alone. Because she could really mess up the UK Mobile market EC Commissioner Viviane Reding really needs to leave this and other subjects on our UK Networks alone. Because she could really mess up the UK Mobile market

]]> By: jonmul http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/operators_to_charge_for_incoming_calls.html/comment-page-1#comment-226127 jonmul Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:15:42 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6851#comment-226127 (Please lord!) I honestly can't see it happening in the UK market. I know all the operators are desperate to find new revenue streams, but this would be so stupid... imagine if BT or Virgin wanted to do the same with fixed line voice and/or data! (Please lord!) I honestly can't see it happening in the UK market. I know all the operators are desperate to find new revenue streams, but this would be so stupid… imagine if BT or Virgin wanted to do the same with fixed line voice and/or data!

]]> By: James Whatley http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/operators_to_charge_for_incoming_calls.html/comment-page-1#comment-226126 James Whatley Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:29:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6851#comment-226126 Agreed. <br><br>And honestly I can't ever see it happening here. Agreed.

And honestly I can't ever see it happening here.

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/operators_to_charge_for_incoming_calls.html/comment-page-1#comment-226125 smstextnews Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:21:07 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6851#comment-226125 It's a thoroughly desperate measure isn't it? Declining voice revenues...<br> I can just imagine some prat-at-the-back standing up at the revenue ideas<br>meeting and suggesting this... deary me. It's a thoroughly desperate measure isn't it? Declining voice revenues…
I can just imagine some prat-at-the-back standing up at the revenue ideas
meeting and suggesting this… deary me.

]]> By: James Whatley http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/operators_to_charge_for_incoming_calls.html/comment-page-1#comment-226124 James Whatley Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:12:36 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6851#comment-226124 This is BAD. <br><br>Very BAD. <br><br>The only GOOD thing that MIGHT fall out of this is that I might finally get to use some awesome new services:<br><br>ie: Skydeck. This is BAD.

Very BAD.

The only GOOD thing that MIGHT fall out of this is that I might finally get to use some awesome new services:

ie: Skydeck.

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