Interesting article, this.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/mobile...339221496.html


I presume that it refers to overseas markets. I can't see it happening
here. We've had mobile services for a fair while now, and it's reaching or
has reached saturation point. Yet it is still very expensive, what with
timed calls at around a dollar a minute for some plans.

SMSes now cost 25 cents a pop. That's expensive no matter which way you
look at it. Also, 3G services have been around for a while and data costs
are horrendous.

I can't see the major players looking to make mobile data services
affordable to anyone other than those who require them for business
purposes in either the short or the long term.

Still, it's nice to dream, huh?

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