Frost & Sullivan research institutions make phone tariff comparison list (on voice tariffs) between countries. The result is relatively surprising. Therefore, the majority of developed countries in Europe and North America tend to pay the cost of the phone is more expensive than the Asia Pacific region.
Frost & Sullivan analyst Nitin Bhat assess the situation fair. Therefore, the payments system typically used in developed countries is postpaid. Phone rates in developing countries tend to be less expensive because a lot of people and a lot of operators in the mobile telecommunications market.
"Demographic factors, government regulations, and the number of players in this business are very decisive call rates," he said in Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday (6/2).
One key to the high cost of roaming calls is the existence of the system. Alias phone users pay for each incoming call. The majority of U.S. telecommunications operators implement a system like this for postpaid customers, so the cost of consumer conversation in the country is relatively large.
Another requirement that rates conversing via phone can be cheap is the availability of infrastructure. Poor network in most African countries, such as Tanzania and Nigeria, according to Bhat, resulting in call charges take up 35 percent of mobile phone owners spending per month.
So, lucky people in the following five countries that enjoy local calls and long distance cheapest in the world.
1. Swedia
The Scandinavian countries have a relatively cheap call rates. Even far below other European countries such as Britain or France are notoriously expensive phone costs.
Based on data from Frost & Sullivan, the cost of talking on the telephone in this country an average of only Rp 300 per minute. Compare for example with the rate in the UK is around Rp 3,800 per minute.
Swedish people can enjoy low rates for all operators to implement appropriate billing system usage. System in this country is a popular postpaid. Moreover there is no roaming charges and minimum cost per month.
2. Thailand
The White Elephant is also noted to have a cheap phone rates. Call costs only USD 250-300 per minute.
In Thailand, a popular system is prepaid. Postpaid system in this country is also to implement a suitable use of such payments in Sweden.
3. Hong Kong
Hong Kong has been known as a haven cheap phone. Frost & Sullivan noted the average cost of talking on the phone Rp 200 per minute.
The cheap rates obtained by both postpaid and prepaid users. Citizens of this former British colony on average spend USD 85,000 for their monthly bills telecom equivalent of 600 minutes or talk over the phone.
4. India
Ganges River country also includes one paradise for phone users. In fact, eight years ago, the cost of calling in India is expensive, Rp 8,000 per minute.
After the competition there are rules and minimum inter-operator tariff adjustments by the government, the cost of talking on the phone down like crazy. Even two years ago, the cost of calling in India cheapest universal, only $ 1 per second.
"Now in India calling rates adjusted, to around USD 1 cent (U.S. $ 90-100) per minute, as operators must improve the quality of the network," said Bhat Ninit of Frost & Sullivan.
Second most populous country in the world is fond of prepaid systems.
5. Indonesia
Similarly, India, Indonesia also has been named as the country with the cheapest phone rates universal. Cost to chat only USD 1 cent per minute or in the range of USD 90-100 per 60 seconds.
Ninit Bhat of agency Frost & Sullivan said, there is currently no other countries that have cheap as communication rate scheme in Indonesia.
"It's hard sought unrivaled, even in Asia Pacific Indonesia and India call rates cheapest," he said.
Beginning of the reform, only the rich and middle class who have a home phone or cell phone. Because the pulse charge exorbitant either cross or to other operators.
The situation was changed when the tariff war in 2005, as the popularity of the system and the low cost of prepaid calling fellow users of a particular operator.
Big players such as Telkomsel, XL and Indosat each slam the price, especially when the CDMA operators into the market. Currently, almost all operators in Indonesia offers a relatively cheap call rates compared to other countries.
