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Smart Phone Roaming can cost you big

Smart Phone Roaming can cost you big

June 18, 2010

Kim Tantrum

Unlimited data plans coming to the end of the world. AT & T to roll the ball and O2 in the UK shortly afterwards. Verizon seeks to restructure their data plans, and many other networks and the global market has never been proposed in the first place. As data continue to arrive Intense devices on the market with full capacity and fresh real applications, we can certainly anticipate the networks of other countries to follow trend.

We all know that data usage has increased dramatically with the introduction of smart phones and large appliances like the IPAD. You can download music and videos, take advantage of GPS technology, participate in live webinars, Skype and send and receive high-resolution digital images directly to your phone. These are intensive users of data.

The iPhone particular, has proven a real pig "data." IPhone users love their phones due to full HTML e-mail, Internet streaming video include improved fast downloads of music and wonderful all applications. And applications load more data becomes accustomed to the constant updating and refreshing.

In international roaming on smartphones, including iPhone, generates enormous bills for many users who do not "package" with your company before leaving the country. Several times the package is not enough. A 5-megapixel photo sent or received via MMS or e-mail can use the 2-3 MB data. Roaming without package, which can cost up to $ 40. Even a YouTube video of 3-4 minutes, or download a song from iTunes can chew up to 5 MB of data. In the past AT & T, I saw that the rate of $ 0.0195 per KB which will be expensive. With 1024KB in a MB 5120 KBS. This song can be priced at only $ 0.99, but it costs $ 99.84 for download on international roaming. Companies like Cellhire USA, LLC can help with the rental of the international network solutions directly to end users.

As the network expands 4G Smart phones will accelerate. Applications continue to grow and better, it goes without saying that the use of the data increases astronomically. networks are not only seeing dollar signs in the implementation of these levels, but make sure they do not exceed their ability to deliver. unlimited data plans could soon be a thing of the past in the United States and abroad. As consumers, we must educate on how data works and what tools and devices to use more data than others. We can not continue taking the data used by these gadgets of course.

About the Author

Director of Organization Development at Cellhire USA, LLC.  

Proven leadership encouraging others while staying focused on achieving results in line with the organization’s strategic direction, values and vision. Works to contribute to the company’s success by doing the right thing for the customer, the right thing for the employee, the right thing for the company with a ROI.

Cellhire, established in 1987 and headquartered in York, UK, offers a broad range of world-class rental services including international cell phones, BlackBerry devices, 3G data cards, and a host of satellite options. Strategic partnerships with global networks such as O2, Vodafone, and T-Mobile allow Cellhire to provide their customers with the best solutions on the highest quality networks in over 180 countries worldwide.

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