OECD Mobile Voice and Data Price Benchmarking Q3 2021 update:
The Q3 2021 update of the OECD Mobile and Data Voice Price Benchmarking service is now available for download. For a residential user with a high call and moderate data (making 300 calls a month totaling just over 577 minutes, and with a 5 GB mobile data requirement and 225 text messages), the Prepaid Epic Value tariff from Australian operator, Optus is the cheapest overall, at USD PPP 8.97 per month. Next cheapest are the Smart LU SIM only 5G tariff from Tango in Luxembourg (at USD PPP 9.63/month), the Cellcom Perfect Package 5G tariff from Israeli operator Cellcom, (at USD PPP 10.12/month), and the Dev 80 GB tariff from Turkcell in Turkey (at USD PPP 10.34/month. The tariffs from both Tango and Optus match the data requirement of the basket precisely, at 5 GB, while the Cellcom tariff offers a staggering 200 GB per month (up from 150 GB last quarter), and the Turkcell tariff an impressive 80 GB per month.
At the other end, T-Mobile in Hungary comes in as the most expensive for this basket, at USD PPP 76.60/month for the Mobil L 15 GB tariff, while second most expensive with its 4G All -you-can-use Max, Flate rate call light tariff coming in at USD 60.26 is KDDI au of Japan. Both these featured as most expensive last quarter, too.
The average cost for this basket across all OECD countries is USD PPP 26.35/month.
5G tariffs are starting to feature more in the results, with some 5G plans featuring as the overall cheapest for this basket.
Source: OECD Mobile Voice and Data Price Benchmarking Q3 2021, Strategy Analytics
For clients of the Premium version of the service (which includes additional providers in selected markets – see below), the system now includes two new flags, which allow users to view results for 3G/4G separately, and 5G separately.
The Q3 2021 update for Mobile Voice and Data service incorporates the OECD 2017 baskets, which are shown in the table below.
The system includes a custom facility, allowing users to produce results for customised usage profiles.
Additional operators in selected countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, USA) are available on request as part of the OECD Mobile Voice and Data Price Benchmarking Premium Service.
Historical pricing for the OECD countries over several years is available.
Results from this and previous updates in a time-series format can also be accessed in the convenient OECD Mobile Voice and Data Price Benchmarking dashboards.
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If you have any difficulty using any of the functions within OECD Mobile Voice and Data Price Benchmarking, or would like more information on how to get the most out of the system, please contact either:
Angela Toal, Senior Tariff Analyst, Teligen. Tel: +44 1908 423 678. Email. atoal@strategyanalytics.com
Bernadette Finn, Associate Director, Teligen. Tel: +44 1908 423 672. Email. bfinn@strategyanalytics.com