Comments on: Telia Offers All You Can Eat SMS Price

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:52:48 +0000

I know how heavily texters can text! We setup a Free SMS Service a little while ago in order to let users send SMS from the web to phones, anywhere in the world for free. We now have slightly under 20,000 users (pretty much all from the UK) sending thouands and thousands of SMS all the time. Hey, we use an SMS gateway (of course) but at these rates it would actualy be cheaper to get a contract and send them from a mobile!! (Sure it's againss the TOS though). And to think, SMS all started as a way for engineers just to test the Telecoms service!

By: Tomi T Ahonen

Tomi T Ahonen — Fri, 05 May 2006 13:54:25 +0000

Great posting !

How times change. I remember when Finnish challenger mobile operator Saunalahti was offering a sign-up package of 1000 free text messages in 2001, and I thought to myself, people will never use them up. But obviously if you send 33 messages per day, you can speed through 1000 messages in a month; and heavy users even here in the UK send from 50 to 100 messages per DAY.

Still, to get through 5000 messages per month, you have to thumb through 167 messages per day, and that is a LOT….

On the other hand, at 13.50 dollars per month (11 Euros) – for young heavy users of SMS text messages, if they currently have some bundle or package at about 6 or 7 cents per message, they can only get some 150-180 messages for that money (5-6 per day). This offer is very appealing for all those who send more than that. And I’d say that is pretty much everybody in Sweden under the age of 30…

Fascinating…

And keep up the detective work, where do you guys find all this good stuff?

Tomi T Ahonen

By: It’s hip2b2 (Mobile, Security, Web 2.0, Pipe Dreams and More) » Blog Archive » $13.50 Unlimited SMS Plan Something Special? Nah.

Thu, 04 May 2006 16:09:30 +0000

[...] Mobhappy has this article about a Swedish operator, Telia, offering unlimited SMS for $13.50 a month. This translates to about 742.50 pesos a month. Local provider Smart has unlimited SMS at 60 pesos per 4 days. This translates to about 250 pesos ($5) per month. Sun Cellular has an unlimited SMS package at 350 pesos ($6.50) per month. Globe’s Touch Mobile also has a 300 pesos ($5.50) per month unlimited SMS package. So, what is so special about a $13.50 per month unlimited SMS plan? Everybody in this country can avail of unlimited SMS (and sometimes voice calls on net) for less. [...]