WESTERN EUROPE 9 APR 2014
'Unlimited' mobile broadband no more, European operators embrace volume-based pricing
The days of truly unlimited mobile broadband are over, as almost all operators in Western Europe have now switched to volume-based pricing. According to Telecompaper's latest analysis of stand-alone mobile broadband packages (for tablets, laptops and modems, excluding voice), over 95 percent of postpaid plans on the market are volume-based, offering a certain amount of MB each month before a cut-off or speed reduction. Only 4.5 percent of the over 300 plans surveyed offered truly unlimited data, with no dat