While some consumers will remain satisfied with low-end, low-cost prepaid services, many more will require higher end voice, messaging and data services, and access to more-advanced devices. That is likely going to lead to some pressure on postpaid plan penetration, as millions of users downgrade to prepaid plans.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Prepaid Market is Segmenting
Long viewed as a niche for credit-challenged or immigrant workers, the prepaid space is developing some new niches.
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Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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