I read a post today on the official blog of the popular UAE daily The National titled “Are we getting ripped off?”, discussing a report published by ARGNET about the average telecoms prices in the region in comparison to the rest of the world. The research concluded that we are getting ripped off here, I really don’t know why did the ARGNET decide to pay money to come to this conclusion. it’s simple. I pay 96 dollars a month for a 2 MB connection, while a 30 MB connection in the UK costs 42 dollars.
a 12 MB or 16 MB connection here in UAE costs around 250 dollars a month.
The blackberry in UAE costs 820 dollars, PLUS 50 dollars a month for the plan (local only, and doesn’t include any minutes!). In the US, you can get the bold for 199 dollars only, and an UNLIMITED plan would cost you 100 dollars a month. by unlimited, I mean unlimited internet PLUS unlimited calls PLUS unlimited texts.
I said before, greed brought down GM, it brought down the economy, greed kills. I really hope Etisalat realizes that one day the market will be open completely, and that’s when many people will choose new carriers simply because Etisalat ripped them off in the past. This applies to every SP in the middle east. (Du, you just started, I won’t blame you).
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When government does not paying attention to what local companies are doing ,like Itisalat, there's no way stop them from being greedy. Lack of regulations brought down GM, and will do the same to Itisalat. By the way, unlimited internet on my blackberry costs only $20 + $20 plan fee every month.
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