Thursday, May 6, 2010

Carrier Carry Bag For Phone Vendors

Difficult new regulatory environments are nothing new to Carriers. Carriers are straining under their partner's business models, as The Big 3 Motorola Nokia and New Boy Apple fight for the palm space spending zone.

Australia's Competition watchdog the Austrlaian Competition and Consumer Commission ( akin the the USA's Department of Justice Antitrust Division) has announced that a recent decision to enforce matching HARDWARE warranty and Carrier Plan terms. this is a fundamental shift in the this arena as consumers are faced commonly with longer term plans than the warranty offered.

"The ACCC believes the handset is an integral part of the package and if it fails through no fault of the consumer, the company is responsible for replacement or repair."

Historically the device and the connection have co-existed as parallel elements under the contractual umbrella of the Carriers Plan but now they are inextricably to be linked.


 Prediciton?
  1. Prices will rise to cover the cost of broken devices  (especially iPads)
  2. Carriers will stop Offering Subsidised high value Phones

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