A mobile rate is a contract between a customer and a cell phone company that includes fees and services. It can be tailored to individual needs and includes rules for calls, texts, and other services. Companies create their own rates to compete, sometimes causing price wars.
A mobile rate refers to the contract customers sign with a cell phone company, including the fees they charge and the services they provide, such as monthly minutes and data allowances. Carriers outside the United States typically plan mobile rates rather than rate plans or rate plans, which are typically used in the United States and some other countries. A mobile rate also includes the interconnection fees that mobile phone companies are authorized by government regulation to charge each other for connecting calls.
A tariff is known primarily as a duty paid on imported and exported goods, but as far as telecommunications is concerned, a tariff generally contains the tariffs, terms and conditions for certain services usually associated with cell phone services. A mobile rate typically includes rules and rates for things like local calls, long distance calls, and text messages. Other common mobile rate services include ringtones, ringback tones and specialized answering services. For many users, the mobile tariff also affects the use of mobile Internet, downloading applications, using applications, messaging with pictures or videos and other advanced services.
Like the calling plans used in the United States and some other countries, mobile rates can be tailored to individual customer needs. For some people, a mobile rate that has a base price for a certain number of minutes of use each month and charges extra for any additional minutes is better. Customers who rarely use their cell phones may prefer billing by the minute, which may be more expensive by the minute but less expensive overall. For those who use the phone frequently, such as teenagers or business people, a mobile rate that includes unlimited minutes may be best.
Each company that provides cell phone services creates its own mobile tariff to compete. Sometimes the rate structures created by companies cause a price war as one tries to outrun the other. Such a mobile tariff war happened in India. In 2009, two companies created mobile rates that charge by the second instead of the minute, with one company doing it first and a competitor following suit.
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