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The state of 4G&5G broadband pricing – 2H2020 The share of smartphone, mobile and wireless broadband plans with unlimited data volume continued to grow, gigabyte allowances of finite data volume plans continued to grow – but overall monthly and gigabyte prices continued to fall. Monthly prices of smartphone and wireless broadband plans with unlimited data volume fell in EU in 2H2020!
Rewheel research PRO study, Digital Fuel Monitor 14th release – October 2020
What’s new
Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Russia, Taiwan, and South Africa are added to the list of countries tracked.
DFMonitor is now tracking 4G&5G broadband prices in 48 European, American, Asian Pacific and African countries having a combined population of ~4.7 billion (60% of the world’s total population).
In 2H2020 we tracked 4G&5G broadband prices from 168 operator main brands, 79 sub-brands and 70 major MVNOs.
While previously we computed price metrics for two types of plans (i.e. smartphone and mobile/wireless broadband plans) starting from this 14th release we will be presenting separate metrics for smartphone, mobile and wireless broadband plans.
Price trends
4G&5G median monthly price of smartphone, mobile and wireless broadband plans in EU: ▼
4G&5G median monthly price of smartphone and wireless broadband plans with unlimited data volume in EU: ▼
4G&5G median gigabyte allowance of smartphone, mobile and wireless broadband plans in EU: ▲
4G&5G median gigabyte price of smartphone, mobile and wireless broadband plans in EU: ▼
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MIN monthly price for UNLIMITED data - 2H20204G&5G smartphone plans with at least 1000mins and 10Mbit/s
Historic (2014-2020) development of 4G&5G broadband prices – Finland
The charts below depict the historic development (2014-2020) of 4G&5G smartphone, mobile broadband and wireless broadband prices in Finland. The PRO full version of the report contains the same set of charts for 48 European, American, Asian Pacific and African countries: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, India, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States and South Africa.
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Finland - MEDIAN gigabyte price4G&5G smartphone plans with at least 1000mins and 0.5Mbit/s
Smartphone plan price metrics and country rankings – Sample charts and tables
The charts and tables presented below are free samples that are selectively included in this public version of the report. The PRO full version of the report contains many more charts and tables. For the detailed list of charts and tables see the Table of Contents below.
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Fully allocated gigabyte price: tariff retail monthly price (incl. VAT & tax) divided by included gigabyte allowance (unlimited data volume: 1000 gigabytes).Median fully allocated gigabyte price among all eligible tariffs logged in the database for country or group of countries. Unlimited data volume tariffs had no finite gigabyte volume (i.e. no throttling or deprioritization) or at least 1000 gigabytes.
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EU OECD Country code Country name 0.5Mbit/s 1.0Mbit/s 1.5Mbit/s 5Mbit/s 10Mbit/s 50Mbit/s 100Mbit/s 300Mbit/s 500Mbit/s 1000Mbit/s
Yes Yes AT Austria € 45.00
No Yes AU Australia € 27.90
Yes Yes BE Belgium € 35.00
Yes No BG Bulgaria
No No BR Brazil € 18.46
No Yes CA Canada € 48.00
No Yes CH Switzerland € 18.60
No Yes CL Chile € 35.52
No No CN China
No Yes CO Colombia € 14.01
Yes No CY Cyprus
Yes Yes CZ Czechia € 39.78
Yes Yes DE Germany € 29.99
Yes Yes DK Denmark € 23.27
Yes Yes EE Estonia € 21.00
Yes Yes EL Greece € 44.00
Yes Yes ES Spain € 26.97
Yes Yes FI Finland € 22.00
Yes Yes FR France
Yes No HR Croatia € 21.97
Yes Yes HU Hungary € 30.77
Yes Yes IE Ireland € 23.36
No Yes IL Israel € 17.48
No No IN India € 18.30
No Yes IS Iceland € 44.58
Yes Yes IT Italy € 24.99
No Yes JP Japan € 23.99
No Yes KR Korea € 15.21
Yes No LT Lithuania € 14.99
Yes Yes LU Luxemburg € 39.00
Yes Yes LV Latvia € 22.50
Yes No MT Malta € 39.99
No Yes MX Mexico € 7.80
Yes Yes NL Netherlands € 25.00
No Yes NO Norway € 37.01
No Yes NZ New Zealand € 20.16
Yes Yes PL Poland € 7.70
Yes Yes PT Portugal € 38.74
Yes No RO Romania € 6.00
No No RU Russia € 9.82
Yes Yes SE Sweden € 13.85
Yes Yes SI Slovenia € 9.50
Yes Yes SK Slovakia € 40.00
No Yes TR Turkey
No No TW Taiwan € 20.97
No Yes UK United Kingdom € 17.99
No Yes US United States
No No ZA South Africa € 77.45
MIN monthly price (EUR) for UNLIMITED data - Smartphone plans with at least 1000mins and 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 5, 10, 50, 100, 300, 500, 1000Mbit/s peak speed - 2H2020
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Please note that Rewheel research subscribers that purchase the DFMonitor 4G&5G broadband tariff database (i.e. Excel spreadsheet) could automatically create charts/tables for any price metric detailed above for smartphone, mobile broadband, and wireless broadband plans. Subscribers could freely choose to include in the charts 4G plans only, 5G plans only, 4G&5G plans, the operator main brands only, the operator sub-brands only, the MVNOs only or all brands. Subscribers could determine freely the peak speed tier (e.g. 0.5, 1, 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s) rule, the minimum gigabyte basket rule (e.g. 1, 10, 50, 100, 1000 gigabyte) or the maximum monthly EUR basket rule (e.g. 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 EUR).
Mobile broadband price metrics and country rankings – Sample charts and tables
The charts and tables presented below are free samples that are selectively included in this public version of the report. The PRO full version of the report contains many more charts and tables. For the detailed list of charts and tables see the Table of Contents below.
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MIN monthly price for UNLIMITED data - 2H20204G&5G mobile broadband plans with at least 10Mbit/s
Please note that Rewheel research subscribers that purchase the DFMonitor 4G&5G broadband tariff database (i.e. Excel spreadsheet) could automatically create charts/tables for any price metric detailed above for smartphone, mobile broadband, and wireless broadband plans. Subscribers could freely choose to include in the charts 4G plans only, 5G plans only, 4G&5G plans, the operator main brands only, the operator sub-brands only, the MVNOs only or all brands. Subscribers could determine freely the peak speed tier (e.g. 0.5, 1, 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s) rule, the minimum gigabyte basket rule (e.g. 1, 10, 50, 100, 1000 gigabyte) or the maximum monthly EUR basket rule (e.g. 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 EUR).
Wireless broadband price metrics and country rankings – Sample charts and tables
The charts and tables presented below are free samples that are selectively included in this public version of the report. The PRO full version of the report contains many more charts and tables. For the detailed list of charts and tables see the Table of Contents below.
€
MIN monthly price for UNLIMITED data - 2H20204G&5G wireless broadband plans with at least 10Mbit/s
Minimum retail monthly price (incl. VAT & tax) among all eligible unlimited data volume tariffs logged in the database for country.Unlimited data volume tariffs had no finite gigabyte volume (i.e. no throttling or deprioritization) or at least 1000 gigabytes.Wireless broadband plans are 4G or 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) or stationary home broadband plans that may or may not require an external antenna.
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MEDIAN monthly price for UNLIMITED data - 2H20204G&5G wireless broadband plans with at least 0.5Mbit/s
Median retail monthly price (incl. VAT & tax) among all eligible unlimited data volume tariffs logged in the database for country.Unlimited data volume tariffs had no finite gigabyte volume (i.e. no throttling or deprioritization) or at least 1000 gigabytes.Wireless broadband plans are 4G or 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) or stationary home broadband plans that may or may not require an external antenna.
% of tariffs with UNLIMITED data - 2H20204G&5G wireless broadband plans with at least 0.5Mbit/s
Please note that Rewheel research subscribers that purchase the DFMonitor 4G&5G broadband tariff database (i.e. Excel spreadsheet) could automatically create charts/tables for any price metric detailed above for smartphone, mobile broadband, and wireless broadband plans. Subscribers could freely choose to include in the charts 4G plans only, 5G plans only, 4G&5G plans, the operator main brands only, the operator sub-brands only, the MVNOs only or all brands. Subscribers could determine freely the peak speed tier (e.g. 0.5, 1, 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s) rule, the minimum gigabyte basket rule (e.g. 1, 10, 50, 100, 1000 gigabyte) or the maximum monthly EUR basket rule (e.g. 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 EUR).
3 Smartphone plans – 2H2020 country rankings ................................................................................................. 20
3.1 MIN monthly price for UNLIMITED data ........................................................................................................................... 20
3.1.1 Unlimited data volume plans with 0.5Mbit/s peak speed for Low Definition (240p) video ............................................................... 20
3.1.2 Unlimited data volume plans with 1.0Mbit/s peak speed for Low Definition (360p) video ............................................................... 20
3.1.3 Unlimited data volume plans with 1.5Mbit/s peak speed for Standard Definition (480p) video ....................................................... 21
3.1.4 Unlimited data volume plans with 5Mbit/s peak speed for High Definition (720p) video ................................................................. 21 3.1.5 Unlimited data volume plans with 10Mbit/s peak speed for High Definition (1080p) video ............................................................. 22 3.1.6 Unlimited data volume plans with 50Mbit/s peak speed for 4K (2160p) video ................................................................................ 22 3.1.7 Unlimited data volume plans with 100Mbit/s peak speed for 8K (4320p) video .............................................................................. 23
3.1.8 Unlimited data volume plans with 300Mbit/s peak speed ............................................................................................................... 23 3.1.9 Unlimited data volume 5G plans with 500 Mbit/s peak speed ........................................................................................................ 24
3.1.10 Unlimited data volume 5G plans with 1000Mbit/s (1Gbit/s) peak speed ......................................................................................... 24 3.1.11 Summary table .............................................................................................................................................................................. 25
3.2 MEDIAN monthly price for UNLIMITED data .................................................................................................................... 26
3.3 % of plans with UNLIMITED data ..................................................................................................................................... 26
3.4 MEDIAN monthly price ..................................................................................................................................................... 27
3.5 MEDIAN gigabyte allowance ............................................................................................................................................ 27
3.6 MEDIAN gigabyte price .................................................................................................................................................... 28
3.8 MIN monthly price for 100 gigabytes – 50Mbit/s peak speed tier ..................................................................................... 30
4 Mobile broadband plans – 2H2020 country rankings ....................................................................................... 31
4.1 MIN monthly price for UNLIMITED data ........................................................................................................................... 31
4.1.1 Unlimited data volume plans with 0.5Mbit/s peak speed for Low Definition (240p) video ............................................................... 31 4.1.2 Unlimited data volume plans with 1.0Mbit/s peak speed for Low Definition (360p) video ............................................................... 31
4.1.3 Unlimited data volume plans with 1.5Mbit/s peak speed for Standard Definition (480p) video ....................................................... 32 4.1.4 Unlimited data volume plans with 5Mbit/s peak speed for High Definition (720p) video ................................................................. 32
4.1.5 Unlimited data volume plans with 10Mbit/s peak speed for High Definition (1080p) video ............................................................. 33 4.1.6 Unlimited data volume plans with 50Mbit/s peak speed for 4K (2160p) video ................................................................................ 33
4.1.7 Unlimited data volume plans with 100Mbit/s peak speed for 8K (4320p) video .............................................................................. 34 4.1.8 Unlimited data volume plans with 300Mbit/s peak speed ............................................................................................................... 34 4.1.9 Unlimited data volume 5G plans with 500 Mbit/s peak speed ........................................................................................................ 35
4.1.10 Unlimited data volume 5G plans with 1000Mbit/s (1Gbit/s) peak speed ......................................................................................... 35 4.1.11 Summary table .............................................................................................................................................................................. 36
4.2 MEDIAN monthly price for UNLIMITED data .................................................................................................................... 37
4.3 % of plans with UNLIMITED data ..................................................................................................................................... 37
4.4 MEDIAN monthly price ..................................................................................................................................................... 38
4.5 MEDIAN gigabyte allowance ............................................................................................................................................ 38
4.6 MEDIAN gigabyte price .................................................................................................................................................... 39
5.1 MIN monthly price for UNLIMITED data ........................................................................................................................... 41
5.1.1 Unlimited data volume plans with 0.5Mbit/s peak speed for Low Definition (240p) video ............................................................... 41 5.1.2 Unlimited data volume plans with 1.0Mbit/s peak speed for Low Definition (360p) video ............................................................... 41
5.1.3 Unlimited data volume plans with 1.5Mbit/s peak speed for Standard Definition (480p) video ....................................................... 42
5.1.4 Unlimited data volume plans with 5Mbit/s peak speed for High Definition (720p) video ................................................................. 42 5.1.5 Unlimited data volume plans with 10Mbit/s peak speed for High Definition (1080p) video ............................................................. 43 5.1.6 Unlimited data volume plans with 50Mbit/s peak speed for 4K (2160p) video ................................................................................ 43 5.1.7 Unlimited data volume plans with 100Mbit/s peak speed for 8K (4320p) video .............................................................................. 44 5.1.8 Unlimited data volume plans with 300Mbit/s peak speed ............................................................................................................... 44
5.1.9 Unlimited data volume 5G plans with 500 Mbit/s peak speed ........................................................................................................ 45 5.1.10 Unlimited data volume 5G plans with 1000Mbit/s (1Gbit/s) peak speed ......................................................................................... 45 5.1.11 Summary table .............................................................................................................................................................................. 46
5.2 MEDIAN monthly price for UNLIMITED data .................................................................................................................... 47
5.3 % of plans with UNLIMITED data ..................................................................................................................................... 47
5.4 MEDIAN monthly price ..................................................................................................................................................... 48
5.5 MEDIAN gigabyte allowance ............................................................................................................................................ 48
5.6 MEDIAN gigabyte price .................................................................................................................................................... 49
6 Historic (2014-2020) development of mobile data connectivity prices in 48 European, America, Asian and
African countries ........................................................................................................................................................ 50
6.1 AT – Austria ...................................................................................................................................................................... 50
6.2 AU – Australia ................................................................................................................................................................... 51
6.3 BE – Belgium .................................................................................................................................................................... 52
6.15 EE – Estonia ................................................................................................................................................................. 64
6.16 EL – Greece .................................................................................................................................................................. 65
6.17 ES – Spain .................................................................................................................................................................... 66
6.18 FI – Finland ................................................................................................................................................................... 67
6.19 FR – France .................................................................................................................................................................. 68
6.23 IL – Israel ...................................................................................................................................................................... 72
6.24 IN – India ....................................................................................................................................................................... 73
6.25 IS – Iceland ................................................................................................................................................................... 74
6.26 IT – Italy ........................................................................................................................................................................ 75
6.27 JP – Japan .................................................................................................................................................................... 76
6.28 KR – Korea ................................................................................................................................................................... 77
6.38 PT – Portugal ................................................................................................................................................................ 87
6.39 RO – Romania .............................................................................................................................................................. 88
6.40 RU – Russia .................................................................................................................................................................. 89
6.41 SE – Sweden ................................................................................................................................................................ 90
6.46 UK – United Kingdom .................................................................................................................................................... 95
6.47 US – United States........................................................................................................................................................ 96
6.48 ZA – South Africa .......................................................................................................................................................... 97
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