To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (20457 ) 4/9/2007 1:49:51 PM From: Rob S. Respond to Everyone is pushing for similar price points: sub $100 for opening up of large populations in under-developed regions such as India and most of China (major industrial areas in China and India are a world apart from rural areas). We have talked to major operators, equipment and chip suppliers: a much broader market will open up as price points for basic WAN modems and mobile user devices shrink bellow $75 and $50 price points. To help that, governments in some countries are likely to help subsidize deployments into rural areas by giving preferential low cost licenses and in some cases direct subsidies. And special use applications such as schools, libraries, health clinics, agricultural extension training and information services and government support WBA are being subsidized.
