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Phoning home is no longer an expensive, tiresome business with the choice of using a public phone or paying extortionate hotel rates. Now, there myriad ways of staying in touch, and they are getting cheaper all the time. All over the world, the liberalization of telecommunications services has opened markets up to competition, which means falling phone charges and a greater choice of services from a host of service providers. (...) Hotels got wise to being bypassed and blocked access to cut-price service numbers, and, although using a home operator's calling card is cheaper than hotel rates, it is still expensive. Another option, which is becoming increasingly commonplace, is using mobile communications.

Score: 1432792.2 - https://www.itu.int/newsarchive/wtd/1999/iht10/tra-11.html

  Trade and consumption of cheap junk food are an obstacle for healthy diets

Share × Close Trade and consumption of cheap junk food are an obstacle for healthy diets FAO Director-General addressing a workshop at the Vatican calls for public policies that target obesity and overweight Fast food is often cheaper, and easier to access and prepare than fresh food. (...) The FAO Director-General also said trade agreements must be designed in ways that make local nutritious food cheaper to produce, while restricting the influx of imported cheap food that are high in fat, sugar and salt. He also stressed the importance of education, including school curricula that teach children about healthy cooking and healthy food choices, and greater access to information for consumers to promote awareness and healthier dietary choices.

Score: 1418122.6 - https://www.fao.org/newsroom/d...-obstacle-for-healthy-diets/en

  World Telecommunication Development Report 1999: Mobile Cellular - Contents

World Telecommunication Development Report 1999: Mobile Cellular - Contents   عربي   |   中文   |   Español   |   Français   |   Русский     Advanced Search   Home : ITU-D : ICT Data and Statistics (IDS)       Foreword Data Notes The Mobile Revolution 1.1 I'd rather have a mobile 1.2 The mobile industry 1.3 The downsides of mobile Supplying Mobile 2.1 A brief history of land-based mobile radio technology 2.2 Mobile cellular technology 2.3 Wireless data services: an industry in the making 2.4 Mobile equipment vendors 2.5 Conclusion Regulating Mobile 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Licensing 3.3 Technology choices 3.4 Interconnection 3.5 Price regulation 3.6 Mobile number portability: Taking your number with you 3.7 Universal service/access requirements 3.8 Roaming: Can we borrow your network for a while? (...) 5.3 Mobile density and prices 5.4 Getting cheaper (but not by that much) 5.5 A lot cheaper to install, a bit cheaper to own, but not much cheaper to use 5.6 Growing markets, but lower-spending subscribers 5.7 Converging revenues 5.8 Bypassing the fixed-network 5.9 Cultivate the high-spenders 5.10 Relative prices 6.1 Cross-overs 6.2 One hundred years of telephones Boxes 1.1 A tale of two countries 1.2 What is going wrong with GMPCS?

Score: 1396808.7 - https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/...wtdr_99/material/contents.html

  Measuring the Information Society 2011

Prepaid services usually do not tie customers to a contract or a monthly subscription fee and therefore often promise greater freedom of use and choice of operators. They protect mobile operators from unpaid bills, since services are paid for in advance. (...) Al-though into account the monthly subscription charge (KRW 12 000 for postpaid customers only) reveals that the prepaid basket (at USD 14.4) is actually cheaper than the same basket using the postpaid tariffs (which would amount to USD 16.7). The example from the Republic of Korea shows that, for low-end users, prepaid services are more interesting than postpaid services, and that the choice of prepaid services for the IPB does not necessarily disadvantage countries.

Score: 1391794.1 - https://www.itu.int/wftp3/Publ...is/web/WebSearch/page0070.html

  Measuring the Information Society 2011

Prepaid services usually do not tie customers to a contract or a monthly subscription fee and therefore often promise greater freedom of use and choice of operators. They protect mobile operators from unpaid bills, since services are paid for in advance. (...) Al-though into account the monthly subscription charge (KRW 12 000 for postpaid customers only) reveals that the prepaid basket (at USD 14.4) is actually cheaper than the same basket using the postpaid tariffs (which would amount to USD 16.7). The example from the Republic of Korea shows that, for low-end users, prepaid services are more interesting than postpaid services, and that the choice of prepaid services for the IPB does not necessarily disadvantage countries.

Score: 1391794.1 - https://www.itu.int/wftp3/Publ...11/web/WebSearch/page0070.html

  The Home

The Home World Telecommunication Day 1999 IHT October 14, 1999 Convergence Means More Consumer Choice Internet, long-distance and cellular are being mixed and matched, with cheaper results for the end-user. Consumers are being bombarded with a wide range of telephone options, from prepaid long-distance and cellular phone cards to toll-free lines and cheaper rates. Rates are lower than ever before in some countries, thanks to deregulation and privatization. (...) In Japan, where time spent on-line can be expensive, new Internet ventures and cellular phone operators are offering consumers cheaper options. Microsoft Corp. and Softbank Co. of Japan recently started a venture that aims to offer consumers lower prices for on-line access, selling high-speed Internet services for under $86 a month, the rate national carrier NTT DoCoMo plans to charge subscribers for a high-speed connection.

Score: 1370719 - https://www.itu.int/newsarchive/wtd/1999/iht10/tho-06.html

  UN leads bid for cheaper insulin, expanding access for diabetics worldwide | | 1UN News

UN leads bid for cheaper insulin, expanding access for diabetics worldwide | | 1UN News Skip to main content Welcome to the United Nations Language العربية 中文 English Français Русский Español Português Kiswahili Other Hindi हिंदी Global UN News Global perspective Human stories Search Search Advanced Search Main navigation Home Africa Americas Asia Pacific Middle East Europe UN Art and Gifts History Corner Topics Peace and Security Economic Development Humanitarian Aid Climate and Environment Human Rights UN Affairs Women Law and Crime Prevention Health Culture and Education SDGs Migrants and Refugees In depth Interviews Features Photo Stories News in Brief The Lid is On UN Gender Focus UN and Africa UN Podcasts Secretary-General Spokesperson All Statements Selected Speeches Press Encounters Official Travels Media UN Video UN Photo Meeting Coverage Media Accreditation Webtv Audio and Subscription Audio Hub Subscribe UN leads bid for cheaper insulin, expanding access for diabetics worldwide WHO/A. (...) Facebook Twitter Print Email UN leads bid for cheaper insulin, expanding access for diabetics worldwide 13 November 2019 Health Overly expensive insulin could be a thing of the past – and life-changing news – for millions of diabetics under a plan launched by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) on Wednesday to diversify production globally, just ahead of World Diabetes Day . (...) That way, countries will have a greater choice of products that are more affordable.” Today, three manufacturers control most of the global market for insulin, which was discovered as a treatment for diabetes in 1921.

Score: 1351860.7 - https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/11/1051241

  ITU_Fiji_Chetan_Sharma_Consulting_Strategy

All Rights Reserved VOICE: GROW à HARVEST • Infrastructure – Cable – Cellular Deployment • Complimented by WiFi – Remote Island coverage – Satellite Services – Network Sharing – Government incentives • Improve Affordability – Increase Reach – Cheaper devices – Granular Plans – More choices, bundles (devices, services) – Competition • MVNOs – Government incentives © Chetan Sharma Consulting, 2015. All Rights Reserved VOICE: HARVEST àMAINTAIN • Affordability – Increase Reach – Cheaper devices – Granular Plans – More choices, bundles – Competition – Government incentives • Alternate OTT models © Chetan Sharma Consulting, 2015. (...) All Rights Reserved DATA: GROW à HARVEST • Infrastructure – Cable – Cellular Deployment • WiFi • Move from 2G to 3G to 4G – Satellite Services – Remote Islands – Network Sharing – Government incentives • Affordability – Increase Reach – Cheaper devices – Granular Plans – More choices, bundles – Competition • MVNOs • Access Regulations • Wholesale regulations – Government incentives – OTT framework to do granular services (e.g.

Score: 1343704.7 - https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/R..._Sharma_Day%202%20webfinal.pdf

  How can the interests of end users in the information society be balanced with the interests of busi

Developments in technology have led to cheaper availability of communications devices such as the mobile phone and RIM's 'BlackBerry', and in turn widespread distribution has led to unprecedented levels of permeation. (...) The end user benefits from cheaper insurance when fewer or shorter journeys are made, and the business benefits from increased exposure and profits due to high demand for the product. (...) In the first instance, products and services which allow the end user greatest control over their own personal information will see the greatest popularity. Thus, consumer choice will help to shape the direction of the market, and businesses will need to recognise and respond to this in order to maintain and increase their market share.

Score: 1321135.8 - https://www.itu.int/osg/spu/yo.../2006/essays/essay-lucy-yu.pdf

  ITU WORLD TELECOM 2009 In Review

Consumers face difficult choices for home and personal devices, not just choosing between brands, but in deciding between classes of device. (...) But also at the same time, we have requirements to get ever cheaper devices out for developing countries at ever lower price points. Some of the low-end phones, GSM handsets are now as cheap as 15 $. In the consumer space you have richer multimedia devices, and a real challenge is to pinpoint exactly what the business models need to be.

Score: 1293754.2 - https://www.itu.int/wftp3/Publ...ew/web/WebSearch/page0091.html