Introduction & Overview of the whole service
In today’s world, our dependence on the use of cell phones and their utility is such that it has now become almost a basic necessity of our life. However, the smartphones that we use so extensively today to carry out our day to day routines with such high data rates have not always been like this. Cell phones and Cellular industry has witnessed perhaps the fastest ever evolution and has taken many forms over a period of last two decades. In technical terms, different stages of this evolution are often referred to as the “G”, or the generation.
Each generation represents a certain technology that is being used in a particular time period. Conventional cellular service era started off with provisioning of 1G services where technology was much simpler. Likewise, the prime service or the only service available during that period was voice. User would carry big handsets of low frequency and would enjoy primarily the voice communication. With the passage of time, and the with the evolution of telecommunication technologies, 2G, 2.5G, 3G and 4G services were launched. With every evolution the focus shifted from basic voice to much complicated services, with new and exciting services and data rates never imagined before. With this evolution in technology, value added services also evolved which included services like SMS, MMS, WAP, GPRS and with latest generations the data rates as high as 150 Mbps per user. With this advancement various customer centric user models and bundle packages have also evolved based on specific needs and requirements of different users. This evolution was further supported and augmented by the evolution of the handsets which, from conventional black and white user interfaces, evolved to modern day’s smart phones, tablets and other data usage devices which are now fast replacing the laptops and computers. History Early in the time when there was only 1G services with no concept of value added services, there was only fixed type of billing model and it was known as postpaid model. User would use the cell phone and at the end …show more content…
In prepaid, a user usually buys a predefined network minutes and data with an expiry period within which he has to consume those.
Advantages of prepaid
The postpaid mode launched earlier suited the corporate users who have high network usage and usually are not constrained by the budget. Their nature of business and operations is such that they rely heavily on the use of cell phones. In the case of postpaid, the airtime minutes and the data used is usually aggregated at the end of the month or at the end of the agreed billing cycle and usually a proper invoiced bill along with all call details, message details and data usage is generated.
There is a flat postpaid service charge that is charged on top of the availed services. In case of a prepaid sim or pay as you go type of billing model, you pay upfront and then you use what you have paid for. After when you have consumed the purchased limit you will have to buy more.
Unlike postpaid where you can still continue to use your services in prepaid unless you buy more you cannot use the services. You would still be able to receive the calls (in some countries) but you will not be able to make a call or send a
In today’s world, our dependence on the use of cell phones and their utility is such that it has now become almost a basic necessity of our life. However, the smartphones that we use so extensively today to carry out our day to day routines with such high data rates have not always been like this. Cell phones and Cellular industry has witnessed perhaps the fastest ever evolution and has taken many forms over a period of last two decades. In technical terms, different stages of this evolution are often referred to as the “G”, or the generation.
Each generation represents a certain technology that is being used in a particular time period. Conventional cellular service era started off with provisioning of 1G services where technology was much simpler. Likewise, the prime service or the only service available during that period was voice. User would carry big handsets of low frequency and would enjoy primarily the voice communication. With the passage of time, and the with the evolution of telecommunication technologies, 2G, 2.5G, 3G and 4G services were launched. With every evolution the focus shifted from basic voice to much complicated services, with new and exciting services and data rates never imagined before. With this evolution in technology, value added services also evolved which included services like SMS, MMS, WAP, GPRS and with latest generations the data rates as high as 150 Mbps per user. With this advancement various customer centric user models and bundle packages have also evolved based on specific needs and requirements of different users. This evolution was further supported and augmented by the evolution of the handsets which, from conventional black and white user interfaces, evolved to modern day’s smart phones, tablets and other data usage devices which are now fast replacing the laptops and computers. History Early in the time when there was only 1G services with no concept of value added services, there was only fixed type of billing model and it was known as postpaid model. User would use the cell phone and at the end …show more content…
In prepaid, a user usually buys a predefined network minutes and data with an expiry period within which he has to consume those.
Advantages of prepaid
The postpaid mode launched earlier suited the corporate users who have high network usage and usually are not constrained by the budget. Their nature of business and operations is such that they rely heavily on the use of cell phones. In the case of postpaid, the airtime minutes and the data used is usually aggregated at the end of the month or at the end of the agreed billing cycle and usually a proper invoiced bill along with all call details, message details and data usage is generated.
There is a flat postpaid service charge that is charged on top of the availed services. In case of a prepaid sim or pay as you go type of billing model, you pay upfront and then you use what you have paid for. After when you have consumed the purchased limit you will have to buy more.
Unlike postpaid where you can still continue to use your services in prepaid unless you buy more you cannot use the services. You would still be able to receive the calls (in some countries) but you will not be able to make a call or send a