Latin America's largest mobile operator Telcel Mexico, has increased its data allowances with up to 100MB more per month on its "Mas por Menos Social Media" post-paid plans.

Mas por Menos Social plans 1 to 3 before included 150MB per month, this has now increased to 250MB per month. Plans 4 to 6 went up to 400MB from 300MB and 7 to 10 increased from 500MB to 600MB per month. Prices or charges on those plans remain same as last month.

Moreover, Telcel now offers data allowances on its basic post-paid plans, from now customers will be able to enjoy mobile browsing at no extra cost starting from Mas por Menos 3 offer up to the Mas por Menos 10 plan a 75MB allowanced is included as part of the plan. Previous, only the basic plans from 7 to 10 offered 30MB.

Full details of the plans above are available in T-Cellular Online. Teligen monitors price developments of this sort in its continuous updates of T-Cellular Online http://sa-link.cc/3i

Telenor has refreshed its range of post-paid tariffs available to the Danish market. The lowest value plan, 0 timers tale*, does not include an allowance. Subscribers pay for what they consume, subject to a minimum monthly usage of DKK 29.00. In addition, there are four tariffs which offer between 2 and 50 hours of talk time. The top-of-the-range offering, 50 timers* tale, also provides a data allowance of 10GB plus free SMS and MMS to all operators in Denmark. A range of data and messaging add-ons allows users to customise their plan.

Telia Denmark's recently introduced FlexMobil range is structured along similar lines, with one pay-as-you use tariff plus a number of plans with allowances, which can be complemented with optional bundles.

* Timers tale - hours of talk time

Full details of the plans above are available in T-Cellular Online. Teligen monitors price developments of this sort in its continuous updates of T-Cellular Online http://sa-link.cc/3i

Orange Austria has replaced most of its Hello price plans with four Supernet tariffs, all of which offer mobile internet access as part of the package. The starter price plan, Supernet 300, gives unlimited data albeit at the low speed of 64kbps, although until the end of September, higher speeds are offered on a promotional basis.

The Supernet 2000, 4000 and 6000 price plans offer 1GB, 2GB and 4GB of mobile data usage respectively. Speeds are reduced after the allowance, although again on a promotional basis until the end of September, this will be waived.

Full details of the plans above are available in T-Cellular Online. Teligen monitors price developments of this sort in its continuous updates of T-Cellular Online http://sa-link.cc/3i

All Freedom Connect plans offer a monthly allowance for calls, texts and MMS to all Australian fixed and mobile numbers, as well as increasing levels of free data. At the upper end the plans also come with unlimited texts, subject to a fair use policy.

The Freedom Connect plans are available both as a BYO option (SIM only) or customers have a selection of handsets to choose from.

In other news, Optus recently launched new prepaid plans:

- AUD 2.00 Days: Daily usage fee is AUD2 and this entitles the customer to free calls, texts and data. The recharge rates range from AUD 10.00 to AUD 100.00 and the validity of the credit rises depending on the value; AUD 10.00 is valid for 10 days, AUD 30.00 for 30 days etc.

- Crew Cap: depending on the recharge value, e.g. AUD 30.00 to AUD 100.00, each comes with increasing amounts of Any Network Credit which can be used for calls, texts, MMS and data.

- The Long Expiry Cap plans are almost identical to the Crew Cap plans in that they offer Any Network Credit plus additional Optus to Optus credit. The difference being the credit is valid for 186 days as opposed to 60 days for the Crew Cap plans.

Full details of the plans above are available in T-Cellular Online. Teligen monitors price developments of this sort in its continuous updates of T-Cellular Online http://sa-link.cc/3i

Vodafone Spain is now offering eight of its pay monthly price plans on a SIM only basis: four each from its Hablar (Talk) and Hablar y Navegar (Talk and Surf) range. The tariffs are available on a 1-month basis for the same monthly rental as the plans with handset. However, users who subscribe for 24 months to one of these SIM Only plans will receive a 25% discount on the monthly charge.

Full details of the plans above are available in T-Cellular Online. Teligen monitors price developments of this sort in its continuous updates of T-Cellular Online http://sa-link.cc/3i

Orange has removed the Best for Value plans from its mobile plans portfolio, this move is following the EU legislation which came into force at the beginning of May. This legislation not only forces mobile providers to offer 12-month contracts, but also has put a stop to lengthy 36-month deals.

Last month Orange removed its SIM Only 18 month plans as well leaving only 1 month offers only. However a new iPhone plan costing GBP 25.00 per month was launched on 24 months contract.

Virgin Mobile followed Orange closely and removed its SIM only 12 months contract plans.

Meanwhile, Three UK, after releasing the 'One Plan' at GBP 25.00 per month on 12 months contract, which includes large amount of text and voice calls plus genuinely unlimited data, now has extended this offer to include a one month rolling contract at GBP 25.00 per month SIM only. The One Plan - SIM Only 1 Month includes 2000 minutes anytime, any network, 5000 texts, All-you-can-eat Data, 5000 Three-to-Three minutes and a free PAYG SIM for a friend.

Full details of the plans above are available in T-Cellular Online. Teligen monitors price developments of this sort in its continuous updates of T-Cellular Online http://sa-link.cc/3i

DNA has launched a range of five Joustava (flexible) post-paid plans. Monthly allowances range from 200 - 12000 minutes, which can also be used for text messages. In addition, the highest value tariff, Joustava XXL, gives 12000 of minutes, SMS, MMS or video calls which users can mix and match from their allowance.

The operator has also refreshed its pre-paid offering.  DNA Super Prepaid offers three levels, depending on top-up. Users who recharge their account by a minimum of EUR 20.00 per month receive lower voice and text rates as well as an on-net SMS allowance. A EUR 30.00 top-up per month gives the above plus an additional 3000 on-net minutes.

Full details of the plans above are available in T-Cellular Online. Teligen monitors price developments of this sort in its continuous updates of T-Cellular Online http://sa-link.cc/3i

Vodafone Germany is now offering calls and texts to Turkey at national rates on three of its pre-paid price plans (Tuerkei Inklusive).

On CallYa 5/15, the reduced per minute rates for on-net calls now also apply to calls to Vodafone Turkey. CallYa Open End and CallYa Open End Internet now charge the same price per call for voice communications to Vodafone and fixed lines in both Germany and Turkey.

The price structure for text messages to Vodafone, which charges for the first SMS of the day with the next 100 texts for free, now also applies for SMS to Vodafone Turkey.

Full details of the plans above are available in T-Cellular Online. Teligen monitors price developments of this sort in its continuous updates of T-Cellular Online http://sa-link.cc/3i

French operator SFR has made changes to its Forfaits Bloqués Essentiel range. There are now five plans which offer a monthly communications credit that can be used for calls or text messages. The price of calls within the bundle decreases with higher value tariffs. For EUR 14.90 per month for a 24-month contract, users receive 40 minutes or 149 text messages, equating to a cost per minute within the bundle of EUR 0.3725. For the highest value bundle, the cost per minute is EUR 0.2325. After the monthly allowance is used up, top-ups can be made. The cost per minute then rises to EUR 0.38 for all plans.

There are now two Forfaits Bloqués Essentiel tariffs that provide an hour of talk time. One of these allows users to double their allowance for anytime calls to three selected SFR numbers at a monthly surcharge of EUR 3.

Full details of the plans above are available in T-Cellular Online. Teligen monitors price developments of this sort in its continuous updates of T-Cellular Online http://sa-link.cc/3i

The Hong Kong regulator, OFTA (the Office of the Telecommunications Authority) has just released the results from a study which compares the prices of telecoms services in Hong Kong with 6 cities around the world; Copenhagen, London, New York, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. The study, which was conducted by the Teligen division of Strategy Analytics, looks at combinations of services used by a number of typical households and businesses - namely fixed and mobile voice services, fixed and mobile broadband services, leased lines and pay-TV - and compares the cost of these 'service bundles' across different cities. The profiles used in the analysis were chosen to be as representative as possible, covering both low and high usage.

Across the range of baskets, Hong Kong was found to compare very favourably with the other six cities under study. Both residential and business users generally pay the lowest telecoms charges in the study. In particular, prices for fixed and mobile voice services are very competitive - often a fraction of those paid by users in the other cities in the comparison.

The full study results, along with detailed information on the methodology used, are available for download on OFTA's website.