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From: david@cs.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson)
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Subject: Cellular Air time Charges Around the World - Who Pays?
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I know from reading this Digest that in the USA the cellular phone
user pays air-time charges for calls received as well as those
originated.

Here in Australia the originator of the call pays (but the air time
charges do not add to the cost of all calls - just those over
distances of less than 165km. Over 165km cellular calls and land-line
calls cost the same per minute).

What methods of charging do other countries use for their cellular systems?


David Wilson	Dept Comp Sci, Uni of Wollongong	david@cs.uow.edu.au