US consumers who feel a sense of foreboding that ultimately turns to sticker shock whenever they get their cellphone bill for the month have good reason to feel that way, it seems. According to a new report by Finnish research firm Rewheel, if you live in the US you generally pay more for wireless data than consumers do in most other developed countries.
Mara Faccio, a professor of finance at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management, agrees with that finding. She likewise has produced a research paper analyzing mobile phone plans and telecom laws in almost 150 countries, and among her discoveries was that the monthly prices in the US are almost three times what German consumers pay and twice as much as monthly plan prices in Denmark.
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