高機能携帯電話費東京全球第三昂貴

Last month the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:

スマホ料金、世界７都市で比べると東京は…

総務省が行った電気通信サービス料金の国際比較調査によると、スマートフォン（高機能携帯電話）の利用料は、調査対象の世界７都市のうち東京が３番目に高かった。

　昨年末時点で、日米韓などの主要都市で最もシェア（市場占有率）の高い企業の料金を調べた。１か月に音声通話を５７分、インターネットなどデータ通信を１・６ギガ・バイト利用する平均的なケースでは、各都市の物価水準を調整した円換算の月額料金はデュッセルドルフ（ドイツ）が９０８５円で最も高い。東京は７５６４円で３番目、ストックホルム（スウェーデン）が４３７８円で最も安かった。

（2013年6月30日10時35分 読売新聞）

(試譯文)

According to an investigation conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to compare the international telecommunication charging rates, the fee of the smart phone (highly efficient mobile phone) in Tokyo was the third highest among 7 cities in the world.

At the end of last year, the charges of the companies in major cities were investigated, such as in Japan, the U.S. and South Korea, where their share (market share) were the highest. An average case in one month was 1.6 G bytes of data communications, such as the Internet; while the usage for the voice telephone calls was for 57 minutes. The monthly amount charged in terms of the yen was then adjusted with the price level of each city. Düsseldorf (Germany) was the highest, standing at 9085 yen. The 3rd was Tokyo, at 7564 yen. Stockholm (Sweden) was the cheapest at 4378 yen.

It is interesting to note that the charging difference is quite big: between 4378 yen and 9085 yen.