Why DataSave?
Value Proposition
DataSave’s value proposition can be viewed from three distinct perspectives:
End Users
Education
Online Media Service Providers
Telcos
The End-User
The consumer is the end-user of DataSave. It is the person who actually seeks to download and/or upload data from an online media service provider.
Benefits
- Savings on data costs (due to the use of cheaper off-peak data)
- Ability to access services that were previously out of reach due to data costs
- Convenient access and utilisation of off-peak data allotment
Education
One lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is the need for countries to have remote learning infrastructure and solutions in place. According to the UN, the pandemic affected education in over 150 countries and impacted around 1.6 billion students. Unsurprisingly, developing nations were the least prepared. DataSave enables students from developing nations to make the most of their limited communications infrastructure. For example, they are able to download educational videos and other instructional material at affordable prices
Online Media Service Provider
Online Media Service Provider is a term describing all parties that have online services where media files can be uploaded, downloaded or transferred in any other way. Thus it covers online music and video stores, social media, and Cloud Storage sites, and the like.
Benefits
- DataSave frees up user data access funds so that they can be spend on actual media purchases
- Enhanced user accessibility
- Attract customers who would have traditionally been excluded due to data carriage costs
- Opportunity to create novel services that leverage the inherent advantages of DataSave
Telecommunications Companies
The telecommunications companies are the ones that actually carry the data. They too stand to benefit from DataSave.
Benefits
- Shift off-peak data demand and supply curve towards increased profitability
- Provide customers with the means to conveniently and cost-effectively access off peak-data (anticipate and meet customer requirements)
- Greater utilisation of physical infrastructure (increased Return On Investment on infrastructure Investment)
- Opportunity to reduce network congestion without loss of revenue
- Potential for improved Quality of Service while transporting the same amount of data (without loss of revenue)
