Noi le chiavette Internet, loro Xavier Niel

In Francia il genio imprenditoriale di Xavier Niel sta rivoluzionando il mercato del mobile, con un’offerta low cost capace di garantire, con 20 euro di tariffa mensile, navigazione, chiamate e sms illimitati:

“In your pocket you have three things: your keys, your phone and your wallet,” he says. “I think of those three only one will remain: your phone.” He believes telecoms should charge for access and make money by selling the ID and payment services, not voice and SMS. It’s one of the reasons he loves Square, Jack Dorsey’s payment company, where he is an angel investor. “It is crazy to pay for voice by the minute as voice is so cheap,” he says. Even SMS texting is a lot of money and he finds that crazy. “We are trying to be the cheapest mobile service in France,” he adds.

Vista dall’Italia – la nazione non solo dei fax e della carta carbone, ma anche delle chiavette Internet – fa una certa impressione, e fa riflettere sul grado della nostra arretratezza tecnologica. Addavenì il nostro Xavier Niel…