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Ungenutzte und falsch zugeordnete Zusatzleistungen in Familien-Tarifhierarchien
Quantified (LOGIC): ca. 1–2 % des Service-Umsatzes aus Family/Multi-SIM-Plänen; Beispiel: bei 150.000 betroffenen Anschlüssen à 40 AUD/Monat ≈ 720.000–1.440.000 AUD Umsatzleck pro Jahr.Australian family and shared mobile plans pool data and bundle multiple SIMs under one billing account, often with tiered inclusions, add‑ons and kids plans.[4][6][7][8][9] When account hierarchies are updated manually (adding/removing family members, kids SIMs, tablets, watches) providers risk leaving paid options active on inactive or low‑usage sub‑lines and failing to bill overage or premium services correctly. Reviews of Australian offerings highlight that providers allow up to 10–20 bundled services and shared data pools.[4] With average ARPU per mobile service around AUD 35–45, even a small rate of unused but paid inclusions (e.g. international call packs, data top‑ups linked to specific sub‑services) and mis‑rated usage across complex hierarchies can easily reach 1–2% of mobile service revenue. LOGIC: For a mid‑size telco with 500,000 mobile services and 20–30% of them in shared/family hierarchies, a 1% revenue leakage on add‑ons and overage billing equates to roughly AUD 1–3 million per year. This arises from: (1) add‑ons not disabled when members leave the plan; (2) manual errors when reallocating pooled data limits; (3) mis‑configured rating rules across parent/child accounts; and (4) goodwill credits issued to resolve customer disputes about perceived double‑charging or unfair data allocation.
Kundenabwanderung durch komplizierte SIM-/eSIM-Aktivierung
Quantified (LOGIC): Angenommen, 2 % der Neukunden erleben erhebliche Aktivierungsprobleme und 25 % dieser Betroffenen entscheiden sich, innerhalb der ersten drei Monate zu kündigen oder zur Konkurrenz zu wechseln (0,5 % Early Churn). Bei 200.000 Neuanschlüssen und einem durchschnittlichen Customer Lifetime Value von AUD 600 pro Anschluss entspricht dies 1.000 verlorenen Kunden × AUD 600 = AUD 600.000 an entgangenem CLV pro Jahr. Verbesserte, friktionsarme Aktivierungsprozesse wie der von Telstra Wholesale beschriebene Rapid eSIM Connect können diese Verluste signifikant reduzieren.[3][4]Australische Provider bieten unterschiedliche Aktivierungskanäle an: Online-Portale, Formularbasierte Aktivierung, QR‑Code‑Flows für eSIM oder automatische Aktivierung nach bestimmter Zeit.[1][2][3][4][7] Spintel weist darauf hin, dass SIMs automatisch nach 7–10 Tagen aktiviert werden, falls der Kunde nicht selbst aktiv wird.[1] Tangerine erklärt, dass Portierungen typischerweise 2–3 Stunden innerhalb definierter Portierungszeiten dauern und Kunden solange warten sollen, bevor sie SIMs wechseln.[3] Telstra Wholesale betont, dass Rapid eSIM Connect die Aktivierung auf einem einzigen Gerät und in einem einzigen Flow ermöglicht und so eine „einfachere, sichere Onboarding-Journey“ schafft, inklusive nahtloser Rufnummernportierung.[4] Diese Anbieter adressieren damit implizit, dass heutige, fragmentierte Prozesse mit mehreren Schritten und Wartezeiten zu Friktion und potenziell abgebrochenen Onboardings und Beschwerden führen. Ein Teil der Kunden wird in dieser Phase abspringen oder frühzeitig wieder kündigen, was direkt Umsatz kostet.
Abrechnungsverzögerungen und Guthaben-Staus in gemeinsamen Datenpools
Quantified (LOGIC): 7.500–30.000 Stunden manuelle Klärung p.a. ≈ 337.500–1.800.000 AUD Personalkosten plus 3–5 Mio. AUD fakturierte, aber verspätet eingehende Forderungen mit 8–10 % Kapitalkosten (≈ 24.000–50.000 AUD p.a.).Shared and family mobile plans in Australia pool data and sometimes voice/SMS allowances across 2–20 services under one main account.[3][4][6][8][9] When members join or leave mid-cycle, or data pool limits change (e.g., through add-on packs), providers must prorate allowances and charges across all sub-accounts and recompute the shared pool. Without hierarchy-aware rating and automated proration, billing teams often hold invoices for manual review or issue estimated bills followed by adjustments. LOGIC: For a telco with 50,000 family/shared accounts, if 5–10% of bills per month require manual checks or adjustments taking 15–30 minutes each across billing and customer service, this is roughly 625–2,500 hours/month (7,500–30,000 hours/year). At fully loaded labour costs of AUD 45–60 per hour, this equates to ~AUD 337,500–1,800,000 in annual handling cost. In addition, contested invoices lead to delayed payment: if 3–5% of bill value for these accounts (e.g., AUD 3–5 million) is paid 30–60 days late pending dispute resolution, the working capital impact at an 8–10% cost of capital is on the order of AUD 24,000–50,000 per year, plus higher bad-debt risk for chronically disputed accounts.
Missbrauch von Family-Plänen durch inoffizielle Weitergabe und Mehrnutzer-Sharing
Quantified (LOGIC): 900.000–2.700.000 AUD p.a. Marge-Erosion durch nicht-haushaltsbezogene Nutzung rabattierter Family-SIMs in einem Beispiel-Portfolio von 50.000 Family-Accounts.Australian providers advertise family and shared plans with significantly discounted per-SIM pricing for additional services and large pooled data volumes (e.g., four SIMs for AUD 165/month at Optus, or multiple bundled plans at Vodafone and Telstra).[4][6][7][8][9] In practice, these offers may be extended beyond the intended household: the primary account holder can add friends, flatmates or even external parties under the same account to exploit bundle discounts, effectively turning the primary customer into an informal reseller. While this is often tolerated commercially up to a point, at scale it undermines pricing structures compared to standard plans and complicates KYC/AML where the actual end user of a SIM is not the same as the contracted customer. LOGIC: If 5–10% of family-plan accounts have at least one non-household user exploiting bundle economics and thereby avoiding a standalone plan that would cost AUD 10–15/month more, the implicit margin erosion for a base of 50,000 family-accounts (average 3 lines, 150,000 lines total) is approximately AUD 900,000–2,700,000 annually (50,000 × 0.05–0.10 × 1 ‚miss-priced‘ SIM × 10–15 AUD × 12). Additionally, fraudulent or abusive usage (e.g., SIMs used for high-risk traffic under a ‘clean’ main account) can lead to higher chargeback and bad-debt losses that are difficult to attribute correctly under the shared hierarchy.