Prepaid Wireless Tracker - July 2009 Issue
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Page Plus Tex Messaging Bundles for Heavy
Users
2,000
messages for $10.95 or 5,000 messages for $19.95. One of the
only
providers to offer text message bundles on classic PAYG plans.
Perhaps a good deal for some users; thoughts?
Prepaid
and
Gross Subscribers in the United States Keep the Wireless Market Growing
PressReleasePoint
(press
release) - Madruai, Tamilnadu, India
More
evidence that prepaid wireless pricing is continuing to be very
competitive, and certainly resulting in driving down the effective
benefit of postpaid plans.
Wireless
Mobile Broadband Data Service
Now Available in an On-Demand Model
(source article removed)
Rovair
now offers its rental service in an on-demand manner. Allows
people
with a compatible
Verizon or Sprint broadband modem to purchase
on-demand broadband service without the need to worry about receiving
or returning rental equipment. Great idea!
Boost
Mobile Unveils Messaging
Phone: i465 “Clutch”
(source article removed)
By Prepaid Phones
The first
ever QWERTY iDEN device. Great news for avid iDEN text
messagers.
However, compared to what's available in the current handset
marketplace, a pretty uninspiring phone, particularly at $129.99.
Oh well.
For
Boost Mobile, 50 Is the Magic
Number
(source article removed)
Brandweek
Magazine - New
York,NY,USA
Great interview with Vice President of Marketing at Boost Mobile
discussing their $50 monthly unlimited offering. A good read!
TracFone
Offers New Cut-Rate Prepaid
Cell Plan (source article removed)
USA Today - USA
$30 gets you 1000 minutes, 1000 texts/MMS, and 30 MB of
data over Verizon's network. Although availability is still
limited, I think this is a new plan worth getting excited about.
For many of us, 1000 minutes and 1000 texts is mre than
sufficient, and a better value than going with a fully unlimited plan.
Why
Carriers Are Resisting Prepaid
or Are They?
(source article removed)
By PJ Louis
Despite
some carriers believing that prepaid does not offer a profitable
business model, it really is here to stay, and one only needs
to look
at Europe to see how prominent and successful it is.
Definitely a
good article to spur discussion!
Virgin
Mobile USA to Introduce Broadband2Go
(source article removed)
Market Wire
(press release) -
USA
Many are voicing concerns over
Virgin's
pricing of their broadband plans (i.e. too high!), however, generally,
this new entrant
is great news for the prepaid broadband market, and for customers in
general.
MetroPCS: Unlimited
International Calling For
$5
New York, NY, USA
MetroPCS launches
international voice calling bundle. For many
it offers
significant value. Just don't forget to read the small print,
because not all countries are included, and there are differences
between calling mobile and landline phones.
What's New at
Prepaid-Wireless-Guide.com?
- Updated
PAYG
and Daily
comparison charts with new Page Plus Power Text plans (launched June 1st).
- Updated
Prepaid
Broadband chart to reflect that Hele by Mobi PCS is now being
offered on
Oahu, Maui and Hawaii
at 3G
EVDO Speeds. You can get 1xRTT on the islands of Molokai and Kauai.
Thank you
Jeff!
- Updated
Prepaid
Mobile Email with Cricket Motorola Hint QWERTY device.
- Added
new pages on Airplane
Broadband.
- Updated
Prepaid
Broadband Plans comparison table to reflect that Slingshot
has discontinued
services due to pending litigation with Sprint.
- Added
new page on Rovair
On-Demand aircard rental service.
Comments? Ideas? Feedback? I'd love
to hear from you. Just
reply to this zine and tell me what you think!
Cheers!
PrepaidWirelessGuy
