Prepaid
Wireless Tracker - August 2009 Issue
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Ready Wireless jumps on
unlimited bandwagon
FierceWireless
- Washington, DC, USA
Ready Mobile launches a 3-day and 7-day unlimited plan with pretty
competitive
pricing. It’s
great to see more options
for customers!
Lowballin': TracFone Launches
$45 Prepaid Unlimited
Offer
Billing
World - Westminster, CO, USA
TracFone’s new Straight Talk Unlimited plan is definitely in
response to the
$50 unlimited offerings that have come to market as of late. Whether this pricing is
sustainable still
remains to be seen; we hope so! The
program is in trial mode, and not yet widely available.
Analyst: Straight Talk plan
getting traction in
Atlanta
FierceWireless
- Washington, DC, USA
Early results are promising for TracFone’s new/first monthly
plan. We’ll
see if they’re able to successful exit
trial mode, and expand their distribution.
Boost Mobile Drops Prices For
CDMA Customers
InformationWeek - Manhasset, NY, USA
Boost drops the price of its CDMA UNLTD plan to bring it more in line
with its
iDEN Monthly Unlimited plan. Note,
however, that telco taxes and reload fees still apply to their CDMA
plan, so
the iDEN version is still a better deal if you don’t mind the
iDEN handsets and
network.
US Airways to add in-flight
Wi-Fi
USA Today - USA
Wi-Fi in the sky is the latest prepaid Internet offering that starting
to gain
traction. US
Airways is the latest carrier to add the service via
Aircell's Gogo program.
IP Carrier: 50% to 60% of New
Prepaid Wireless
Users Will Never Go ...
By
Gary Kim
The only thing stopping the
penetration
figure from reaching 90% or more is the availability of better handsets
and a
full suite of services. Although
it’s
been improving significantly, until people can access prepaid iPhones,
Palm
Pres, and reasonable data pricing, postpaid will still have value to
many
customers. That
said, prepaid has been
growing leaps and bounds, and we can expect this trend to continue!
Sprint Nextel Buying Virgin
Mobile Prepaid Service
Washington Post
Sprint buys Virgin Mobile in $483 million deal.
What will become of the Boost and Virgin brands? I’m currently
preparing new content with a
complete discussion of Sprint’s branding strategy as a result
of this new
purchase.
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