PhoneNews.com 2-Month Giveaway XIV: T-Mobile To Go Kits… Lots of Kits…
T-Mobile this week became the first prepaid carrier to offer standalone prepaid SIM kits for their service. These kits have everything you need to set up a prepaid account with your existing GSM phone (either from T-Mobile or unlocked). Why no carrier has done this before is beyond us, but we’re happy to give away […]
iPhone Prepaid Users Suffer Internet Outage (Updated Again)
AT&T customers that are on iPhone’s GoPhone prepaid service have been encountering a loss of all data services on their device. While AT&T and Apple encourage customers to sign for a contract plan, AT&T does offer iPhone as a prepaid device using the GoPhone Pick Your Plan plans. These plans are fully supported by both […]
AT&T Brings Symbian S60 to the Prepaid Masses
AT&T has begun offering the Nokia N75 as a GoPhone Pick Your Plan offering. This is the first time that the S60 platform has been released and promoted in a prepaid offering. The nation’s largest wireless service provider has been expanding efforts to increase data usage amongst prepaid users. This has largely been spurred by […]
Cingular Charges Postpaid, Rewards Prepaid TDMA Customers
Cingular beginning next month will insert an administrative charge of $5 per month for customers who have not migrated to Cingular’s GSM network. The fee is to encourage migration, and reduce the remaining TDMA customer base. In internal memos obtained by PCS Intel, Cingular will attempt to leverage this charge in order to push forward […]
STI Mobile Pushes New “Free” Prepaid Phones
We’ve covered STI Mobile in the past… one of the few MVNOs to actually add value beyond marketing hype, by launching the first reasonable prepaid data rate in the industry of $.10 per day. However, phone prices quickly rose after many campaigns of free-after-rebate devices. Now STI Mobile is back with a new idea… compensating […]
AT&T: Free2Go Rate Improvements
AT&T has made a few improvements to their Free2Go prepaid program that makes it more appealing than ever. First, they have reverted to a 90 day length for all prepaid cards, which is what used to be offered before AT&T had a 45 day lifetime on each value. This means that a $10 (the lowest […]