Prepaid Wireless Tracker - May 2010 Issue
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Ready
Wireless Announces Provision
of Ready Broadband Across 18 U.S. Airports
TMCnet
I get a lot of inquiries from people traveling who are looking for
short term
wireless Internet access. Offering its products in airports is a great
strategic move for Ready Wireless. I expect we’ll see more options for
travelers over time as the prepaid broadband market matures.
Ready Wireless Launches
Prepaid Broadband in Walgreens
Ready Mobile is rolling out its broadband product
in Walgreens
stores across the U.S. It’s
great to see
Prepaid Broadband products
continue to become more accessible in mainstream retailers.
Gogo
Inflight Internet Introduces
Monthly Subscription
PR
Newswire
(press release)
Frequent flyers can now buy a monthly subscription for $34.95 that
provides unlimited
access on any Gogo-equipped flights.
Walmart
to Roll Out Ad Campaign Touting
Straight Talk Service
RCR
Wireless
With Walmart’s support, Straight Talk is likely to take significant
strides in
building its brand. It’s
also likely to
help draw attention/awareness to flat rate, no contract plans in
general, which
is great news for the prepaid plans in general.
InComm
and Qpay Have Entered Into a
Definitive Merger Agreement
By
epayments
Call it what they will, this smells like another inComm acquisition to
expand
its distribution network. Definitely
a
wise move as competitive pressures in mass retail continue to
accelerate.
Prepaid
Wireless Outpaces Contract Services
CNET
Two-thirds of all wireless activations in the U.S. in 4Q09 were on
prepaid
plans. While this
is no surprise, and
arguably not even news worthy, it’s great to continue reporting on the
amazing
growth of no contract plans!
T-Mobile
to Offer New Prepaid Monthly
Plans and
Hourly Web
Access Option May 16th
ZDNet (blog)
Rumor has it that it
will be unlimited talk and text for
$50, unlimited
text and $0.10/min calling for $15 per month, and $0.99 per hour for
Web
access. While pay
per use Web access is
great news, and meets an unaddressed need, the voice plans are arguably
not
very competitive.
What's New at
Prepaid-Wireless-Guide.com?
- Updated
Airline
Internet table for all airlines
- Updated
Prepaid
Wireless Broadband Plans to reflect new
T-Mobile
overage pricing & clarify that no contract pricing for modem
must be
purchase on the phone or in a store
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PrepaidWirelessGuy
