Save Money With Cheaper Wireless Plans

In a highly competitive wireless market, consumers come out on top. Cellphone providers have been ripping us off for years. Now that most Americans have a wireless phone, industry leaders must provide discount incentives to ensure loyalty. Thismeans we can finally look forward to better deals!

Consumers are the winners as wireless plans get cheaper
By: Leslie Cauley
USA TODAY
June 13, 2008

Sprint Nextel (S) and Verizon (VZ) are rolling out new, more consumer-friendly calling plans, reflecting the hyper-competitive state of wireless.
Starting Monday, Sprint will begin offering a new "share" plan that offers 3,000 voice minutes and a bounty of add-ons for $169.99 a month for two lines. Additional lines cost $19.99 each.
In addition to the 50 hours of calling time, subscribers will receive: unlimited messaging and e-mail, unlimited access to the mobile Web, 50 streaming music channels, 25-plus live TV channels, on-demand TV — clips as well as full-length TV shows — and unlimited GPS navigation. For sports fans, there's also unlimited access to NFL Mobile and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile. BlackBerry users also qualify for this plan.
Cheaper plans with fewer services start at $69.99 a month. Depending on the plan, lines can be added for as little as $9.99 a month.
For a family of three, the $169.99 plan represents a $45 savings off Sprint's prior plans, says Walter Piecyk, a telecom analyst at Pali Research. The savings is $60 compared with Verizon and $45 compared with AT&T wireless. The latter don't offer GPS navigation or BlackBerry options, he notes. With prices for gas, food and other necessities rising, Piecyk says Sprint's approach is pitch-perfect.
"If you can save somebody $50 to $60 on a rate plan, they're going to switch," he predicts.
Sprint has been struggling with a string of operational problems related to the Nextel merger. Piecyk says most consumers don't care about that — but they do care an awful lot about saving money.
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Smart Phones Sweep the Nation

Despite a slumping economy and overall decrease in new cellular subscribers, smart phone sales in the U.S. are up 106 % from last year. The largest beneficiary of this growth was Research in Motion, whose BlackBerry phones dazzle consumers.

Gartner: Smart phone sales double in North America

By: Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer

June 6, 2008

NEW YORK - Sales of "smart" phones doubled in North America in the first quarter, outstripping the category's growth in the rest of the world, according to a report by research firm Gartner. North American growth was propelled by the popularity of Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry phones and Apple Inc.'s iPhone, and bodes well for the rumored introduction of second-generation iPhone next week....

Smart-phone sales in North America were 7.3 million units, up 106 percent from the first quarter of last year. RIM, with a U.S. market share of 42 percent, was the main beneficiary.
"Despite economic concerns, the smart-phone market continued to expand in the United States, driven by heavy advertising and strong marketing promotions as more devices reached mass-market price points," said Gartner analyst Hugues De La Vergne. He expects carriers to continue pushing smart phones, because the associated data plans yield higher monthly subscription fees. Worldwide smart-phone sales were 32.2 million, up 29 percent from a year ago, but half of that increase was due to the surge in North America.
The global market-share leader in the category was Nokia Corp., with 46.7 percent. However, its market presence is minimal in the U.S., and its models that don't fit well into the U.S. concept of a smart phone. The Nokia phones can run a variety of applications and have advanced hardware features, but mostly lack the alphabetic keyboards and touch screens that characterize iPhones, BlackBerrys and Palm Inc.'s Treo and Centro phones.

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Slowing Cellular Market Leads to Better Deals

In our slumping economy, it seems like the price of everything is rapidly going up; however, the slowing of the cellular market, and new customer growth, could be silver-lining for consumers. To sharpen their competitive edge and steal subscribers, leading carriers must offer better deals and improve service. When everyone who wants a cellphone has one, the clearest marketing strategy is focusing on customer retention rather than new business.

Slower Cellphone Growth in USA Could Bring Good Deals

By: Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY

May 30, 2008

After years of go-go growth, the number of people signing up for cellphone service in the USA is finally slowing.

That could spell good news for consumers as carriers turn up the marketing heat, says Craig Moffett, a senior analyst at Bernstein Research and author of a report documenting the trend.
"When operators have no choice but to try to take customers away from each other, they have a natural inclination to sharpen the pencils and make the best offer they can," he says....
Carriers are pinning their hopes on wireless data, which is exploding as Web-enabled wireless devices such as the Apple iPhone start flooding the market.
At AT&T, the sole iPhone distributor in the USA, data revenue is growing by more than 50% every quarter.

Moffett says that's not enough to make up for the waning growth of wireless voice customers, who still account for 87% of revenue growth at Verizon and AT&T....
And Sprint says its future is bright. "We believe the future of wireless is data, and that's our sweet spot," says spokeswoman Leigh Horner. Sprint has teamed with Google and other backers, including wireless visionary Craig McCaw, to build an advanced wireless data network across the USA.
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