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Verizon data plans expected to be followed by AT&T, others

Verizon’s new data plans announced on Tuesday are expected to be followed by others in the industry as wireless firms focus their attention on charges for Internet data, according to analysts... The new plans, to launch June 28, are expected to motivate families to get more devices onto a single plan, according to analyst Craig Moffett, of Sanford C. Bernstein. That business strategy benefits the biggest wireless carriers — AT&T and Verizon Wireless — and presents new problems for competitors trying to chip away at those firms’ dominance.

 

Verizon to End Unlimited Data Plans

Verizon to End Unlimited Data Plans

Verizon Wireless plans to scrap its unlimited data plan for new smartphone subscribers beginning Thursday and replace it with monthly packages that range from $30 to $80.

Senh: Who knew - AT&T was ahead of the game.

 

AT&T Tweaks Data Plan for iPad 2

AT&T is adding a postpaid billing option for tablet customers, though its pricing is largely unchanged: $15 or $25 a month based on data usage.

 

Verizon Rethinks Data Pricing

Verizon Rethinks Data Pricing

Verizon executives are exploring ways to charge consumers based on the speed of their wireless data connection in addition to the amount of data they use.

 

Google, Verizon Said to Have Deal on Web Traffic

Verizon Communications Inc. and Google Inc. reached a deal on how to handle Internet traffic, striking their own accord on policy being weighed by U.S. officials, two people briefed by the companies said today.

Senh: Why? This Google/Verizon deal sounds like it'll mirror AT&T's tiered pricing plan, which will definitely anger customers. I'm glad I'm still on T-Mobile and hoping that they will not join them in the tiered pricing plan.

 

Verizon May Follow AT&T to Tiered Pricing

Comments by Verizon's CFO suggest the company is considering following rival AT&T into a tiered pricing structure for its mobile data services. Verizon Wireless' Chief Financial Officer John Killian suggested the company may consider following a move ...

 

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