Tag archive: wireless phone users

Despite the plethora of wireless plans already vying for our dollars, Wal-Mart launched a new plan that targets the low-to-middle-income families, its core customer base for the stores. Available only through T-Mobile, the Family Mobile service offers unlimited voice and text messaging for $45 a month for the first user. Additional lines will cost $25 total. For a family of four, that’s $120 a month for unlimited voice and text messaging. That’s… Read More

In recognition of National Cellphone Courtesy Month, Sprint (NYSE: FON) has announced the results of The 2004 Sprint Wireless Courtesy Report, a nationwide survey of wireless etiquette. The findings reveal that the overwhelming majority of Americans say people are less courteous today when using a wireless phone, but no one sees themselves as discourteous. Nearly three out of four (73 percent) U.S. adults surveyed said people are less… Read More

That's about to change, however. After years of hesitation, cellular providers are getting close to making wireless numbers available to 411 callers. Although the information service probably won't be available until next year at the earliest, some details already are clear. The centralized database of wireless numbers would be off limits to telemarketers, and consumers would be able to choose whether to have their numbers… Read More