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AT&T WIRELESS BRINGS FLAT-RATE PRICING TO CDPD DATA
Taking a cue from its recently introduced Digital One-Rate
calling plans, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. [T] is implementing
monthly flat-rate pricing with unlimited airtime for CDPD-based
wireless data. Data-savvy subscribers can choose from a pair of
pricing plans: Local Unlimited, which carries a monthly rate of
$54.99, plus an additional roaming fee of 5 cents per kilobyte
where CDPD coverage is not available; and National Unlimited,
which has a $64.99 monthly rate with no roaming charges. The
latter plan is designed for frequent travelers who need wireless
access to information from various locations across the country.
Kendra VanderMeulen, senior vice president and general
manager of the AT&T Wireless Data division, said subscribers
will benefit from the company's pricing plans in three
ways-"simplicity, practical solutions and value for their money.
They're getting it all now at unprecedented levels." Both the
Local Unlimited and National Unlimited plans are targeted at
subscribers who send and receive an average of one megabyte or
more of wireless information per month. CDPD rates typically
are based on a variable charge for each kilobyte of data
transmitted over a network.
AT&T Wireless operates CDPD service in 48 U.S. markets,
including New York City, the San Francisco Bay area, Dallas-Ft.
Worth, Minneapolis, Miami, Denver and Seattle; the company also
has concluded CDPD interconnection agreements covering another
56 markets. Subscribers to either of the new pricing plans will
incur a one-time $45 activation fee for each subscriber unit to
which the attach a CDPD-based modem. There is a one-year
minimum service term for each activated subscriber unit, AT&T
Wireless said. (Brad Stevens, AT&T Wireless Services, 425/803-
4020.)
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