OT> But a dime ain't good enough yet, and if you go over your set time rate, you'll be charged .25c a minute. There's always a catch unless your talking VoIP connections.
Sprint PCS Unveils All-Inclusive Nationwide Service Plans with Prices as Low as a Dime a Minute, Anytime, Anywhere 'This is the Next Step in the Evolution of National <>
October 2, 1998 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ via
NewsEdge Corporation -- Sprint PCS(R)
today introduced new all-inclusive
Nationwide Service Plans that offer a single
rate, anytime, anywhere on the extensive
all-digital Sprint PCS nationwide wireless
network. The new service plans offer
customers long distance calling at no
additional charge and offer more included
minutes that can be used anywhere on the
Sprint PCS network. Sprint PCS is the
nation's largest, 100-percent digital, 100-
percent PCS nationwide wireless network
serving more than 160 metropolitan markets
including more than 4,000 cities and
communities across the country.
"A minute is a minute no matter where
customers call to or from on our nationwide
network," said Andrew Sukawaty, Sprint
PCS chief executive officer. "As our
all-digital nationwide network continues its
rapid expansion this announcement marks
the next step in the evolution of national
pricing pioneered by Sprint PCS."
Sprint PCS introduced the following
Nationwide Service Plans effective today:
-- $69.99 per month for 600 included
minutes - additional minutes are 25 cents
per minute
-- $99.99 per month for 1,000 included
minutes - additional minutes are 25 cents
per minute
-- $149.99 per month for 1,500 included
minutes - additional minutes are 25 cents
per minute
"Our all-inclusive national plans give
customers access to all the features,
benefits, coverage and value of our
extensive national network at their home
airtime rates anytime and include long
distance calling at no additional charge,"
Sukawaty said. "It's no wonder our
customers are beginning to use their Sprint
PCS phones as their one and only
communications tool every day."
Sprint PCS Nationwide Service Plans include
the following features at no additional
charge:
-- Customers pay only their home rates for
all calls made or received in any
metropolitan market in the Sprint PCS
nationwide network -- now offering service
in more than 160 metropolitan markets
including more than 4,000 cities and
communities across the country.
-- Pay no long distance charges on calls to
anywhere in the United States made from
any Sprint PCS metropolitan market (long
distance charges apply on roaming calls
made off the Sprint PCS network).
-- Caller ID, Call Waiting, Sprint PCS
Voicemail, the first incoming minute is free.
-- With Sprint PCS service there's no
activation fee, no hidden charges and
there's no annual contract required no
matter which Sprint PCS phone you
purchase.
Sprint PCS also announced that the included
minutes on all standard consumer service
plans the company is currently offering to
new customers are now good anywhere on
the Sprint PCS network at no additional
charge. This change makes Sprint PCS Home
Rate USA a standard feature on all Sprint
PCS rate plans for new customers.
"Sprint PCS pioneered customer friendly
innovations such as bundled features and no
required annual contracts," Sukawaty said.
"Sprint PCS built the country's first and
largest all-digital, nationwide PCS network.
In fact, more than a year ago, Sprint PCS
launched the industry's first nationwide
pricing plans. We've been a leader in the
industry's move to a new model, giving
customers real value."
Sukawaty added that Sprint PCS is
continuing its rapid network building
activities, expanding coverage in existing
markets and launching service in a number
of major metropolitan markets. "In addition
to our own launches, we've signed 10
affiliation agreements to date representing
licensed PCS coverage of more than 24
million people in 16 states," he said.
Sprint PCS recently launched service in
Danbury and Stamford, Connecticut; and
Gainesville, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Tampa
and St. Petersburg, Florida; continuing the
company's rapid network expansion. Sprint
PCS service is expected to launch in the
following markets by the end of 1998 or
early 1999: Riverside, San Bernardino and
Ventura, California; Colorado Springs and
Fort Collins, Colorado; Daytona Beach,
Orlando, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago,
Illinois; Las Vegas, Nevada; Charlotte,
Greensboro and Raleigh-Durham, North
Carolina; Cincinnati, Cleveland and
Columbus, Ohio; Chattanooga and Memphis,
Tennessee; Galveston and Houston, Texas;
and Richmond, Virginia.
Sprint PCS has the largest 100 percent
digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless
network in the United States, already
serving 163 metropolitan markets which
include more than 4,000 cities and
communities across the country. Sprint PCS,
together with its affiliates and Sprint
Corporation, has licensed PCS coverage of
nearly 270 million people in all 50 states,
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Sprint PCS is a partnership of Sprint
Corporation, Tele-Communications, Inc.
(TCI), Cox Communications, Inc. and
Comcast Corporation. |
