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Tuesday 22 November 2016

AT&T Planning to Limit Video Quality by Default Even for Unlimited Cell Phone Plan Users


The wind does not seem to be blowing in the favor of AT&T cellular phone service users. Now the company has decided to limit the quality of videos on mobile for all of its customers. This is likely to happen in early 2017. The company is all set make good use of a new feature called the Stream Saver for controlling the quality of videos on mobile to DVD resolution of about 480p.

What is the Big Deal?

AT&T Cellular Phone service subscribers definitely have something to worry about in this news. Users can opt out of Stream Saver. However, it is surely going to be enabled for customers by default. Even customers with an unlimited data plan have not been spared.

Reason:

This decision by AT&T is nothing less than Donald Trump’s shocking win in the US Presidential election. AT&T has solid reasons of its own for making this decision. Let’s take a good look at all of them below:
•    AT&T Cellular Phone Service customers will be able to keep their data usage under 22 GB.
•    The company reserves the right of reducing unlimited data plans when any customers exceeds the data usage of 22 GB a month.

AT&T Says…

The company will surely notify users after their Saver has been activated. According to the announcement made by AT&T, all the users will also be guided about how to switch the Stream Saver off and back on. AT&T customers using an unlimited data plan may welcome this feature wholeheartedly as it helps them keep their data usage way less than 22 GB every month.

"It’s your choice. You can still stream video in higher resolution, when available, whenever you choose," Says AT&T. "You control Stream Saver and can turn it off or back on for any qualified line at any time at myAT&T or Premier for business customers. There is no charge to disable or enable Stream Saver."

Coming to the multi-line accounts, it will feasible to turn Stream Saver off for some lines only. It is likely to be available both for AT&T’s postpaid cell phone plan and AT&T GoPhone prepaid plans.

In addition, Stream Saver will play a huge role in the process of limiting the quality of most video. Some content owners can be held responsible for this decision taken by AT&T. They provide content in a way that Stream Saver fails to detect and then optimize the entire video for its cell phone plan users, said AT&T. Stream Saver is applicable only to cell phone plans. Therefore, video will stream in normal quality through Wi-Fi or residential internet connections.

Summary of the Story:

Stream Saver is very much similar to the system applied by T-Mobile for controlling the quality of video. Stream Saver is here to stay. This is why AT&T cell phone plan users will have the luxury of saving their preferences until you decide to change them. This is going to be a very impactful decision for its customers. And it will be very interesting to see the kind of response this decision gets from customers.
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Monday 14 November 2016

Sprint Cell Phone Service Subscribers Will Now Be Able to Pay for Napster through Their Sprint Bill


Finally, Sprint INC. comes forward with some kind of good news for its customers. And the good news is for Sprint’s cellular phone service customers using Napster.

What is so special about it?

The company is putting in some efforts to make it easier for its customers to be able to pay for their Napster subscriptions through their Sprint Bills.  In simple words, if you are a customer of both then you will certainly find it easier to pay for both through your Sprint bill.

Any Advantage Associated?

To be honest, there are not many advantages for cellular phone service users- apart from the fact that they will have the luxury of paying the bills of both Sprint and Napster via their single Sprint Bill. Automatic access to Napster or something like that could make this partnership of the two companies meaningful/advantageous to some extent for Sprint customers.

But Why?

As for reason, anyone signing up for Napster gets one month free access to Napster. Besides this, cell phone service customers of prepaid brands of Sprint like BoostMobile and Virgin Mobile are likely to get access to Napster without having to bother about using up their data.

Who Will Get Benefited by This Partnership?

Only Sprint INC. and Napster are going to be benefitted with this deal to some extent. But the lion’s share of benefits will fall in the lap of Napster. As far as benefits for Sprint INC. are concerned, the company is merely going to get some new cell phone service users and nothing else. Apart from this, this deal is not likely to bring anything special to the company.

This Deal Indicates Something Very Special:

This partnership of the two companies is a strategically thought out move that specially indicates the way different companies are attempting to gain new customers for rapid growth. Napster specially depends on such strategically thought out partnerships for growth. 

However, there is something to notice for every customer. Customers will still be able to pay for their Spotify bills via their Sprint cell phone service bills.

What Else?

This is not the end of everything. Sprint is certainly not the first or new partnership of Napster in any way. The company also declared its partnerships with the likes of Even, known for conducting rigorous audio tests for the iOS app of Napster. In addition to that, Lufthansa Systems, an Airline technology provider, is also in line for offering high quality music for every customer aboard Lufthansa Airline’s Flights.

Moral of the Story:

Coming back to the point, this deal is not of much meaning for Sprint customers as they already get the benefit that both Sprint and Napster are talking about. The deal will simply earn Sprint INC. some new customer whereas Napster will have another strong partnership to rely on for further growth. Now it will surely be very interesting to see the impact of this deal or partnership between the two companies on cellular phone service users and the growth of both the company’s themselves.

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Wednesday 9 November 2016

T-Mobile Subscriber’s Growth Outpaces Verizon Wireless and AT&T




Somehow, T-Mobile has managed to post a profit. This profit has easily exceeded the estimate of analysts. It indicates that the third largest carrier in the US is successfully attracting new phone service subscribers in Kansas and rest of the United States with lower prices. And, the company is not punishing the bottom line in this process. 

T-Mobile Released a Statement:

T-Mobile, in a statement released Monday, said that the adjusted earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation as well as amortization, increased to $2.6 billion. Bloomberg carried out a survey in this regard. As per this survey by Bloomberg, Analysts had predicted this amount to be up to $2.4 billion. The company succeeded in adding almost 969,000 new service subscribers. This average number of new customers predicted by analysts was 829,000. 

What This Result Indicates:

This result is enough to show that Mr. John Legere, the Chief Executive Officer of T-Mobile, is finding more efficient ways for balancing user growth with the cost needed to keep new phone service users in Kansas and the rest of the US coming to the carrier. The shares of the company also rose by 7.5% to the amount of $50.25 Monday. This is T-Mobile’s highest amount of intraday gain in the two previous years. T-Mobile’s stock had been trading at $50.13 by 9:30 AM in the morning. It had gained 20% in 2016 by Friday’s close.

How did it Happen?

It was certainly not easy for the company. T-Mobile succeeded in winning many customers, especially because Verizon Wireless and AT&T struggled to live up to the expectations of their customers. Verizon Wireless came across the worse loss of subscriber growth in the time span of more than six years whereas AT&T had scheduled the announcement of results on Tuesday. Instead of this, the company announced results one and half hours after acquiring Time Warner INC. over the weekend. AT&T announced the eighth straight loss of phone service subscribers in Kansas and the entire US.

John Legere Tweeted!

Mr. John Legere, the CEO of T-Mobile took a dig at AT&T’s eighth straight losses through a tweet. “Yikes @ATT! Terrible Q3 results! Could explain the focus on buying another company. Any other diversion tactics!?” This is what he tweeted on Saturday night. A few days earlier, he had mocked Verizon also through a series of emoji tweets. According to him, his emoji tweets best represented the weak performance of the best carrier in the United States.

T-Mobile is Posting Profit Because…

There are a number of reasons for it. Let’s take a look at all of them below:
  • T-Mobile is pitching video streaming promotions strongly and free of cost. Binge On is the example.
  • Unlimited data plan for families and video lovers who love to watch videos on YouTube and Snap chat but are worried about data cost.
  • The demand of Apple’s iPhone 7 has been growing very strongly. Therefore, the company has introduced $160 unlimited data plans for families of four.
As for a price push, it has been considered to be a great threat for most of the big rivals. And the list of those rivals includes Verizon Wireless and AT&T.

Will T-Mobile be able to increase this profit in times to come? Rival carriers like Verizon Wireless and AT&T won’t sit quietly and sip coffee after posting such huge losses. The battle of wireless growth seems to be getting interesting. Let’s see who wins it!

Tuesday 1 November 2016

T-Mobile Implements $0.01 per Minute Charge for Making Calls to Out-Of-Plan Numbers

 
Who This News is for?
If you are a T-Mobile cellular phone service subscriber, this news is definitely for you.  The company has revised its policy for conference calls. If you frequently have to make important conference calls then you must educate yourself with the new policy of T-Mobile in this regard.

A look at the New Policy:

T-Mobile has recently rolled out a new policy for all the cellular phone service customers who make calls to “out-of-plan phone numbers”. According to this new policy, all T-Mobile’s customers making calls to “out-of-plan phone numbers” will have to pay a $0.01 per minute charge. This charge will be applicable on services such as:
  • Conference calls
  • Chat lines
  • Radio Broadcast lines

T-Mobile Says:

The charge, according to the new policy, will affect calls only to a “Limited number of services”. Most importantly, most conference calls utilized by employers will not be subject to any such charge, confirms T-Mobile.

How You Can Avoid Paying This Charge:

If any cellular phone service subscriber ends-up using any service which is clearly subject to T-Mobile new $0.01 per minute charge, the customer will be warned after the number is dialed. In this way, customers will get an opportunity to hang up and avoid paying any such charges. 

T-Mobile has a Reason Behind Implementing This Charge:

This is not a charge to any existing calling plans. Instead such calls have always been deemed out-of-plan, says T-Mobile. In addition, the company also says that these calls tend to cost more for T-Mobile for competition and this further helps the company in the process of managing those costs.

The Main Culprit:

Seriously, this is not going to be a charge that all or most of the T-Mobile cell phone service subscribers are going to face. However, some folks have faced these charges in recent days, including some of them on Reedit. Services like freeconferencecall.com can be considered as the main culprit for this charge implemented by T-Mobile.

What to Do in Such a Situation?

All T-Mobile cell phone service subscribers are advised either to comply with the advice issued by the company unless they don’t mind paying $0.01 per minute charge for using a better and different level of service. 


At last:

The company has devised this new policy for its cell phone service subscribers for making calls to “out-of-plan phone numbers”.  However, this charge will be applicable for a limited number of services, as said by the company. Has anyone encountered any such $0.01 per minute “out-of-plan phone number” charge so far? If not, then such customers must get ready for it as soon as possible. Coming to the point, considering increasing market competition, it will be very interesting to see the way customers respond or react to this decision by T-Mobile.