Verizon, an Elite Government Cell Phone Service Provider Brings Back the Unlimited Plan

Verizon is an elite Government cell phone service provider and has now resurrected their unlimited data plan, which hasn’t been available since July 2011. This Government assistance cell phone service provider reintroduces this plan to remain in the league of the fierce competition between the top cell phone service companies.

David Eger, a senior equity analyst with Edwards Jones says “Verizon was sitting out here as the only one that didn’t have an offering,” since all the giant cell phone service companies, like AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile offer unlimited plans.

What Drives Verizon to Come Out With this Plan?

Verizon is bringing back unlimited data, and its general competitive strategy due to last quarter’s statics. The report says that T-Mobile has added 857,000 and Sprint added 347,000 customers, while Verizon lost 36,000 subscribers. So, the company is expecting that their new plan will significantly bestow a positive impact in the upcoming quarter.

Price Comparisons between Different Government Cell Phone Service Providers

The price of the Government cell phone service provider Verizon’s new plan is $80 for one line and $180 for four lines. It is more costly than Sprint and T-Mobile that offer the single line for $60 and $70 and the 4 lines for $160. AT&T has a single line price of $100, whereas for four lines, the customers will pay $180.

People’s response to the Verizon’s Unlimited Plan

Investors see many benefits of this cell phone service company’s new plan. People are excited about the new plan, leading to new customers. Though this plan has only been around for a very short time, Verizon’s President of Operations John Stratton at a Deutsche Bank conference said “we’ve seen a pretty huge rush to unlimited.” Today, people do not look for a cell phone service carrier offering the maximum data, but go for the fastest and most reliable service provider. And Verizon outshines in this scenario as the company has been getting a lot more attention from customers, investors, and the media due to satisfactory services.

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Drawbacks for Verizon due to its Unlimited Plan

Undoubtedly, the cell phone service company Verizon will get more customers, but its top paying customers’ bills will go down significantly. Customers using enormous data and paying penalties frequently due to exceeded data allowance can now pay a flat fee for the unlimited data and avoid all penalties. Also, Verizon will have to spend a hefty amount of money on maintaining a superfast network. The company will be spending $11.3 billion in the upcoming months to maintain the high speed network. This is much more than T-Mobile, which is spending $5.1 billion.

Conclusion   

The Verizon unlimited plan is more expensive than T-Mobile, but it is justified due to the superior network. People are flocking to its new plan due to the exceptional benefits. The appetite of customers to watch YouTube videos, go on Facebook, and send Snapchats will keep increasing in the future. At a time when data usage is on the rise, providing an unlimited data plan is inherently risky, but Verizon made the move to remain competitive.

How Government Cell Phone Service Provider Verizon’s Unlimited Plan Affects T-Mobile

T-Mobile is a well-known Government cell phone service provider that has introduced several exceptional mobile and data plans for its customers. Its new unlimited data plan, known as T-Mobile One has made enormous changes in the wireless industry. All major U.S. carriers have responded since the new plan's inception last autumn. Verizon Communications is a reputed cellular phone service provider and was the biggest holdout, however, it has also started offering an unlimited data plan.

The Government cell phone service provider Verizon’s new plan is more expensive than T-Mobile's but, the company is promoting it’s network strength to justify its higher pricing. T-Mobile is immensely targeting Verizon for charging overages. To answer this, Verizon, the Government cell phone service provider, has to ensure utmost network quality.

Recently, at a Deutsche Bank conference, CFO Braxton Carter of the renowned cellular phone service provider T-Mobile, spoke about the impact of Verizon's new plan on the Un-carrier.

According to T-Mobile, there has been a consistent net add in its subscribers against all three major Government cell phone service providers for the last several years. T-Mobile regularly reports its porting ratios, i.e. the number of customers switching to T-Mobile versus those switching from it, with each of the wireless carriers every quarter.

Before Verizon's unlimited plan, T-Mobile's porting ratio with Verizon was the highest ever in the first quarter, i.e. around 3 to 1, as per the report by Carter. After the cellular phone service provider Verizon launched its unlimited offering, "For four days we went slightly negative. You know, in the 0.9. I think one day it was in the 0.8's," Carter said. "On the fifth day, it started getting back up into positive territory."

Porting ratios have improved every week subsequently. In the first week of March, Carter reported porting ratios around 1.5. Last week, it has scaled into the 2-to-1 range. In the first quarter of last year, T-Mobile posted a 1.34 porting ratio with Verizon.

T-Mobile’s actions to keep customers away from Verizon

A prime factor in T-Mobile's capability to augment net subscribers every quarter is its ability to decrease churn, i.e. the percentage of subscribers canceling every month. From 2013 to 2016, it has been observed that the churn fell from 1.69% to 1.30%.

In the previous year, T-Mobile has bagged the top position in the Nielsen Mobile Inisghts' customer satisfaction survey. Therefore, when Verizon introduced its unlimited plan, some of the T-Mobile subscribers were actually looking to switch.

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The main feature for growing customer loyalty is T-Mobile's various Un-carrier initiatives. Now, it is focusing on the pricing. T-Mobile started including taxes and fees in its advertised pricing and is allowing customers to keep their pricing the same for the life of their relationship with the wireless carrier. Several customers are avoiding Verizon as they will be unable to get back to their current T-Mobile plan at their present pricing.

T-Mobile, the popular cellular phone service provider, is giving potential customers all the reasons to switch and lock in its best pricing. It is also running a promotional offer for two unlimited lines for $100 every month after the introduction of Verizon's unlimited plan.

T-Mobile is striving to deliver the best value in wireless, so that customers do not look elsewhere for options.

AT&T Launches Stream Saver Video Regulating Feature

AT&T is an elite name, offering exceptional cell phone service and other plans to its customers. Recently, this cellular phone service provider has launched a new Stream Saver feature for its customers.

Details About AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation, located at Whitacre Tower in downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the second largest mobile telephone services provider and the largest fixed telephone services provider in the United States. It is the largest telecommunications company in the world by revenue. AT&T has maintained a good name by offering exceptional cell phone service and other plans to its customers. It also offers broadband subscription television services through DirecTV. 

AT&T is the third largest company in Texas, and as of February 2017, it is the 12th largest company globally as analyzed by a composite of revenues, assets, profits, and market value, and the 12th largest non-oil company. As of 2017, it is also the 18th-largest mobile telecom operator worldwide, with 135 million mobile customers. It was ranked at 4 as the world's most valuable brands published by Brand Finance for the year 2017.

AT&T Inc. started its foundation as Southwestern Bell Corporation, one of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies formed in 1983 in the divestiture of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company following the 1982 United States v. AT&T antitrust lawsuit. In the year 1995, Southwestern Bell transformed its name to SBC Communications Inc. In 2005, SBC bought previous parent AT&T Corp. and took on its branding, with the combined entity naming itself AT&T Inc. and using the iconic AT&T Corp. logo and stock-trading symbol.

This is the brief history of the renowned cellular phone service provider,  AT&T. Now, let’s talk about its latest stream saver video regulating feature:

Back in November we heard the first news of AT&T's Stream Saver feature. When it is activated, the HD video (720p) is reduced to standard video (480p), offering DVD quality video. In this way, the users with a data bucket can save some data while viewing streaming videos. This feature is now automatically enabled on AT&T and GoPhone pre-paid plans.

The stream saver video regulating feature is on by default. So, customers can turn Stream Saver off by visiting the AT&T website and its “Manage my data” account page. Once it is turned off, wait for five minutes and then perform a complete smartphone reboot for the change to fully take effect.

You can even sign up to use AT&T’s standalone unlimited plans. This will consist of the carrier’s $90 a month Unlimited Plus plan, supporting HD video streaming, though total download speeds are reduced for the rest of the month after consuming over 22GB data per billing cycle.

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If you are using the carrier's Unlimited Plus data plan, you will want to disable Stream Saver immediately  because it streams video without limits at a 720p resolution. If you are subscribed to AT&T Unlimited Choice, you do not have to make any changes since streaming is done at 480p.

There is a mixed response to AT&T’s new feature. Let see how it works in the future.

Get Verizon's 5G broadband service for Free

Verizon, a Government cell phone service provider is launching a 5G large-scale test as a home broadband replacement service. It is super-fast but not a full cellular service like 4G LTE. It has been initiated in 11 markets across the US, namely Ann Arbor, Michigan, Atlanta, Bernardsville, New Jersey, Brockton, Massachusetts, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami, Sacramento, Seattle and Washington, DC. Verizon Wireless is also known for offering exceptional cellular phone service plans. 

5G is assumed to be 10 times faster in comparison to Google Fiber, which delivers internet services at the speed of 1 gigabit per second. So, this will certainly power all your home browsing needs. As of now, around 400 to 500 people will take part in this trial program. Below are the complete details of the 5G plan:

First, let’s get to know 5G! It is the acronym for the fifth-generation of wireless technology and promises to be electric fast. It is super-responsive, and power efficient; you will certainly like it. Users can enjoy its complete potential in the coming years when the industry will set common ground rules for everyone to follow. The best thing about a wireless connection is that there will be no need for a cable repairman to come into your home and drill holes through the walls to pull in physical lines.

Verizon, a known Government cell phone service provider, is aiming to replace your home cable or DSL modem by combining various principles and technologies to provide home broadband service.  Until now, even Verizon has not confirmed how fast 5G will be, but the internal trials have shown a speed of up to 20 gigabits per second, or 20 times faster than Google Fiber. You might be thinking “when is this cellular phone service provider going to launch its service”?

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Verizon will start rolling out the service this year. Adam Koeppe, vice president of network technology planning, said the company would begin issuing mailers to potential customers by the end of March 2017.

How are users chosen for this service?

Koeppe said that mailers would be sent out to people depending on their location, and how close they are to the 5G infrastructure. Anyone is eligible for the service. It is not restricted to the existing Verizon cellular phone service user or wireless customer. Verizon, the Government cell phone service provider is looking for a cross section of single-family homes, apartment buildings and businesses. Contact Verizon if you get one of these mailers. Its sales team will visit your place to explain the service.

Know the details of the installation process

Since it is a field test, Verizon’s service technicians will come to your home or business to set everything up. Koeppe said that the 5G modem is larger as compared to your standard cable or DSL box. As it is picking up a cellular signal, so there are possibilities that the company will have to add an extra antenna outside your home. You will not have to spend a penny in getting these services.