Sprint’s New Promotion Trick: A Desperate Move to Get More Customers

Amidst the merger talks with T-Mobile, Sprint made quite a desperate move in the market that is termed as an aggressive promotion technique. On Tuesday, the 4^th largest US telecom carrier launched its new unlimited plan that is directed to loot the customers of its rivals.

The Plan

“Stop feeling ripped-off by Verizon”, says the introductory line of the Unlimited Plan launched by Sprint. This shows the direct approach of Sprint’s new free government cell phone plan to target the customers of Verizon.  

The plan offers a years’ worth of unlimited data, talk, and text. It is available for the customers who bring their own device from the other telecom giants, especially Verizon. The customers must own the device that they bring for the offer.  

The offer lasts until 30^th June. According to the plan, the customer has to pay the admin fee of $1.99 for one month and for the SIM card, a sum of $2.99 is to be paid, plus the taxes.

Throughout this unlimited government cell phone plan, the customer will enjoy 4G LTE data with the data speed of 1.5 Mbps for music and 8 Mbps for streaming games. As for the videos, one can watch HD videos in 1080p.

Mobile hotspot of around 10 GB is also available with the plan. After you’ve spent the mobile hotspot allowance, the speed of the hotspot is dropped to 2G. To renew the hotspot data, you will need to buy it again and it costs around $15 for 1 GB.

Sprint’s new free government cell phone plan is available to those who sign up for automatic payment of bills. The eligible phones are of a handful of manufacturers like Apple, Samsung, Google, and Motorola.

Sprint’s Idea behind the Plan

Evidently, Sprint is targeting its rivals and to be very precise – Verizon. However, the execution of the unlimited free government cell phone plan by Sprint is being done in a smart manner. With a very low cost, the carrier is experimenting in the telecom market.

The plan is offered online and all the marketing and promotions are done on Sprint’s official website. There is no physical promotion on billboards or even on TV. This shows that Sprint is cutting low on the costs that it might have incurred in the marketing of the plan.

Also, Sprint is not aiming for immediate results. Slowly and steadily, the government cell phone service provider is seeking better results by defeating its rivals and inducing their customers to switch.

The customers who are looking for low-cost government cell phone services and who can bear the slow data speed and deprioritization during network congestion would actually want to switch to Sprint.

No doubt, the plan is worth a look that’s what Sprint intended to do to entice users who are burdened by overpriced data plans.

So, Sprint has made its desperate move. It’s to be seen whether things turn out well or not! Will Sprint bring Verizon’s shares down in the market? The right time will tell! 

T-Mobile Soon to Offer the New iPad Pro Models

Apple announced the release of new iPad hardware in the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017. And a day after the announcement, T-Mobile confirmed that it is going to sell the new iPad models, soon in the following week.

The immediate announcement by the government cell phone service provider shows its alertness and focus on the market and competition.

Here is what all you need to know about the announcement.

About The New iPad Models

The two iPad Pro models launched by Apple are of 10.5 and 12.9 inches. Both the models are available in the storage slots of 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB. All the model variations will be available with T-Mobile, one of the leading government cell phone service providers of the date.

Both the new iPad Pro Models are available in the colors – Space Gray, Silver, and Gold while the 10.5-inch model is available in Rose Gold as well.

The all-new models of iPad are to be offered by T-Mobile online as well as at the T-Mobile stores throughout the US. Thus, if you were planning to switch to T-Mobile’s services or to get another cell phone plan, you’ve got another reason to give it a shot!

The new iPad models come with the 64-bit A10X Fusion chip processor by Apple. This new processor is said to have the CPU performance 30 percent faster and the GPU performance 40 percent faster than the A9X processor chip. The latter is found in the previously launched models of iPad Pro like the previous generation 9.7 and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models.

The new processor is said to make the new iPad Pro models faster and high performing as compared to most laptops and PCs, leading the markets. The promising performance and a great repute of Apple, makes this offer greatly beneficial for T-Mobile, a growing government cell phone service provider of the time.

T-Mobile’s Offer

Just a day after the announcement of the launch of new iPad Pro Models, T-Mobile jumped into action and announced to offer the models along with its cell phone plans.

The T-Mobile ONE customers using AutoPay can add the new models of iPad Pro to their ongoing plans. This way, they can get their tablet and use it with T-Mobile’s unlimited 4G LTE data. All of this, just for $20 a month! 

The offer is considered as a smart decision taken by the leading government cell phone service provider.

What’s the Catch?

With the offer of Apple’s new iPad Pro models with its cell phone plans, T-Mobile is targeting some high-end customers. It is quite a given that the customers who will go for the iPad Pro are surely financially backed and can avail the high-priced cell phone plans of T-Mobile.

Thus, the vision of T-Mobile behind the offer is quite clear as the service provider is targeting its pick of the bunch customers so as to expand its services through its expensive plans and earn profits. This offer will not only make the customer base of T-Mobile stronger but will also help it stay much ahead in the competition.

Thus, T-Mobile is again going to beat its fellow government cell phone service providers with this smart move.

Cell Phone Service Provider, AT&T Introduces 4G Cellular in Nome

At the beginning of this month, the renowned cell phone service provider AT&T began offering its Nome customers a 4G network. Regardless of the enhanced coverage, more local support for AT&T customers won’t be included in the upgrade.  

AT&T’s Director of External Affairs for Alaska, Shawn Uschmann, says that the company has invested over $150 million in network upgrades throughout the State between the years 2014 to 2016.

On asking Uschmann why a 4G network was introduced just freshly in Nome, he answered, “AT&T launched 4G service in Nome to improve the customer experience, and with these investments, our customers are going to see increased reliability, coverage, speed, and overall performance on the network, and that is definitely something they are going to see in Nome.”

                                    

He continued, “These investments also improve critical network services that we use to support public safety and first responders throughout the state of Alaska, specifically in Nome.”

The giant cell phone service provider has used the existing infrastructure to establish a 4G network in Nome. Thus, it has not built any separate AT&T towers to accommodate the service. To execute the 4G project, the company’s employees from different Alaskan locations and several contractors are working together.

“This was a big job for us,” Uschmann said. “It’s going to be a game changer, we think, for Nome when the customers see the increased data speeds and get to experience that in real time; we hope it’s happening right now. We really look forward to hearing from our customers and what those experiences are.”

Some of the citizens in Nome have shared their experience. They have faced diverse problems with their phones since 4G was turned on. There were more frequent dropped calls or a poor network connection between the caller and the receiver.

Uschmann said that in case customers face any issue, they can report to AT&T by calling 611 from their cellphone or a national customer support number.

“Again, this is the same call center that handles calls nationwide for AT&T, so we’re comfortable with the level of support that they’re going to be able to provide, and we think the customers in Nome are going to be pleased with the experiences they have calling into those numbers,” Uschmann stated.

According to the director of the cellular phone service provider, the company never discloses any details about the number of customers it covers in a given area, therefore, there is no information about the number of people using AT&T service in Nome. However, the company has plans to include any additional staff as they can manage the performance of its network remotely.

Presently, a small team from the cellular phone service company is visiting with its local partners, including Kawerak and the City of Nome for the day.