Data Plans

AT&T to offer larger data plans for businesses

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 a 11:03 am

AT&T is rolling out new, large data plans aimed at businesses. The new plans start at $300 per month for 30GB of data, with 40GB going for $400 per month, and 50GB for $500.

All 700 Orange and T-Mobile shops to be re-branded as EE by the end of the month

By James Richardson, Friday, Oct 12, 2012 a 12:16 pm

Today EE (formerly Everything Everywhere) announced that all 700 of the Orange and T-Mobile stores will be re-branded as EE by the end of the month to coincide with the 4G roll out. The news arrives along with some special EE staff training that is happening at the NEC in Birmingham where 12,000 internal staff and 3000 partners will learn about the new brand.

EE (T-Mobile & Orange) announce iPhone 5 pricing and new data plans

By James Richardson, Friday, Sep 14, 2012 a 9:39 am

Pre-orders are now open at EE UK for the iPhone 5 and as well as giving you the ability to get your order in quick I am pleased to say they have some new data packages to cope with the ever evolving cloud options that us smartphone users now get. Users will also have the option to switch over to the 4G service once it goes live here in the UK. As you would imagine prices of Apples new iPhone are pretty steep but EE have some nice options depending on which model and which data allowance you will require. The following information I have acquired from the Orange website, however T-Mobile do have some slight alternatives.

AT&T will require you to be on a Mobile Share plan to use FaceTime over cellular

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Aug 17, 2012 a 4:52 pm

iOS 6 will allow users to use FaceTime over the cellular network as opposed to just Wi-Fi. AT&T has released a statement saying they will not charge extra for the FaceTime over cellular feature but you'll need to be on one of their new Mobile Share plans in order to have access to it.

Verizon killing off unlimited plans with new LTE device purchases

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, May 16, 2012 a 11:08 pm

Verizon's CFO Fran Shammo mentioned at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media, and Telecom conference recently that anyone migrating from 3G to 4G devices won't be able to grandfather in their old unlimited plan and will have to instead take a data share plan scheduled to launch this summer.

Fat pipe vs small bucket: How carriers should address data-hungry LTE iPads

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, Mar 21, 2012 a 4:56 pm

iOS 5.1 snuck in a 4G indicator on the AT&T iPhone 4S. When asked if they felt like their phone was running at mind-bending speed, one commenter smartly replied "Lightning fast. I can't wait to get throttled even sooner now." This encapsulates the conundrum of 4G data, and a problem currently faced by new LTE iPad owners.

“I’m not going to shoot myself in the foot,” he said. Not offering an unlimited plan would put up a barrier for customers who might otherwise switch from AT&T, he said. The country’s No. 2 carrier still has millions of subscribers grandfathered into unlimited plans they signed up for before AT&T switched to tiered pricing last summer.