Go ahead and dial up those digits–no matter which wireless network you’re calling. AT&T* today announced customers can enjoy unlimited mobile calling to any mobile number in America. Unlimited Mobile to Any Mobile is available to AT&T customers with an unlimited messaging plan and a qualifying voice plan**.

Beginning Thursday, Mobile to Any Mobile will be available to new and existing AT&T customers with a qualifying voice plan who subscribe to unlimited messaging plans. Existing customers with an unlimited messaging plan can activate Mobile to Any Mobile by visiting www.att.com/anymobile. The URL will be available beginning Thursday.

“Mobile to Any Mobile is an exciting offer that will keep our customers connected to the people they want to talk to, when they want to talk to them, without the hassle of watching minutes,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “We’re giving customers more options and even better value. And when you include Rollover Minutes, a benefit available exclusively from AT&T that lets customers keep their unused minutes for all domestic calls, including to landline numbers, it’s clear that AT&T offers the most flexibility in the industry.”

Unlimited messaging is available for $20 per month on an individual plan and $30 per month for a FamilyTalk Plan, which allows for up to five lines.

For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit http://www.att.com/.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

**Mobile to Any Mobile Calling – Available only with select Nation and FamilyTalk plans. Direct calls to & direct calls received from US mobile numbers only. Rollover Minutes: Unused Anytime Mins expire after the 12th billing period. Night & Weekend & Mobile to Mobile mins do not roll over.

Verizon Wireless has started testing a monthly unlimited mobile calling plan similar to one offered by Sprint Nextel Corp. in another sign of pricing pressure in the wireless business.

Verizon Wireless is offering select existing subscribers a plan that provides unlimited data, text messages and in-network mobile-to-mobile calling, as well as 450 anytime minutes, for $69.99 a month.

According to Verizon Wireless spokeswoman, this isn’t an official rate plan, and that customers who enroll get a $20 credit on their existing service.

Still, the carrier’s move highlights the competitive environment, particularly in winning over and keeping the most prosperous of customers. It also marks a continuance of an industry-wide drop in cellphone pricing plans, affecting both the high and low end of the market.

As per the reports, the move would mark the second recent step Verizon Wireless has taken to attract more users to its core service. Last month, it began offering an entry-level $15 monthly data plan. The spokeswoman declined to comment on how many people were offered the plan, or whether it would become an official offering.

The terms imitate the $69.99 Any Mobile, Any Time plan offered by Sprint, launched more than a year ago. Sprint Chief Executive Dan Hesse has often touted the success of the offering.

But Sprint’s plan allows customers to make calls to any cellphone regardless of the carrier; Verizon Wireless allows unlimited calls only within its own network.

According to Sprint spokeswoman, the company believes Sprint’s plans offer the greatest value for customers. Any Mobile Anytime continues to be a differentiator for them.

Nearly a decade ago I can hardly think of having a GSM cell phone to afford but now where ever you go in Pakistan polyphonic ring tones will amuse your ears showing a significant increase in subscribers potential. “With subscriber base increasing every single day and mobile penetration increasing every month, the mobile cellular sector of Pakistan is likely to cross all estimates,” due to cut throat competition between Warid Telecom ,Telenor in addition to already well established Mobilink & Ufone GSM Operators.

“Timely launch of two new cellular companies, continuously improving QoS, expansion of network by a leading operator on monthly basis, reduced taxes and handset prices are all right ingredients for best possible growth pattern any mobile sector can have.”

The country’s cellular subscribers growth has also inspired the international bodies, which paint an impressive picture of Pakistan’s telecom scene. Ten years ago an ordinary person can hardly think of carrying a cell phone but now the situation has completely changed.

“Pakistan’s mobile telecommunications growth continues at an astonishing pace,” said a GSM Association report issued recently. “With six competitors in the market, declining prices, increasing affordability and the next round of competition focusing on price, quality, and enhanced services, Pakistan will continue to be among the fastest growing markets in the world in the next several years.”

Source- http://www.w2forum.com

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