The plant reduced the number of expatriates to a bare minimum on more than one occasion.

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But we already have a number of low-cost, bare-bones mobile voice providers.

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The new options that would be available through the merged companies, including the bare-bones plan, could significantly reduce churn, or the number of subscribers who ditch the service each year, said Tony Wible, an analyst at Citigroup.

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