The other pricing plan introduction we foresee next year is more shared data plans.
Domestic prepaid data plans will be rolled out, available for both phones and modems.
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There will be a big emphasis on data plans this year, both domestic and global.
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The KIN data plans are the same ones Verizon requires for BlackBerrys or other high-end smartphones.
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Samsung Galaxy Note II customers can enjoy an unlimited data experience with Sprint Everything Data plans.
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After all, even with bundled data plans, how many tablets or e-readers does one Dad need?
The speed factor throws in another wrinkle in how carriers are looking to price their data plans.
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The problem may only worsen as carriers embrace new ways of billing, including tiered data plans.
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During vacation last week, I purposefully visited high mountainous places where data plans were spotty at best.
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And a new class of phones--full qwerty keyboard messaging handsets--are marrying "not free" features with data plans.
Sprint offers a wide selection of 4G LTE smartphones, Truly UnlimitedSM data plans and excellent customer service.
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Cellular data plans are increasingly expensive, so bypassing the carrier could be much more economical for the consumer.
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And because tablets are so new to the market, corresponding data plans vary widely in terms and pricing.
More spectrum concentration could mean even less customer choice and an increase in the cost of data plans.
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Facebook is a key reason why people in emerging markets are adding data plans on mobile, said Smith.
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The concept is like share economy services like Airbnb or Getaround, except users are sharing their data plans.
U.S. mobile service provider Verizon recently announced prepaid data plans for most of its smartphones and feature phones.
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"There's tremendous pressure on things that aren't designed for data plans, " says Greengart.
Unlimited data plans made sense at the beginning of the smart phone era.
Verizon is also hoping shared-data plans convince subscribers to connect more devices to its network and pay more for service.
Though Verizon Wireless continues to offer unlimited data plans, it has indicated that it too will move to tiered pricing.
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Peek provides an alternative to a growing movement within the cellular industry to force minimal data plans on advanced phones.
While Apple has dropped the price of the phone in many markets, data plans for the device typically cost extra.
This has made the acquisition of new subscribers, especially those that pay for higher-margin data plans, tough for the wireless carriers.
Data plans were often unlimited at first, and consumers paid high prices for buckets and overages on voice minutes and texts.
This has made acquiring new subscribers, especially those that pay for the higher-margin data plans, very tough for the wireless carriers.
The industry was super competitive, and service providers were looking ways to improve customer loyalty and use of higher-margin data plans.
In another perk, Tep and other wi-fi hotspots support multiple devices on the same connection, while cellular data plans only support a single device.
Text messaging is just the start as companies hope to increase the number of data plans and increase usage in this segment.
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