We’ve long suspected that Sprint Nextel’s “Free Incoming” call offer could be eating in to the struggling US wireless carrier’s ARPU, what with subscribers likely opting for lower-priced monthly plans with fewer allotted minutes. And, it seems that Sprint
Nextel has caught on to that trend and wised up.
Sprint Nextel has announced new family-oriented calling plans, which is great and all, but the new plans are conspicuously lacking the free incoming minutes offer. Sprint is touting their new pricing structure as offering fully-optioned family plans for $40 to $50 less than similar offerings from AT&T and Verizon.
Under the new pricing structure, $100 will get you two lines sharing 1,500 anytime minutes and $150 will give you two lines with 3,000 minutes to share – both plans included unlimited messaging. Sprint will be carrying over the $70/month family plan with two lines sharing 700 minutes as the only legacy plan to make the cut with the new calling plans.
The new rates go live on June 15 (strange that the new rates go in to effect on a weekend day), so anyone looking to get in on the Free Incoming calling plans might want to sign up right quick. Of course, that means a deeply discounted Sprint Samsung Instinct is out of the question.
[Via: RCRNews]