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New AT&T Passport International Plan Aimed at iPhone Users on Vacation

AT&T iPhone users who are traveling abroad or planning a vacation somewhere outside the U.S. can benefit if they order AT&T Passport international plan. The carrier believes that its new AT&T international plans for iPhone can attract more customers and make communication abroad much easier.

How much does iPhone AT&T international Passport package cost? The price starts at $30. For this amount you get 30 days of unlimited international text messages, video and image messages, but only if you are in a particular country from the supported list. Such roaming charge looks great for people who are talking a long trip that last for about a month or longer. The amount of cellular data AT&T customers can receive through such a $30 plan is up to 120MB.

Is it enough for a user who is constantly on Facebook and Instagram? No way! This is actually not enough if you are a fan of social network. The more data you need abroad the more you have to pay your mobile company.

AT&T charges $60 for 300MG of international data and $120 for 800MG of data abroad. These are the company’s Passport Plus and Passport Pro offers.

Customers who need more than this and actually spend more than they were allowed will have to pay $0.15-0.20 per each extra MB used.
iPhone AT&T Passport international package allows calling in a foreign country for $0.35-$1.00 a minute depending on your data plan. Just remember that the package costs are additional costs to your line payment which you still have pay on top of your plan while staying abroad.
What do you think about the new offer?

AT&T Cramming Announced by the FTC and FCC because of Bogus Charges

Now the second-biggest U.S. carrier has to pay a huge bill for AT&T bogus data charges. The company will have to pay $105 million settlement because of all the extra AT&T bogus charges that users suffered from.

AT&T placed extra charges for its data plans on its subscribers’ phone bills. Such statements were made by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, attorneys and Federal Communications Commission. This week isn’t the best time for the American carrier. It first had an employee who illegally obtained and accessed personal accounts of the mobile company’s customers and had to warn users about the internal data breach.

Did AT&T extra charge your phone bill? You are covered up by several U.S. commissions that announced on October 8, 2014 that the carrier earned bunch of money using “mobile cramming” system. This is when different companies share charges for fun facts, horoscopes and other entertaining SMS.

According to the Commissions, AT&T knew about such programs and actually participated in this by adding extra charges to its subscribers’ phone bills. It totally got about 35% royalty on such bogus charges. Now the carrier has to pay $80 million so that the government agency can develop a reimbursement program for users who were affected by such charges.

The FCC will get $5 million and individual U.S. states will collect $20 million. This is not the first time the FTC files such expensive complaints against the American carriers. Earlier in 2014 T-Mobile was accused of similar mobile cramming.

New AT&T Mobile Share Value Plans for iPhone and Other Users

If you live in the U.S. you have a lot of carriers to choose from, still there are only four major companies that offer mobile services to iPhone and other smartphone owners. AT&T is one of them. The company has a big variety of plans to choose from, and its new AT&T Mobile Share Value plans are now available to all Americans.

This new AT&T iPhone data plans promise to double your data no matter if you are an existing subscriber or only new customer. You can double the data used per month if your monthly plan is 15GB or 15GB+.

You can find detailed AT&T Mobile Share plan review at the company’s site. We’ll mention in a couple of words that if you used to get 15GB of monthly shared data plan that with this new offer you’ll get 30GB per month. The maximum amount of data you can get is 100GB and this is offered to customers who received 50GB data plans. The whole deal comes with unlimited text messages and talk. You also get international messaging option.

If you like the AT&T iPhone monthly cost for Mobile Share Value plans then you are welcome to sign up for the promotion by October 31, 2014. The pricing is $130-$375 per month depending on the amount of data you want to receive. This is the cost for the service only. Each gadget is also charged $10-$40 a month for access. And this pricing doesn’t include the price of your iPhone or other cell phone purchase cost.

All companies are now offering deals and promotions to attract new AT&T iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus customers along with other cell phone users.

Cheaper AT&T Wireless Plans Meant to Compete with T-Mobile

The new AT&T data plan prices launched earlier this year have lowered the company’s income. The carrier had to cut down its AT&T wireless plans costs in order to compete with another mobile operator T-Mobile. According to AT&T, about 50 per cent of its wireless subscribers are now using Mobile Share Value data plans.

AT&T data plans for iPhone and other smartphones offer Next plan that offers cheaper fees each month to customers who have got their gadget at a full price. As you know, Apple offers its handsets either at a full price which come unlocked or at subsidized price from mobile operators with a 2-year contract.

Users who purchase gadgets at a full price get a smartphone that supports SIM cards of all operators. Consumers who get a handset locked to AT&T have to use only this carrier’s data plans and cannot switch to another network until they order AT&T unlocking service for any iPhone models 5S, 5C, 5, 4S, 5S, 5c, 4 etc.

To unlock iPhone from AT&T directly from this carrier you have to wait until your two-year contract is over. You can also unlock being still on contract from a third-party company that works with AT&T and can unlock you before your contract ends.

It is easy to unlock iPhone 4S, 5, 5S and 5c these days though it is still illegal in the U.S. At the same time the unlocking bill requires only to be signed by U.S. President to become law. Soon it should be officially allowed to unlock so you don’t take any risk by unlocking right now.

New AT&T WiFi Plans for Air-to-Ground LTE Service

One of the biggest iPhone carriers in the U.S., AT&T has big plans for the next year. The company is going to extend its AT&T LTE coverage air-to-ground. The in-flight service is the battle against Gogo. The new service should be available in late 2015.

International flights will be omitted. This AT&T Wifi plans will cover only local flights in America providing air-to-ground communication. The connection will work between ground LTE service and planes. Passengers who are flying in the United States will be entertained over in-fight Wi-Fi.

The so-called AT&T LTE Wifi hotspot on the planes should offer reliable connection and high-speed Internet on-the-go. The service should work on the height of up to 35,000 feet above the ground.

There is no such technology in the U.S. these days. This will be the first powerful and strong connection based on 4G LTE network. According to AT&T, its LTE coverage will provide passengers a better experience in the air.

The mobile operator doesn’t mention airlines that will provide the air internet service in 2015. We can only wait till the next year to learn more and see how the connection will improve for all Americans who travel over the air with the iPhones and other mobile devices.

For now users are looking for the next iPhone 6 and iOS 8 update that might be officially introduced in early June at WWDC conference and released in fall. Apple has big plans for this year and so does AT&T.

Lower-Cost AT&T iPhone Data Plans for Families

It should be cheaper to make calls and use data with the next AT&T data plans. The U.S. carrier has reported that it will allow its customers to save money on monthly conversations and data uploads. The mobile company offers Mobile Share Value data plans for American families starting February 2014.

The costs can be reduced by anyone who is already using AT&T service or is planning to connect to this network. Existing and new consumers who need 10GB+ data plan each month can now save their finances. The family plans offered by the carrier give 2 lines along with 10GB data. The package’s price begins at $130.

What can you get for $130 a month? iOS smartphone and other device users can get unlimited text, talk and 10GB of data for this cost. If you wish to use more than two lines, you can increase their number by paying extra $15 for each one.

If you are using the required limit of data per month, you can easily switch to this new data plan. If you don’t use such amount of data, you should get to this limit in order to be eligible for the family package. New customers who wish to subscribe to this plan have to purchase AT&T iPhone or other AT&T handset via the company’s early update program.

If you get a device at its full price or bring your personal handset you can also start using this data plan. The promotion can be combined with other offers from AT&T. For example, iOS users or other customers can get $100 bill credit when wishing to add another line to the package.

What do you think about the latest offer? Will it become really cheaper to use AT&T iPhone on such a plan or are T-Mobile offers better? The marketing war between American mobile operators is getting hotter.

All In One Prepaid Service from AT&T

We will see an interesting offer from AT&T this summer. The mobile operator is about to release its new “All In One” brand with prepaid options of $35, $50 and $70 per month. How good is this offer? Will smartphone users get an affordable service with much data?

The predictions you will find inside this post have not been commented by AT&T spokesman yet. At the same time we have heard that the company has plans to test its new offers in Texas and Florida in May. The nationwide service’s release is expected starting June 15.

According to rumors, the U.S. AT&T carrier palns to introduce $35 and $50 monthly service for iOS devices. The new brand is expected to present unlimited texting and talking plan for different phones worth $35 monthly. You will be able to get 2GB of HSPA data for $50 per month and 5GB of data for $70 per month.

Users who consume more data than they have paid for will get slower data speeds. Of course, these details might not be accurate and AT&T might offer other plans when it launches the new service in June. Right now we can only share the rumors with you.

The new service can be a good strategy against plans of other prepaid U.S. carriers. Some companies have already introduced similar plans. For example, Verizon offers its customers a prepaid service worth $35 per month. It comes with unlimited texting and web. It also offers users 500 calling minutes. Another company, T-Mobile US, will offer consumers unlimited $60 per month texting and voice plan with 2GB of data.

The idea of AT&T to release pre-paid “All In One” service is not a surprise. The carrier wants to increase sales of handsets it is selling. It reports it has lost over 180,000 prepaid subscribers during January-March period.

New Large AT&T Data Plan 2013 Packages

Are you looking for AT&T data plans for iPad and iPhone? The company has just announced their upcoming AT&T data plan for 2013. It wants to offer you from 30GB to 50GB of mobile data for $500 a month. How does it sound?

The carrier will charge you extra $30 monthly for each additional device. While these fees might sound crazy for ordinary users, they can be interesting to businesses that would pay so much since while most of people pay $30 for 3GB per month, they will be ok paying $300 for 30GB. It’s just strange that the carrier gives no discount to its customers who consume so much data.

AT&T Data Plan Price

The company creates their new 2013 AT&T data package choices for businesses and AT&T roaming deal that wish to get up to 50GB of data with 15-25 gadgets feeding from this plan each month. The two data plans offered are called Mobile Share and Pooled.

These are just expanded choices of the carrier’s shared data packages offered in the past. According to the mobile operator, it will help other companies to “raise the productivity bar” by consuming 30GB, 40GB and 50GB of data.

Mobile Share and Business Pooled Nation Packages by AT&T

You can get the new offers starting March 22^nd. It will be possible to download files on-the-go, control inventory and perform your tasks via iPhone and iPad. The unlimited text messages and calls are also included, so customers and businesses might actually like these huge packages of data.

You can choose the amount of data you need to get per month and choose how many gadgets will be included in your shared plan. According to AT&T, the smartphone must be one of the devices. Also if you don’t want to pay AT&T money no more you can always free the iPhone from this carrier and enjoy any other GSM Sim card or look at the plan cost:

30GB plan will cost you $300/month,
40GB data plan will cost $400/month
50GB package is the most expensive – $500/month.

You will have to pay extra $15 for each additional GB of data consumed and up to $30 for each additional device included.

AT&T LTE Service Comes to Gainesville and New Counties

AT&T LTE coverage map has expanded to some of the new counties and this service is now available in Gainesville. If you live in Boise, Nassau, Denver or Suffolk and if you travel to these places you should know that they are included to the AT&T coverage area plan.

The well-known U.S. mobile operator has plans to expand its AT&T coverage map across USA and offer 4G LTE connection to as many customers as possible. This week the company made an announcement that its services are coming to more counties as LTE technology becomes available in Gainesville.

The carrier spends billions of dollars into its coverage map and right now over 280 million U.S. consumers can enjoy getting the 4^th-gen Long-Term Evolution radio service in different cities and states across the country.

Boise was added to 4G coverage map in December. Since then LTE service has been expanded to Caldwell and Nampa, including Denver-metro area and Westminster. The two counties Suffolk and Nassau also offer AT&T LTE coverage in Long Island and western Nassau. The carrier provides its services and signal across the metropolitan area in New York.

The list of places that receive 4G LTE for iPhone and iPad is pretty large. You can find Seaford, Melville, Bellmore, East Meadow in it as well as Deer Park, Plainview, North Bay Shore and Wantagn. The service is extended along Wantagn Parkway, Route 110, Long Island Expressway and many other areas.

You’ll be able to connect to the carrier’s 4G in Hempstead Turnpike, West Islip, Farmingdale, Sunrise Highway, Copiague, etc. We can continue this AT&T LTE coverage map as it continues to get new names and the mobile operator will add new areas to it in 2013.

It is interesting that the carrier spend about $98 billion in the past 5 years. Besides, this public company’s investments into the economy of the USA are much bigger than the ones of other firms since 2008.

1GB of Data for Free: AT&T Roaming Deal Offer

The 4G LTE service from AT&T carrier is now offered for free to users who travel to the U.K. This AT&T roaming deal might sound exciting for iPhone owners who hope to get free data to be used while in the United Kingdom, still its taste is a bit sour. We’ll explain why inside this story. Also remember AT&T deal with Alltel but this is another story.

The company signed its AT&T roaming deal with provider The Cloud to offer customers 1GB of free data abroad. If you are planning to visit the UK you’ll be able to access any of 16 thousand + Wi-Fi spots across the country.

How to Get Your Free Data

What do you think about free roaming data offer? I think it could be a nice offer for those iPhone and iPad users who travel to the UK regularly. Of course, 1GB is not that much if you got used to checking emails, reading news and playing games online during your trip.

Those who wish to use this free data in the UK will have to subscribe to a data add-on. Also AT&T plans to expand in Europe. You can guess that this subscription is not free itself. The package costs some money. And this add-on leaves a sour taste. Don’t you agree?

To get this offer you have to download Wi-Fi International application from AT&T. It is free to get, and it is available in the App Store.

Your Benefits

In case you happen to go to the UK all the time on business trips, you might like to get the new feature from your U.S. carrier and enjoy the benefits of this new AT&T roaming deal. You’ll be able to make free Skype calls to your friends and family. You’ll be also able to download some files over 4G LTE network coverage.

AT&T travelers should get the free application and use their free 1GB of data whenever they can.