Customers in Benefit of Verizon, AT&T Price War

Two largest U.S. mobile-phone services, wireless carriers Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. cut their calling plan prices. Customer usually benefits, and currently it appears that customers with Verizon Wireless and AT&T will be benefiting in pricing war between top wireless carriers.

Verizon announced that starting Monday people will be charged $69.99 for monthly calling plan. Earlier they charged $100 for the same plan. Another plan that they announced was a Nationwide Unlimited Talk & Text plan to call and send texts, as well as picture and video messages to anyone in the country for $89.99 monthly access.

On late Friday, AT&T Inc. announced some of the same price cuts. AT&T’s regular customers will now pay $70 for unlimited talk, family talk customers can opt for unlimited talk at $120, while text plans remain the same. AT&T smartphone and iPhone customers can get unlimited voice and data for $100, family talk plans with unlimited voice and data costs $180 while text plans go unchanged.

The latest moves in a long-running pricing competition between the nation’s wireless carriers is not just leading to lower prices for some customers: It also shows that data use is becoming an increasingly important service for mobile carriers as they look to new sources of revenue from customers dependent on mobile access to e-mail and the Web.

Verizon announced the expansion of the 25 megabyte for $10 per month data package requirement to include all Verizon Wireless 3G Multimedia phones, which gives customers quick access to Mobile E-mail, games and the Internet. The $20 data package option for 3G Multimedia phones has been discontinued.

In order to get the new rates, customers have to contact their cell phone carriers. Both companies said the new rates don’t require a contract extension.

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