T-Mobile to make even cheaper browsing

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Written by Neil Singh

Thursday, 18 October 2007

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Following on from O2's recently announced "unlimited" plans, T-Mobile have reduced the price of their excellent Web'n'Walk plans. The Web’n’walk Plus package which gives you 3GB monthly allowance is now only 10 per month. That is a saving of £9, whilst the Web’n’walk Max which gives you 10Gb allowance and VoIP with now only be £35 per month instead of £44 per month. The only catch is these fantastic Web'n'Walk plans are only available to those on 24 month contracts, so you would have to commit to T-Mobile for a long time to take advantage of these really cheap data tariffs. From November 1st you'll also be able to get a fast mobile internet connection without any monthly commitment. Unlimited browsing is available for no more than £4 per day and there'll be speeds of up to 3.6mb per second, with plans to increase to 7.2mb p/s later this year.

Here is the full T-Mobile press release:

Key features:

T-Mobile the first operator to offer unlimited* pay-per-day broadband available to anyone, across in the UK
Web’n’walk Plus Daily gives unlimited broadband Internet access for never more than £4 a day
Web’n’walk Plus reduced from £29 to £20 a month
Web’n’walk Max from £44 to only £35 a month

London, UK “ 11 October 2007: Pay-per-day mobile broadband launches for the first time in Britain as T-Mobile launches laptop surfing for never more than £4 a day. From November 1st, the mobile operator, who has pioneered Internet on the move, will offer new and existing customers the chance to get super fast Internet access without a contract. The operator has also slashed prices on its pay monthly mobile broadband tariffs, web’n’walk Plus and Max to enable mobile broadband users the chance to go mobile for less.

Customers can for the first time experience a high speed Internet connection wherever they are via a T-Mobile USB modem and their laptop, without the monthly commitment. Unlimited browsing allows customers to take full advantage of the internet, the way they like at any time, without the constraints of a fixed line, for no more than £4. Customers will be notified if they are using web’n’walk Plus Daily regularly enough to benefit from an upgrade to web n walk Plus or Max contract, which is now only £20 or £35 per month for unlimited web browsing!

T-Mobile has also confirmed that it will be permanently cutting the cost of its web˜n’walk Plus and web’n’walk Max price plans. The web’n’walk Plus package, which allows you to browse, email, download, stream and instant message, has been slashed from £29 a month to never more than £20 a month. Meanwhile, web’n’walk Max, which provides all the same benefits of web'n'walk Plus as well as Internet calling services like Skype, has been cut from £44 a month to never more than £35. The new web’n’walk tariffs are available to all existing customers as well as new customers available from now.*

Richard Warmsley, Head of Internet on the Move, T-Mobile, said:

We know consumers value the flexibility of mobile broadband, accessing the internet for all the reasons they love, whenever they want, wherever they are. Now they can try this just £4 without the constraints of a fixed line. When they are ready, we’ll happily recommended a monthly mobile broadband plan, that gives them even more value at our new reduced prices.

Our experience shows that customers want clear and simple price plans that offer value for money, and that is why we are offering flat-rate unlimited price packages and have further improved the value of our web’n’walk Plus and Max packages.

Also within the portfolio of mobile broadband services, T-Mobile offers the largest worldwide Wi-Fi network, with over 1,200 HotSpots in key locations across the UK and 21,000 worldwide. The network offers the fastest 3G across the UK with speeds of up to 3.6mb per second, increasing to 7.2mb per second later this year.

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