U.S. Cellular Corp. has taken its push-to-talk retail offering out of commission and limited the sale of walkie-talkie phones and service only to business channels.
Retail stores and call centers will still support business PTT customers, according to the carrier, but the SpeedTalk product will only be available through the company’s business sales team.
“Through research we found that consumers interested in walkie-talkie service have found more value in our new calling plans including Unlimited Mobile-to-Mobile Calling and Unlimited Call Me Minutes,” said Alan D. Ferber, U.S. Cellular’s vice president of marketing and sales operations.
Other carrier changes
In other plan changes made by carriers, Sprint Nextel Corp. added national and international unlimited push-to-talk options, without anytime minutes, for $36 and $46 per month, respectively.
Also, T-Mobile USA Inc. dropped one of its myFaves plans, a $60 family plan that offered 1,000 minutes with no free off-peak calling, compared to the typical entry point of $70 for 700 minutes plus off-peak calling. The carrier generally offers such plans as promotions around the holidays, and had dropped a similar family plan without the myFaves calling option in February.
