News tagged with prepaid
US lawmakers target pre-paid cellphone anonymity
US lawmakers unveiled a bill Wednesday to enable law enforcement to identify users of pre-paid cell phones, charging that anonymity makes the devices attractive to terrorists, drug kingpins and gangs.
May 26, 2010 |
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Microsoft adds app access to non-smart phones
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving people with regular cell phones access to the same kinds of programs that smart phone owners have embraced.
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Do consumers prefer to pay $29 for 70 items or get 70 items for $29?
Consumers can have vastly different reactions to the same package deal, depending on the order the price and quantity are listed, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Tracfone tests cheap unlimited plan on Verizon
(AP) -- Tracfone Wireless, the country's largest provider of "prepaid" cell phones, is quietly testing a new service that appears to be a response to the fierce price competition in the prepaid market.
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Virgin Mobile joins prepaid price war
(AP) -- Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is set to announce Thursday that it is slashing the price of its unlimited calling plan to $50 from $80 per month, a result of fierce competition and price-cutting among second-tier cellular ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Cut-rate prepaid plans shake up wireless industry
(AP) -- As wireless carriers start reporting first-quarter results this week, investors will be looking at the effects of some spectacular price cuts for prepaid cell phone service.
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Greeks to register prepaid cell phones
(AP) -- Greece's prepaid mobile phone users will now have to register their identities in a bid to tackle illegal immigration and other crime, the communications minister said Tuesday.
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Lawmakers seek prepaid cell crackdown, cite terror
(AP) -- Alarmed by the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have introduced legislation requiring consumers to produce identification before ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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FBI backs record-keeping on prepaid cell phones
(AP) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller has endorsed anti-terrorism legislation that would require prepaid cell-phone sellers to keep records of buyers' identities.
Jul 28, 2010 |
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