Verizon Wireless copies Alltel’s My Circle
Thursday, February 12th, 2009
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There is no added charge for the service. It mimics a popular feature called “My Circle” at Alltel Corp., a smaller carrier that Verizon Wireless bought in January.
Verizon Wireless’ announcement means that former Alltel customers will be able to keep the feature when they sign up for new plans, and expands the availability to other Verizon Wireless customers.
Verizon Wireless, now the country’s largest cellular carrier, is calling the feature “Friends & Family.” It will be available starting Sunday. Customers on single-line plans starting at $60 per month will get five free numbers, and those on family plans starting at $90 per month for two lines will get ten free numbers.
Customers will need to sign up for the feature and pick their numbers online.
T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest carrier, has a similar feature, which it calls “myFaves.”
MCI, which Verizon Communications Inc. later bought, had a long-distance plan called “Friends & Family” in the early 1990s.
Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of New York-based Verizon and Vodafone Group PLC of Britain.
Since I have ATT, this doesn’t affect me, plus, I don’t know that many people to constitute a circle. Being hearing impaired, I really dont’ care to talk on phones anyway.
For those of you who do chat away on phones, do you have one of these circile of friends/
