Economy 42,965 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/amazon-is-in-talks-to-offer-free-mobile-service-to-u-s-prime-members-1.1928025 "Amazon.com Inc. has been talking with wireless carriers about offering low-cost or possibly free nationwide mobile phone service to Prime subscribers, according to people familiar with the situation. The company is negotiating with Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile U.S. Inc. and Dish Network Corp. to get the lowest possible wholesale prices. That would let it offer Prime members wireless plans for US$10 a month or possibly for free and bolster loyalty among its biggest spending customers, the people said, who requested anonymity to discuss a private matter The talks have been going on for six to eight weeks and have also included AT&T Inc. at times, but the plan may take several more months to launch and could be scrapped, one person said" FULL ARTICLE IN LINK 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
berlinforme 4,940 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) Regarding customer loyalty that would be an incredibly smart move. Not sure how much revenue they would generate with that but Amazon could certainly afford it even without the service being profitable. Changing you're phone service provider is incredibly tiresome, sounds like a good way to lock in customers. Edited June 4 by berlinforme 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 42,965 Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 17 minutes ago, berlinforme said: Regarding customer loyalty that would be an incredibly smart move. Not sure how much revenue they would generate with that but Amazon could certainly afford it even without the service being profitable. Changing you're phone service provider is incredibly tiresome, sounds like a good way to lock in customers. Yeah and of course its in the US. In Canada we will continue to pay one of the highest rates in the world with our monopolized telecom 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo 6,721 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 I use mint mobile which is already very affordable, T-Mobile recently bought it out so this could be a nice alternative if mint jacks the prices up. Don't visit my profile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinmyhair 481 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 I use Visible which is Verizon's virtual network, $25/month for unlimited. $10/month would be amazing and would totally convince me to switch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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