Boost Mobile Launches New Wireless Service
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Sep 22, 2003--Boost Mobile, a leading provider of pay-as-you-go wireless phones and services, has introduced a new prepay walkie-talkie service aimed at reducing the financial sting from wireless phone bills, and helping students manage their budget. The company`s new prepay walkie-talkie service provides instant, unlimited communication to anyone on Nextel`s nationwide network.
With the touch of a single button on the side of a Boost Mobile phone, customers can communicate with more than 140,000 other Boost customers and over 12 million Nextel and Nextel Partners` subscribers throughout the continental United States and Hawaii.
Boost Mobile is offering Boost Walkie-Talkie at a promotional rate of $1.00 per day for unlimited national usage during September, a month when most students are returning to school. Starting Oct. 1, Boost customers will pay $1.50 a day to use the Boost Walkie-Talkie nationwide, and $1.00 a day to use the feature in their home market.
''Boost Mobile is the only wireless service provider to offer Push-To-Talk(TM) technology available as a pay-as-you-go feature, which is a great service for students who want to manage their wireless spending,'' said Boost Mobile CEO Peter Adderton. ''Boost Walkie-Talkie enables college students to connect with friends on campus or family located thousands of miles away and talk as much as they want for a dollar a day.''
Pay-as-you-go pricing for Boost Mobile service offers a simple, flat rate of 25 cents per minute 24 hours a day, seven days a week (national long distance calling and roaming included). Boost Mobile cellular service coverage includes California and Nevada, with roaming service provided in Arizona, Baja-Mexico, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Washington D.C.
About Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile LLC, with headquarters in Irvine, is a lifestyle-based telecommunications company that focuses solely on developing and distributing communications products for the youth market. Boost Mobile is the only wireless service provider to offer Nextel`s Push-To-Talk(TM) two-way communications technology as a pay-as-you-go service, allowing instant communication across thousands of miles. The company also offers pay-as-you-go wireless phone service, Re-Boost pay-as-you-go airtime cards and a wide range of accessories, Java(TM) games for wireless phones, ring-tones and other cutting-edge mobile services. Find more information on the Web at https://www.boostmobile.com
Note To Editors: Boost Mobile phones with Boost Walkie-Talkie service are available at no charge to student reporters for review purposes. Please contact Andy Colley at 949-789-4822 for more information.
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