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Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca and Rachel King

T-Mobile rolling out new rates for small businesses

By | August 3, 2011, 10:00am PDT

Summary: T-Mobile has introduced a quartet of new data plans targeted at small businesses, ranging from $24.99 to $44.99 per month.

T-Mobile recently unveiled new “worry-free” unlimited data plans for consumers, and now the wireless provider has turned its focus to small business.

Here’s a look at the new SMB rates:

  • Small Business Unlimited Value - Premium: Unlimited data, talk and text; 5 GB of full-speed data; $44.99/month for each line
  • Small Business 1000 Minute Value – Premium: Unlimited data and text; 1000 talk minutes; 5GB of full-speed data; $39.99/month for each line
  • Small Business Unlimited Value: Unlimited talk and text; no data; $34.99/month for each line
  • Small Business 1000 Minute Value: Unlimited text; 1000 talk minutes; no data;  $24.99/month for each line

However, that $44.99 price point for the premium unlimited SMB plan is actually only available for a limited time. Fortunately, the regular monthly fee isn’t that much higher at $49.99 per month. The promotional rate will be available until November 1, 2011.

Additionally, for larger small businesses that want an unlimited amount of just about everything T-Mobile offers, there is another option priced at $69.99 per month per line for unlimited voice, text and data.

The Small Business Value Rate Plans can be extended up to 99 lines, but all of the costs will be accumulated and printed on one bill.

Don’t forget about a few of the fine print requirements, including a two-year contract. However, T-Mobile promises that there won’t be any overage charges (which is obvious based on plans that either have unlimited data or no data at all).

Of course, that rule only applies for domestic use. To avoid such fees when traveling for business international, T-Mobile is offering an add-on feature for $9.99 per month per line for reduced voice and data roaming rates.

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Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN's San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.

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You are missing one important item. The rates you stated are not including the cost of a phone. We just signed up for one line to try out their service. Their geat deal is not what it seems to be. You get that rate if you buy the device at full retail. (They also make you sign a 2 year contract as well.) Like a smart phone at 500.00. Or you make a down payment and you pay off each month the remaining balance of the phone over time at full retail. The bottom line is, for signing a 2 year contract you are not getting a break on the phone but paying full price for the device unless it's free. The plan is less compared to other carriers with the same type of rate plan. CE CORP. P.S. The other carriers incorporate their cost of the phone in your monthly rate plan which is higher then these plans. One way or the other you are paying for that smart phone at full retail price. Hope this helped.

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