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US Sprint MVNO Common Cents Mobile to cease trading and to become “payLo by Virgin Mobile”

11 Apr 2011 by admin in Feed, MVNO, USA / No Comments
Source: Common Cents

Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) said it will close and abosrb its Common Cents Mobile prepaid brand into the Virgin Mobile payLo offering as of May, 2011 a move that brings to an end a brand Sprint launched less than a year ago.

Common Cents Mobile is about to become part of our other powerhouse value brand payLo by Virgin Mobile, giving you even more ways to stay connected while still saving you money.

Sprint alerted its Common Cents Mobile customers about the change, noting that “our service will remain the same as it is right now so long as your Common Cents account remains active and you remain on this plan.” The carrier said Common Cents customers will still be able to subscribe to its deal of $0.07 per-minute calling, and can purchase Virgin Mobile top-up cards to update their minutes. The carrier promised to provide additional information on the transition “in a few weeks.”

Sprint and Wal-Mart launched Common Cents as an in-store brand in May, 2010 to compete against retail handsets like TracFone’s StraightTalk brand, but the program wasn’t rolled out nationally. Existing Common Cents customers will join Virgin Mobile this May.

Sprint spokeswoman Janye Wallace in an email to FierceWireless stated that ”As payLo is targeted at the same ‘basic talker,’ we’ve opted to make this transition. Current Common Cents customers need not make any change, but will now have access to more options for plans and handsets under payLo as well. Common Cents is due to move out of Wal-Mart in mid-May; those pegs will be taken over by Virgin Mobile’s Beyond Talk plans which have already seen solid success in Wal-Mart.”

Wallace said Sprint does not plan to cut any jobs due to the move. She also said the action was not part of a broader overhaul of Sprint’s prepaid strategy, and no jobs will be lost due to the closing of Common Cents. Only time will tell if it was actually a sensible move.

What does this mean?

Sometime in May, Common Cents Mobile will be known as payLo by Virgin Mobile. Other than that, the service will remain the same as it is right now so long as your Common Cents account remains active and you remain on this plan. As a payLo customer, you’ll still get:
- The same reliable service on the nationwide Sprint® network
- The same money-saving offer of 7¢ minutes that Round Down™, Not Up
- And now, the ability to use Virgin Mobile Top-Up cards to add money to your account — they’re available in over 100,000 stores nationwide!
So what do I need to do?

Absolutely nothing. We’ll keep you up-to-date on the transition to payLo by Virgin Mobile. Please check back in a few weeks for more info.

In the meantime, you can continue to add money to your account using your Common Cents Refill OR Virgin Mobile Top-Up card right here, or by calling us at 1-877-477-1737.

The Common Cents Story

What We Believe

You might not know it, but most companies round your calls up to the nearest minute, so you’re getting charged for time you don’t even use. That doesn’t make much sense. Common Cents is different. With us, your calls Round Down™ after the first minute, so there’s no paying for more than you use. Plus, we give you a great rate that stays the same anytime, day or night – just 7¢ per minute and 7¢ per text. And you get it all on a nationwide network with no contract. It’s that simple, it’s that affordable. That’s Common Cents.

Get Your Money’s Worth With Common Cents Mobile
- After the First Minute, Minutes Round Down™, Not Up
- Only 7¢ Per Minute, 7¢ Per Text, Day or Night
- Nationwide Network, Powered by Sprint
- No Contract, No Nonsense, Just Pay As You Go
Why pay extra for things you don’t want or need?

With contract plans, it’s easy to find yourself locked into a long-term commitment, paying lots of money each month for more minutes than you really need. With Common Cents Mobile, there is no contract. Instead, we offer affordable phones, nationwide calling, and 7¢ minutes. So you can get what you want without paying extra.

Only 7¢, no nonsense

Talk or text whenever you want, day or night, for just 7¢. That’s it. There are no extra charges for domestic long distance or roaming and no surprising fees to sting you at the end of the month. When you run low on minutes, simply choose how much money to add to your account. You’re in control.

Minutes Round Down™, not up

With other cell phone companies, your calls round up to the nearest minute. So if a call lasts for 3 minutes and 16 seconds, you’re charged for 4 minutes. With Common Cents, your minutes Round Down after the first minute. So you’re only charged for 3 minutes. That means you’re saving on almost every call.

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Additional Resources

About Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint)
Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint) is a holding company, with its operations primarily conducted by its subsidiaries. Sprint is a communications company offering a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services for individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers and resellers. The Company operates in two business segments: Wireless and Wireline. Sprint offers wireless and wireline voice and data transmission services to subscribers in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the United State’s Virgin Islands. The Company’s retail brands include Sprint, Nextel, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Assurance Wireless and Common Cents SM on networks that utilize third generation (3G) code division multiple access (CDMA), national push-to-talk integrated digital enhanced network (iDEN), or Internet protocol (IP) technologies. As of December 31 2010, Sprint 4G was available in 71 markets reaching more than 110 million people.
Full Overview & Company Description
Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint), incorporated in 1938, is a holding company, with its operations primarily conducted by its subsidiaries. Sprint is a communications company offering a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services for individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers and resellers. The Company operates in two business segments: Wireless and Wireline. Sprint offers wireless and wireline voice and data transmission services to subscribers in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the United State’s Virgin Islands.

The Company’s retail brands include Sprint, Nextel, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Assurance Wireless and Common Cents SM on networks that utilize third generation (3G) code division multiple access (CDMA), national push-to-talk integrated digital enhanced network (iDEN), or Internet protocol (IP) technologies. It also offers fourth generation (4G) services utilizing worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) technology through its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) wholesale relationship with Clearwire Corporation and its subsidiary Clearwire Communications LLC (Clearwire). As of December 31 2010, Sprint 4G was available in 71 markets reaching more than 110 million people.
Wireless

Sprint provides wireless services on its 3G network and its national push-to-talk network and 4G services, through the Company’s MVNO wholesale relationship with Clearwire. It offers wireless services on a postpaid and prepaid payment basis to retail subscribers and also on a wholesale basis, which includes the sale of wireless services to resellers and affiliates. Sprint supports the open development of applications and content on its network platforms. It also enables a range of third-party providers, location-based services and business and consumer product providers through its open-device initiative, which includes machine-to-machine initiative. The machine-to-machine initiative incorporates selling, marketing, product development and operations resources to address a range of products and services, including remote monitoring, telematics, in-vehicle devices, e-readers, specialized medical devices and other original equipment manufacturer devices.

The Company’s wireless data communications services include mobile productivity applications, such as Internet access and messaging and e-mail services; wireless photo and video offerings, and location-based capabilities, including asset and fleet management, dispatch services and navigation tools, and mobile entertainment applications. It also provides the ability to view live television, listen to Sirius-XM satellite radio, download and listen to music from its Sprint Music Store, which is a music catalog with thousands of songs from virtually every music genre, and game play with full-color graphics and polyphonic and real-music sounds all from a wireless handset. Wireless voice communications services include basic local and long distance wireless voice services, as well as voicemail, call waiting, three-way calling, caller identification, directory assistance and call forwarding.

Sprint offers Nextel Direct Connect push-to-talk services on its iDEN network. The Company also provides voice and data services to areas in countries outside the United States, through roaming arrangements. It offers customized design, development, implementation and support services for wireless services provided to companies and government agencies. Its services are provided using a range of multi-functional devices, such as smartphones, mobile broadband devices, such as aircards and embedded tablets, and laptops manufactured by various suppliers for use with its voice and data services. The Company sells accessories, such as carrying cases, hands-free devices, batteries, battery chargers and other items to subscribers. It also sells devices and accessories to agents and other third-party distributors for resale.

Sprint delivers wireless services to subscribers primarily through the ownership of its CDMA and iDEN networks or as a reseller of 4G services. Its CDMA network uses a single frequency band and a digital spread-spectrum wireless technology. The Company provides nationwide service through a combination of operating its own digital network in the United States metropolitan areas and rural connecting routes, affiliations under commercial arrangements with third-party affiliates (Affiliates) and roaming on other providers’ networks. Sprint’s iDEN network is an all-digital packet data network-based on iDEN wireless technology provided by Motorola Mobility, Inc. and Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Motorola).
The Company competes with AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Metro PCS Communications, Inc., Leap Wireless International, Inc. and TracFone Wireless.

Wireline
The Company provides a range of wireline voice and data communications services to other communications companies, and business and consumer subscribers. In addition, Sprint provides voice, data and IP communication services to its Wireless segment and IP and other services to cable multiple system operators (MSOs) that resell its local and long distance services. Sprint also provides services to use its back office systems and network assets in support of their telephone service provided over cable facilities primarily to residential subscribers.

Sprint’s services and products include domestic and international data communications using various protocols, such as multiprotocol label switching technologies (MPLS), IP, managed network services, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), and session initiated protocol (SIP) and voice services. Its IP services can also be combined with wireless services. Such services include its Sprint Mobile Integration service, which enables a wireless handset to operate as part of a subscriber’s wireline voice network, and its DataLinkSM service, which uses its wireless networks to connect a subscriber location into their primarily wireline wide-area IP/MPLS data network. Sprint also provides wholesale voice local and long distance services to cable MSOs, which they offer as part of their bundled service offerings, as well as voice and data services for their enterprise use. Sprint’s Wireline segment markets and sells its services primarily through direct sales representatives.

The Company competes with AT&T, Verizon Communications, Qwest Communications, Level 3 Communications, Inc.

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