Sprint Competes W/ Verizon, AT&T On Shared Data Plan For Businesses; Business Share Plans Claims Savings Of Up To 56%

Sprint competes with Verizon and AT&T on its share data plan and promises subscribers savings of up to 56% on costs compared with its competitors.

According to CNET, the new Sprint Business Share Plans will give businesses the option to select a shared data plan offering (as much as 200 gigabytes of data) for up to 50 lines. The new service cuts out the need to buy separate data plans for each device. The plans start at $90 for 20GB of data on up to 10 lines with larger businesses paying $675 for the 200GB of share data.

America’s third largest carrier calls the new plan, “The best deal in data for business.” There’s also a provision for unlimited talk and text for $15 per smartphone. The company is also offering $150 credit per line beyond the minimum trade-in credit of up to $150 per ported device, which can also be applied to a new Sprint handset.

The move is seen as a respons to AT&T’s announcement of doubling the amount of data on its existing 15GB to 50GB plans for any plan costing more than $130 a month. Verizon’s response to AT&T was to offer 15GB of data for $110 a month, up from the 12 GB it currently offers. Verizon’s updated $130 plans will now be offering 30GB, up from the 16GB it offered before the promo.

According to Top Tech News, the price cutting competition between AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint maybe delayed reactions to T-Mobile’s move, which offers unlimited data plans starting at $80/month and has offered customers up to $650 to trade in devices and switch providers.

CNET notes that Sprint’s new plan is specifically aimed at luring local businesses in Philadelphia. Features available in the plan include: Video, access to broad range of cloud-based devices, employee collaboration applications, fleet and asset management, field workers’ productivity tools, and electronics forms solutions.