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Trumpet Mobile is a cellular telephone carrier
that is owned by Affinity Mobile, a company specializing in turnkey[2] mobile virtual network
operator products.
A prepaid carrier using the Sprint PCS[3]
network, it was sold exclusively at RadioShack, but has more recently landed a
national deal with Walgreens pharmacy[4] stores
across the United
States (including Puerto Rico). Trumpet targets general
prepaid customers instead of a niche clientele such as Virgin Mobile
USA[5] and is
likely to appeal to adult customers who dislike contracts or would
otherwise have to pay a deposit.
Price
plans
Trumpet offers two basic calling plans:
- The "Ten Cent Plan" is $.10 per minute and $.50 per day of use,
with text messages costing $.05 each.
- The "Basic Plan" is $.20 per minute to most numbers, $.10 to
other members of the same Family Plan (see Family Plan
below), and text messages costing $.10 each.
Family
plan
Trumpet has a family plan option where between 2 and 9 accounts
can be linked, with one account named "Family Administrator", which
can distribute funds from a family pool to other accounts, maintain
a shared pool of funds, and receive notices when individual
accounts in the family plan are low on individual funds.
Money
transfers
Along with the telephone, the box contains a Green
Dot "Cash Card", which acts as a debit card. With a sufficient balance on the
card, the customer can transfer money to others via Western Union using
an on-phone application.
International long
distance
Trumpet Mobile has international rates starting at $.03 per
minute depending on the country and type of call. Typically,
mobile-to-mobile calls cost more than mobile-to-land-line
calls.[6]
Equipment
Information as of February 16, 2008[7]
- LG 125
- LG 150
- Samsung a420
- Samsung a580
- Samsung a640
Competitors
References
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