Data-Only Plans “Inevitable” Says AT&T Boss

[Maura]

AppleInsider reports that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, speaking at an investors’ conference on Friday, said that the introduction of data-only wireless phone plans is most definitely on the cards within the next two years, as a result of a move away from traditional texting uses for mobile phones with the advent of VoIP and Apple’s iMessenger. Stephenson said that although AT&T currently has no immediate plans to introduce a data-only subscription package, he sees that the industry is certainly going that way. "I'll be surprised if, in the next 24 months, we don't see people in the market place with data-only plans," Stephenson told the conference. "I just think that's inevitable."

AppleInsider notes that customers on a data-only plan would use VoIP services such as Skype for their conversations. As you might recall, it was Stephenson who came under a fair bit of criticism a few weeks ago for complaining about iMessage doing AT&T out of texting revenue.

Source: AT&T CEO says data-only subscriptions 'inevitable' for wireless networks

 

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Would have to give A LOT of data for a data-only plan.lol