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06/26/2008, 10:35am, EDT

Thursday, June 26th

Telecom Italia iPhone plans leaked?

Telecom Italia's planned iPhone contracts have been leaked, an Italian site claims. A new memo, allegedly circulated amongst sales managers at TIM, suggests that there will be four two-year contract options beginning with the Starter, which costs €29 per month but does not have any voice or SMS messages included, and instead charges 15 cents per minute or text. More conventional plans begin with the TIM 250, which incorporates 250 minutes and 100 texts at a price of €49.

The TIM 600 option provides 600 minutes and 200 texts for €79, while the €79 TIM 900 plan gives users 900 minutes and 900 texts, the latter divided between 700 to any carrier and 200 to 3 Italia subscribers. Finally, despite its name, the Unlimited plan offers 5,000 general minutes with 500 to 3 customers, plus 1,200 texts (300 to 3), and 100 minutes of international roaming split between 50 incoming and 50 outgoing. This will cost €199 per month.

Controversially, each plan will only have a default data cap of 1GB per month, with the exception of Unlimited, which boosts this to 5GB. Sources suggest that this may easily be upgradeable in €15/1GB-per-month increments through a "service card," but this is not mentioned in the memo.

Prices for the phones are expected to vary drastically based on the subscription. Starter users are expected to pay €199 and €269 for 8 and 16GB iPhones; this shrinks to €189 and €259 on the 250 plan, and €149 and €219 for the 600 one. 900 subscribers will pay just €99 and €169, while Unlimited users will get the 8GB phone for free, or the 16GB model for €69.

All plans are expected to include free Wi-Fi on TIM hotspots. Final details should be announced in the middle of next week.


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unlimited = 5gb

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06/26, 11:01am, EDT

I guess this inability to properly use clearly defined words (like, 'unlimited') is a global issue.

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welcome to marketing

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06/26, 2:52pm, EDT

where "unlimited" is redefined to mean "a higher limit than a limited plan" rather than the commonly understood "a plan with no limit".

I have no idea how the various gov't truth-in-advertising agencies permit this...

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