All O2 consumer Pay Monthly tariffs for new and upgrading customers will be brought in line with six simple price points where customers simply choose the text and minute bundle which most suits them. For iPhone customers, both existing and new, this means even more texts and minutes, making the iPhone one of the best deals on the market. The new tariffs will be available from February 1st 2008.
Once the price point is chosen, customers can then customise their tariff by adding from a range of seven available £7.50 Bolt Ons, including unlimited data, unlimited O2 to O2 calls, unlimited anyone texts and unlimited weekend calls. Customers on a 600 minute or more tariff (equivalent to £35 on an 18 month contract) will get one Bolt On of their choosing free of charge. As part of the tariff refresh, access to voicemail will now be free across all new price points.
"This industry is infamous for confusing consumers with the number and complexity of tariffs," said Sally Cowdry, Marketing Director, O2 UK. "We've listened to what our customers want and acted, offering simple but competitive tariffs across all our handset range. The iPhone is already our fastest ever selling device and this added value will allow us to appeal to an ever greater segment of the market - it is an unbeatable proposition."
Unlimited Data For all
O2 also today announces the launch of a new £1 per day flat rate tariff for mobile web browsing from your handset as standard on all new consumer Pay Monthly price points. This is ideal for occasional data users and means customers will never again face the prospect of accidentally running up large data bills. The maximum they will pay is £1 if they browse more than 20-25 pages in a day. Below this, they will pay approximately 4-5p per page. More regular data users can opt for the Unlimited Web Bolt On at £7.50 per month.
Sally Cowdry continued, "Unlimited will mean unlimited on O2. As long as customers use our services as they are intended - for example, their fingers to text and their handset to browse - and do not affect quality for others, they can do as much as they like without having to worry. We believe we are the only company in the market to be so open around fair use."