Boost Mobile Aligns CDMA Unlimited Service with iDEN Unlimited

Boost Mobile has announced in a press release that it will make sweeping changes to the Unlimited by Boost regional CDMA cellular service available in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas in order to align it with the iDEN Unlimited service.

First, Boost has eliminated the Home Calling Area and the associated 15 cent/minute roaming charges, now allowing for nationwide roaming on the entire Sprint network at no additional cost.

In addition, existing customers on the UNLTD $50 Unlimited Talk, $60 Unlimited Talk & Text or $70 Unlimited Talk, Text & Web will receive up to a $20 price drop by being automatically moved to the new $50 unlimited plan that now includes voice, messaging and Web access, mirroring the unlimited iDEN pricepoint, while customers on the introductory $35 Unlimited Talk, $40 Unlimited Talk & Text or $45 Unlimited Talk, Text & Web will remain on their current plans with no changes.

Because of this realignment and differences in billing systems between CDMA and iDEN according to Boost, customers on the newer UNLTD plans will continue to pay taxes in addition to their monthly cost and a convenience fee will continue to be charged to customers when replenishing their account in-store.  Finally, new UNLTD customers will no longer be offered the first month of service free, eliminating a commpetitive bullet point against regional flat-rate carriers Cricket and Metro PCS.