Walmart Jumps Into The Wireless Business Unlimited voice, data and SMS for $45 a month Thursday Oct 15 2009 09:07 EDT Retail juggernaut Walmart announced this morning that the company is now offering nationwide cellphone and mobile data service. According to the company, they're offering two wireless plans starting October 18. The first offers 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts and 30MB of data for $30 a month. The second offers unlimited voice, data and SMS for $45 a month. Of course as with a lot of prepaid operators, you won't be using much data with the limited types of phones Walmart's offering. The service was developed in cooperation with TracFone Wireless, and the company has been operating a pilot program in 234 Wal-Mart stores since last summer. |