Boost Mobile offers streaming music without data charges

News Wireless United States 10 DEC 2015
Boost Mobile offers streaming music without data charges
Sprint prepaid subsidiary Boost Mobile has joined forces with five music streaming services to allow customers to listen to music without any data charges. The streaming partners, 8tracks, iHeartRadio, Pandora, Samsung Milk Music and Slacker Radio, may require paid subscriptions or apply other fees. Boost Mobile offers four tiers of services, ranging from USD 30 to USD 60, all with unlimited talk and text and between 2 GB and unlimited high-speed data.  

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Mobile

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Sprint,  Boost Mobile,  Samsung,  Pandora,  iHeartRadio,  Slacker Radio,  8track

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Voice services, Data services, Messaging, Launch, Wireless, Consumer, Digital Music, Licences & sales agreement

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