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June 4, 2009 5:40 PM PDT

Alltel Wireless to offer one-year contracts

by Nicole Lee
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Alltel Wireless has announced that starting June 5, it will bring back one-year service contracts for all of Alltel's new and renewing customers.

Though one-year contracts aren't new, most of the cell phone industry uses two-year service agreements for new contracts. Even if your carrier does offer one-year contracts, your new phone will likely cost less with a two-year agreement. Not so with Alltel. In fact, it says it will be the only carrier to offer the same handset pricing as you would get with a two-year contract, but with one-year agreements instead.

However, this one-year contract option is only available to customers in the 91 cellular market areas that Verizon is required to divest--some of which are being acquired by AT&T pending approval. So you might want to check with Alltel to see if you're in one of those areas.

Nicole Lee is an associate editor for CNET, covering cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, and all things mobile. She's also pretty geeky--she likes World of Warcraft, comic books, and shiny gadgets. E-mail Nicole.
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