SaskTel announces launch of new mobile service called Lüm Mobile

The new service won't offer monthly bills

Lüm Mobile, a new digital mobile service created by Saskatchewan-based carrier SaskTel, aims to shift the world of mobile plans by supporting a "self-serve wireless" service.

At that place are no plans for purchase and customers won't have to pay monthly bills. Instead, customers volition buy memberships to access "data at nifty rates" with no expiration date. Customers will but pay for data, calls, and texts they apply. More data can be purchased at whatever time, given Lüm Mobile focuses on a self-service model.

Membership is available in 2 auto-pay levels. The get-go one lasts 3 months and costs $fifty. The 2nd lasts a year and costs $180. Information is purchased separately and is used to make calls and texts. 2GB costs $fifteen, 6GB is $thirty, 14 GB is $55, and $25 GB is $80. 1 MB of data volition get you lot 10 texts to Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Alternatively, the same amount of data will get i minute of talk.

Unlimited talk and text options are available as an addition. The three-month choice costs $25 and the one-year option costs $75.

"We have recognized that customers are moving increasingly towards self-serve online services," said Doug Burnett, president and CEO of SaskTel, said in a argument. "Lüm Mobile volition be a not bad choice for customers that are seeking a more digital arroyo, allowing customers to customize and self-manage what works for their private preference."

Customers interested in accessing the service will have to bring in their own mobile phones to sign up.

Paradigm credit: SaskTel

Source: SaskTel