T-Mobile USA intros Family Allowances

T-Mobile USA announced the imminent launch of Family Allowances, which promises parents the tools to manage when and how their children use the operator's handsets and solutions. Family Allowances enables parents to give teens an upfront monthly allowance for spending on minutes, messaging and multimedia downloads, effectively eliminating billing overages--once a given month's allowance is reached, T-Mobile USA shuts off service for that specific element of the pricing plan, sending parents a notification. Preset "Always Allowed" numbers continue to connect even after allowances are exhausted, and any unlimited calling features included in family plans like myFaves and T-Mobile-to-T-Mobile also remain active. Parents may also establish additional Family Allowances limits, e.g. setting the time per day a phone may be used, blocking certain numbers or limiting prohibiting downloads and/or messages. T-Mobile USA will debut Family Allowances in August at an introductory rate of $2 per month.

For more on Family Allowances:
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