AT&T is finding few takers for its ‘sponsored data’ program

[Wireless News]

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HP9a6d9Rx876O08.BrACYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/att-sign.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/t-finding-few-takers-sponsored-data-program-230056362.html)AT&T’s controversial “Sponsored Data” plan, originally unveiled in January, has been billed as both a cause for concern and a potential boon for consumers, but in the months following the announcement, not a single high-profile company has joined the pilot program. Re/code reports that AT&T has added several smaller names to the program since then, but what could have been a landmark partnership for the the program, Prime Data on Amazon’s Fire Phone, never came to fruition. In the meantime, Syntonic Wireless, a Seattle startup, has been working on-a sponsored data store that will help-users find apps that won’t count towards their data plans. The store is currently in pre-beta and will be released on Android phones, tablets and iOS



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