The wait is over, AT&T has has finally come public with their plans for FaceTime over cellular. According to AllthingsD report, AT&T has announced that it will allow iPhone users to make FaceTime video calls over its cellular network as long as they subscribe to one of the carrier’s Mobile Share data plans.
In an statement to AllthingsD, AT&T had this to say on the matter:
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AT&T will offer FaceTime over Cellular as an added benefit of our new Mobile Share data plans, which were created to meet customers’ growing data needs at a great value. With Mobile Share, the more data you use, the more you save. FaceTime will continue to be available over Wi-Fi for all our customers.
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This has not gone down well it a lot of folks. Reporting for 9t05 Mac, Seth Weintraub had this to say, “I’m not sure how smart a move this is for a company that has a quarter of the LTE infrastructure as Verizon. AT&T might have been able to pull this when they had faster 3G, exclusive simultaneous Talk+Data and broader international roaming. But with Verizon’s much broader LTE coverage and Sprint’s much more generous plans, there is hardly a reason to stick with AT&T.”
AT&T is due to launch the new Mobile Share plans next week, while FaceTime calls over a cellular connection is coming in iOS 6, which will be released this fall.
Source: 9t05 Mac, AllthingsD
