Apple Lets Businesses in on iPhones

Corporate-focused data plan costs $25 extra each month
By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 21, 2008 4:37 PM CST
Apple Lets Businesses in on iPhones
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, in this Jan. 9, 2007 file photo. Steve Jobs has a tough act to follow at the Macworld Conference on Tuesday   (Associated Press)

Get ready to send a more fashionable Out-of-Office Auto Reply. Apple and AT&T today revealed their first iPhone plans for businesses, allowing for discounted voice plans but charging a $25 monthly premium for data plans. New customers must sign up for a 2-year agreement, and existing AT&T customers must renew for 2 years, AppleInsider reports. 

The so-called Enterprise Data Plans cost $25 more per month than residential equivalents, starting at $45 for 200 text messages and going up to $65 for unlimited messages. A $25 monthly discount will be offered to corporate-liable customers through the end of 2008, however—meaning that their business plans will cost the same as individual ones until Jan. 1, 2009. (More iPhone stories.)

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