Alltel increases spending limits, adds support for pre-paid

As of March 7, 2007 Alltel has increased the monthly spending limit for premium services from $35 to $75. This spending limit is applied by Alltel on a PER USER basis and covers all premium SMS usage by that user in a given month. Alltel is enforcing the limit. Content providers do not need to make any changes.

At the same time, Alltel announces support for prepaid phones. The subscriber must have sufficient funds in his account for a premium transaction to succeed.

We believe that both measures will help to increase the overall SBR (Success Billing Ratio) of Alltel's network. ReminderConnection's average SBR on Alltel for 2006 was a low 45.5%, compared to an average SBR across all US carriers of 87.9%.