Pursuits
Billionaire Gives Tips for Switching IPhone Plans From AT&T
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Billionaire Carlos Slim’s U.S. mobile carrier is giving users instructions for switching their AT&T Inc. iPhones to his prepaid calling plans, showing them how to disable software aimed at preventing customers from defecting.
The site for Slim’s Straight Talk service, sold through Wal-Mart Stores Inc., directs users of the Apple Inc. device who have trouble switching away from AT&T to a website that provides information. AT&T has a 9 percent stake in Straight Talk’s parent, America Movil SAB, and has members on the board of Slim’s wireless carrier.