Sprint extends half-rate offer to T-Mobile customers, touts network performance

In order to qualify you’ll need to port your number to Sprint from AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile between November 20th and January 7th, 2016. While recycled in part, Sprint’s 50%-off promotion may gain more traction this time, owing to its 4G network upgrade, a few analysts say.

The announcement has been made, and we’re not sure how mad the other carriers are going to be. At present, Sprint stock is trading down 7.62% at $4.06, as of 12:36 PM EST.

The two carriers seem to be locked in a perpetual price war to attract new customers – as well as a PR race with back-to-back timing on their statements. Excluding prepaid accounts converted to postpaid, Sprint added 38,000 phone subscribers, analysts said. Customers taking advantage of the offer can also garner up to $650 per line in switching fees to cover any potential early termination fee or payment on an equipment installment plan.

The promotion required customers to upload a copy of their bill to a special website and take a copy of their latest bill and all of the phones they planned on turning in for the switch to a Sprint retail outlet.

Before you jump, you might want to double check the fine print on the deal: quote:Disount applies to base monthly service plan and access charges only. Discount offer limited to consumer plans for: Verizon’s advertised shared data rate plans as of 11/18/15 for 1GB, 3GB, 6GB, 12GB, 18GB, 20GB, and 25GB; T-Mobile’s advertised Simple Choice rate plan prices as of 11/18/15 for 2GB, 6GB and 10GB; and AT&T’s advertised shared data rate plans as of 11/18/15 for 300MB, 2GB, 5GB, 15GB, 20GB and 25GB. The promotional pricing will run through January 8, 2017, Sprint said.