Various cell phone companies offer senior cell phone plans at an affordable rate. But what an individual need is a cell phone service provider whom they can trust. Thus, the AT&T senior cell phone plans.

AT&T, the American multinational telecommunications conglomerate, is the world’s largest telecommunications company. The telecom giant offers unique cell phone plans for seniors who are 65 years or older. The plan from AT&T is called the Senior Plan and can be availed at a just $29.99 per month.

Some other details to bear in mind before purchasing the plan include the standard features that are a part of the scheme, the length of the contract, phone requirement and the activation charges and additional fees.

Specifics of the Senior Plan by AT&T
The core details set this plan apart from plans by other wireless network carriers:

Minimum Age Requirement: The applicant should be at least 65 years or older. Producing a proof of age is mandatory.

Restriction on devices: Only basic phones are supported in this plan, no tablets or smartphones are included as a part of the scheme.

Cost: $29.99 per month

Free airtime: 200 minutes

Anytime Minutes charges: 0.45 $ per minute

Night and Weekend Hours: Additional 500 minutes on weekends and weekday nights

Long Distance and Roaming: No charges

Messaging and Data plan: Not part of the scheme

As a part of the system, long distance calls are included and can be made from anywhere within the United States of America, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Charges on roaming networks are not applicable if the network is within the coverage area of the land-based systems anywhere in the 50 United States, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. Long distance international call rates may vary. Additional charges are applicable for services availed outside the U.S., Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

The plan also has the concept of rollover minutes which are the unused free minutes which can be carried each month for up to 12 billing cycles. This plan also has Unity minutes which allows unlimited calls to and from AT&T wireless, home, and business customers

Standard Features of AT&T senior cell phone plans.
The Senior Plan supports multiple features like

• Free mobile-to-mobile talk time
• Three-way conferencing
• Call forwarding, Call waiting and Caller ID
• Voicemail