AT&T's CEO Randall Stephenson is finally seeing the writing on the wall, stating on Friday that data-only smartphone plans are "likely to arrive" in the next two years. "I'll be surprised if, in the next 24 months, we don't see people in the market place with data-only plans," noted Stephenson. "I just think that's inevitable."
Stephenson now feels that the company may need to begin offering data-only plans in order to compete with other cellular providers. The change is due to a shift from traditional voice cell network usage towards VoIP solutions like Skype and non-text messaging solutions such as Apple's iMessage.
