| It's hard to believe that a business can make | | | | even teaming up with a new enterprise to offer |
| money in this day and age and be free at the | | | | customers free service if they refer new |
| same time, but something new has rolled down | | | | customers. On top of that, they are even giving |
| the pike in the last 6 months for people who | | | | budding entrepreneurs the chance to go into the |
| either don't want to take the risk of investing | | | | cell phone business for themselves with no |
| thousands of dollars in a new business or the | | | | investment. |
| extra time it takes to get a new store off the | | | | For those of you who may have thought of |
| ground. The cell phone industry is ripe with healthy | | | | starting a cell phone franchise in the past but |
| competition and expanding world markets. The big | | | | didn't have the money, now is your chance to get |
| players like Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint | | | | in on the action--and you won't have to be tied to |
| are busy thinking up ways to gain a greater | | | | a store, hire employees, or even do paperwork. |
| market share. One of those ways, of course, is | | | | The big time players in the industry have come |
| to lower prices on cell phone plans and to give | | | | up with a creative way to increase revenues by |
| good deals on new phones. Newcomers like Metro | | | | offering free cell phone plans and virtual mobile |
| PCS and Boost Mobile are coming into the game | | | | phone stores. There couldn't be a better time to |
| with cheaper rates and are forcing the big players | | | | get in the mobile phone business and ride the new |
| to lower prices also. One company, T-Mobile is | | | | technological wave. |