T-Mobile to launch wireless service targeted at Hispanic Americans

By Reuters

May 15, 2014 10:25 AM EDT

A T-Mobile store sign is seen in Broomfield, Colorado February 25, 2014. (Photo : Reuters)

(Reuters) - T-Mobile U.S. Inc and Univision Communications Inc announced on Thursday they will launch a wireless service targeted at Hispanic Americans, the latest innovative marketingattempt by the fourth-largest mobile carrier in the United States.

Univision Mobile, which will run on T-Mobile's network, will be available at certainWalmart stores and other independent dealers on May 19 and includes unlimited international texting to select Latin American countries.

The service also gives customers 100 minutes they can use to call Mexico and seven other Latin American countries.

The "no annual contract" plans start at $30 for unlimited talk and text. For $45 a month, the plan includes 2.5 GB of high speed data.

(Reporting by Marina Lopes; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

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