SEATTLE – Amazon may soon be dangling yet another perk in front of prospective Prime members: the chance to save big on your monthly cellphone bill.
The company is in talks with wireless carriers about potentially offering a Prime Wireless plan that could range from $0 to $10 per month for Amazon Prime members, Bloomberg reported on Friday. T-Mobile, Verizon, and Dish have all been involved in the talks, according to the report, though the idea could take months to launch and could still fail to pan out.
“We are always exploring adding even more benefits for Prime members, but don’t have plans to add wireless at this time,” an Amazon spokesperson, Bradley Mattinger, told Insider in a statement.
“Amazon is a great partner to T-Mobile in many areas, and we are always interested in working more closely with our crosstown neighbors in new ways,” a T-Mobile spokesperson told Insider. “However, we are not in discussions about inclusion of our wireless in Prime service, and Amazon has told us they have no plans to add wireless service.”
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An AT&T spokesperson told Insider that the company is “not in discussions with Amazon to resell wireless services.”
If such a service does end up launching, it would be a significant development in the wireless industry. Amazon is a known disrupter with the patience and ability to spend vast amounts of money to gain market share, and wireless carriers will have to weigh the potential size of such a deal and the chance of growing their customer base with the possible risk of helping establish an eventual competitor.
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