AT&T offers online account setup for iPhone 3G customers

Oct 10, 2008 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- - US communications holding company AT&T Inc (NYSE: T | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced on Thursday (9 October) that the company is offering online account set up for its iPhone 3G customers.

AT&&T said that customers can now set up accounts online before activation and completion of the purchase at a store. This will reportedly reduce in-store wait times as the busy holiday shopping season approaches.

New customers can perform a pre-qualifying credit check and determine eligibility to port an existing phone number to AT&T in advance by visiting http://www.att.com/iphone. Existing AT&T customers can also determine eligibility to add a new line for the iPhone.

This new AT&T online service joins Apple's existing offering for customers the of the iPhone 3G by starting the setup process online and finishing in the store.

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