TracFone Wireless Inc. Extends Service Renewal Dates For 185,000 Customers In Hurricane Sandy Disaster Area

Covers Straight Talk Wireless®, NET10®, TracFone®, and Simple Mobile® Customers in 15 States Where Emergencies Are Declared

MIAMI, Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the wake of Hurricane Sandy's devastating impact on the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions, TracFone Wireless Inc, is extending the service renewal deadlines for more than 185,000 Straight Talk Wireless, NET10, TracFone, and Simple Mobile customers in 15 states.

The new renewal dates are as follows:

• NET10 and TracFone "pay as you go" customers with service renewal deadlines from 10/30-11/2, now have until midnight November 5^th to renew.
• Straight Talk Wireless, NET10, TracFone and Simple Mobile 30-day plan customers with service renewal deadlines from 10/30-11/1 now have until midnight November 2^nd to renew.

The extensions apply to TracFone service renewals in the jurisdictions that have been declared states of emergency by federal or state authorities: Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.   

Customers with power can access their accounts via:

StraightTalk.com

NET10.com

TracFone.com

MySimpleMobile.com

TracFone Wireless, Inc., is America's largest no-contract cellular service provider in the U.S. with over 21.3 million subscribers, and a subsidiary of America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. ("AMX") (BMV: AMX; NYSE: AMX; Nasdaq: AMOV; LATIBEX: XAMXL). AMX is the leading provider of wireless services in Latin America. As of June 30, 2012, it had 251.8 million wireless subscribers -- more wireless customers than AT&T and Verizon combined -- and 61.2 million fixed revenue generating units in the Americas.  

SOURCE TracFone Wireless, Inc., Miami, FL

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