Voyager Mobile strives to deliver the most affordable wireless service nationwide. We want to be upfront and open with our customers about various taxes, fees, and surcharges that you may see on your wireless bill from Voyager Mobile. If you have any questions or concerns, please visit the Contact Voyager page to get in touch with us.
Monthly Recurring Taxes, Fees, and Surcharges
(these fees will show up on your monthly Voyager Mobile bill)
- 911/E-911 Surcharge – a local or state-imposed surcharge to fund the 911/E-911 systems in your jurisdiction
Varies by location per month - Federal Universal Service Charge – a federal-imposed surcharge on telecommunications services
Varies per month - State Universal Service Charge - a state-imposed surcharge on telecommunications services (not applicable in all states)
Varies per state per month - Telecommunications Tax - a state-imposed tax on telecommunications services, sometimes named differently than telecommunications tax (not applicable in all states)
Varies per state per month - Sales Tax - a state-imposed tax on the sale of tangible property, such as wireless devices, not wireless service (not applicable in all states)
Varies per state - Regulatory Recovery Fee – a carrier-imposed fee to offset the cost of compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
$1.50 per month - Infrastructure Technology Fee – a carrier-imposed fee to offset the cost of maintaining the technical infrastructure powering Voyager Telecom services
$2.50 per month - Paper Billing Fee – a carrier-imposed fee to offset the cost of processing, printing, and mailing paper bills (receiving your monthly bill via email and automated recurring billing remain free of charge)
$3.00 per month
One-time and Non-recurring Fees
(these fees are charged per occurrence and may show up on your monthly Voyager Mobile bill)
- Activation Fee (for devices purchased from Voyager Mobile) - applies to all newly activated Voyager Mobile handsets, charged per device upon activation
$15.00 per device if activated on or before May 31, 2013
$25.00 per device if activated on or after June 1, 2013 - Activation Fee (for devices activated through Bring Your Own Phone program) - applies to all newly activated Voyager Mobile handsets, charged per device upon activation
$25.00 per device - Shipping Fee - applies to all purchased devices from Voyager Mobile, charged per device upon order
Standard: $12.00 per device
Expedited: $15.00 per device
Overnight: $35.00 per device - Returned Items Fee - applies to all returned and dishonored payments by your financial institution, including chargebacks on credit cards and non-sufficient funds on checks and electronic transfer
$35.00 per incident - Restocking Fee - applies to all returns of working devices
Equivalent to 25% of the device purchase price
Fees may change at any time without notice to comply with various local, state, and federal regulations. Contact Voyager for more information.
