Tag archive: pre-paid data plan

T-Mobile—now known as the only major U.S. mobile operator without an iPhone—is spicing up its contract-free and pay-by-the-day offerings in an effort to retain customers who might be lured away to other carriers—or for whom the cost of a typical smartphone subscription service is just too spendy. T-Mobile's new Monthly4G plan lets users have all the voice, text, and data they want in a month for $60, although T-Mobile… Read More

Pre-paid phone provider Virgin Mobile—now owned by Sprint—is going after mobile Internet users, announcing a new pre-paid, contract-free, unlimited mobile broadband plan priced at $40 per month. “Many unlimited broadband offerings require a contract or are on networks with limited range, so they don't meet the need for flexibility or true mobility,” said Virgin Mobile USA's chief marketing officer Neil… Read More

Verizon Wireless has unveiled new pre-paid wireless plans for notebook users, whereby customers can pay for mobile data services a day, week, or month at a time with Verizon's USB760 wireless modem. Verizon hopes that the pre-paid option will appeal to folks who occasionally need mobile data services for the computer, but don't roam enough to justify the cost of an always-available data plan—for instance, the prepaid plans… Read More