Virgin Mobile USA, determined to increase its marketshare in the face of unlimited calling plans from all the major US wireless carriers, has announced its own unlimited calling plan. And, as the joint venture between Sprint and Virgin Group is poised to become the sole MVNO (they're something of a pseudo-MVNO, like Boost Mobile) to [...]

With the acquisition of Alltel, it looks like Verizon is set to bring the same My Circle goodness to its business users. Verizon is rolling out its own free-calling circle plan, of sorts, for subscribers of the No. 2 US wireless carrier's Verizon Freedom for Business unlimited long-distance plan. A penny shy of $5 every month [...]

Every US wireless carrier needs an unlimited wireless plan to call their own these days. Not that it'll necessarily help a network operator's bottom line, but it's good to offer customers the option of an unlimited wireless plan - in the name of competition and all. Sprint's down-market brand Boost Mobile has just announced a new [...]

Virgin Mobile USA is poised to break further into the US wireless market. Following Virgin Mobile's dismal financial performance recently, Virgin Mobile UK launched their  "Liberty SIM" pre-paid calling plan. And, now Virgin Mobile USA is taking another crack at pre-paid offerings in the US. The new pre-paid offerings from Virgin Mobile USA are made that [...]

The word of the month seems to be "unlimited," and we're loving it. With wireless carriers battling to match or beat their competitors' pricing schedules with all-you-can-eat, flat-rate, unlimited calling/data plans, it's the consumer that ultimately comes out on top. The latest wireless operator to adopt the "buffet-style" pricing scheme that's rolling through the country [...]

Everyone and their grandma (not to mention aunt, uncle, and sister) are now offering unlimited calling plans like it's going out of style. So, it was only a matter of time before AT&T brought the all-you-can-eat wireless calling plan craze to the iPhone users' doorsteps.  That's right, AT&T is now offering the an unlimited calling [...]

Is this a sign of things to come? Following on luxury MVNO Voce’s abrupt (and unethical) bankruptcy , Helio has just lowered the price of their unlimited rate plans. The Helio unlimited plan offers unlimited voice minutes, data, and SMS text messages for a new, low price of $99. The price has been slashed from the previous $145 price point, and the new price seems to be a limited affair. The new $99 Helio unlimited plan doesn’t allow device-tethering, but hey, it’s still a good deal for heavy-talkers/data-consumers. Now, what does this price-cut mean for Helio? One way to look at it is that Helio is just trying to expand its customer-base by playing around with rate-plan prices. On the other hand, Helio may be hurting for more customers. When carriers find themselves short on subscribers (and cash), they generally slash prices - which is exactly what Voce kept doing before their network went dark a couple days ago. After all, Helio has to make sure it puts that fresh $70 cash infusion to good use. Helio ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Apple announces rate plans for the iPhone - unlimited data and 200 SMS text messages included!Alltel offers more unlimited calling plans with 5, 20 person My Circle plansVerizon Unlimited Text, Picture, Video Messaging Coming April 15?AT&T offering monster iPhone rate plans with thousands of minutes!T-Mobile gets cheap with new data and BlackBerry [...]

Remember that easy-to-use, messaging phone that Samsung was sending over to MetroPCS’s network? Yea, well, it’s finally gone live in time for some last-minute holiday shopping. The Samsung R410 will bring some QWERTY-based messaging prowess to MetroPCS’s mid-range lineup. At a $200 price point, this thing is actually at the higher-end of the carrier’s stable, but with features like a VGA camera (they call it a “high-resolution” shooter, but we know better) and Bluetooth as the most-advanced offering, the Samsung R410 isn’t all that high-end. Still, if unlimited calling plans and text-messaging focus is what you’re looking for, then the Samsung R410 on MetroPCS should do you just fine. Grab it for the aforementioned $200 in your choice of black or red. We like the red, but you can’t go wrong with black. MetroPCS ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:MetroPCS announces the Samsung R410MetroPCS goes live in Los Angeles, CA.FCC: Huawei M318 headed to MetroPCSMetroPCS puts in buy-offer to acquire Leap Wireless for $5.12 billionMetroPCS planning 3G service in seven markets

Following on MetroPCS’s successful launch in the c oveted Los Angeles market , the “unlimited” carrier has announced that they’ll be working with Alcatel-Lucent to bring 3G data service to seven key markets in the US. MetroPCS won the 3G spectrum in last year’s AWS spectrum auction, and will be upgrading their CDMA network from 1xRTT to EV-DO speeds in Los Angeles, Detroit, and Dallas. MetroPCS also plans to launch in four new markets with 3G from the get-go - New York, Las Vegas, Bostson, and Philadelphia will see MetroPCS’s 3G EVDO network go live in the near future. “Our customers want the most value for their dollar and our unlimited flat-rate service offers a compelling value proposition, which is evident by the remarkable continued growth of our subscriber base,” said Roger D. Linquist, MetroPCS’ Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. The upgraded 3G MetroPCS network will bring advanced data solutions to its subscriber-base. MetroPCS customers can expect the same “unlimited” rate plan model with even more service options - services like “advanced multimedia, mobile data, unified communications, video mail, speech-enabled and real-time voice portal applications.” MetroPCS did not outline their 3G-rollout timeline, but we assume it’ll be completed before the end of 2008. Unlimited wireless plans just got a bit more interesting. We’d love to see a 3G GSM network with an unlimited rate-plan model - now that would get us to bite. [Via: Mobile Tech News ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:MetroPCS goes live in Los Angeles, CA.Alltel and MetroPCS gun for 700Mhz spectrum; Newly opened spectrum to be auctioned soonFCC: Huawei M318 headed to MetroPCSLeap wireless to MetroPCS: No thanksMetroPCS puts in buy-offer to acquire Leap Wireless for $5.12 billion

Free unlimited calling plans are MetroPCS’s forte, but they just don’t have any youth-oriented messaging phones. As such, MetroPCS has announced that they are picking up the horizontally-sliding Samsung R410 to boost their wireless stable. What’s with the horizontal slider, you ask? Why, it reveals a full QWERTY keyboard for the text-messaging set. Unfortunately, when $35 unlimited calling plans are involved, you’ll have to sacrifice a couple power-features. The MetroPCS Samsung R410 trades a multi-megapixel camera and EVDO data connection for a lowly VGA shooter and 1xRTT data speeds. On the up-side, there’s a bit of stereo Bluetooth goodness to keep you in Bluetooth-headphone-bliss as you lament the absence of a decent data connection. But hey, if unlimited wireless calling on a text-messaging ace like the Samsung R410 is everything you’ve been wishing for, then head on over to MetroPCS and grab your own Samsung R410 for somewhere between $150 and $200. Oh, and unlimited AIM chats, text messages, and internet access will bump up your unlimited calling plan to $50 a month. Actually, for the price and the intended demographic, we’re liking the Samsung R410 more and more. [Via: Electronista ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:MetroPCS goes live in Los Angeles, CA.FCC: Huawei M318 headed to MetrPCSMetroPCS puts in buy-offer to acquire Leap Wireless for $5.12 billionMetroPCS: Leap Wireless keeps rejecting us, we're going to stop hitting on themFCC outs ZTE C88 mid-level phone for MetroPCS