In a bid to grab new customers, Sprint’s Virgin Mobile USA is now offering prepaid unlimited mobile broadband service for $40 per month with no contract. That compares to Verizon’s new prepaid plan at twice the price with a 5 GB limit over 30 days. Read More »
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Sprint today announced aggressively priced, prepaid plans for the Virgin Mobile USA brand it purchased last year. With more new prepaid customers than new postpaid customers in the last quarter of 2009, Sprint is trying to ensure that it reaps the benefit of the prepaid movement. Read More »
The cutthroat prepaid market will get even more competitive this weekend when Wal-Mart begins offering no-contract plans at bargain-basement rates. The planet’s largest retailer said it will roll out TracFone Wireless’ Straight Talk, which offers a $30-a-month plan as well as a $45 monthly rate… Read More »
Sprint’s $483 million purchase of prepaid phone services giant, Virgin USA, has been approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The deal still needs some minor clearances from the Federal Communications Commission. The megamillion-dollar purchase highlights the importance of the prepaid and budget… Read More »
Virgin Mobile USA, which recently agreed to be acquired by Sprint for $483 million in stock, said today its sales for the second quarter were largely unchanged from the same period a year ago, at $290 million. However, its profits nearly… Read More »
