MetroPCS and Leap Wireless continue to add subscribers at a rapid rate, but the companies still have a long way to go to catch up to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.

Wireless carriers were onto something in 2008, namely the unlimited calling plan. This had been the bread and butter of regional carriers Metro PCS and Cricket wireless, and the major carriers finally decided to jump in. All four set theirs at $99/month, though T-Mobile added unlimited texting and Sprint added unlimited everything. A few prepaid carriers jumped on the bandwagon, with Virgin Mobile...

inCode, a firm focused on telecom consulting and enterprise mobile and wireless solutions, has released 10 telecom predictions for the new year. Since a number of them relate to the prepaid sector, we’ll go over those. In summary, it could be a good year to be on one end of the wireless spectrum. The guys in the middle could get eaten up in this economic environment. According to their predi...

This won’t be of note to most prepaid customers, but it’s worth noting that Leap Wireless, parent of Cricket Communications, has agreed to a deal with Convergys for the latter to manage Leap’s new billing system. What this means to the consumer, hopefully, is a stable pricing model. And, you know, peace of mind in knowing you’re getting billed correctly. A few quotes after ...

Scant few companies prefer a crappy economy in which to do business, but Virgin's latest financials suggest that this kind of operating environment might just be the sweet spot. 'Course, Virgin's US offerings are all about "value" -- prepaid and all -- and it seems that the Sprint-based MVNO is getting mad play from that angle, reporting close to a quarter million net adds in the fo...

Motorola went green at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show with the W233 Renew. This candybar cell phone, headed for T-Mobile, is manufactured from recycled plastic bottles, and comes with a prepaid recycling envelope for your old phone. Read the full story here.

So far, N-Gage game coupons like the one pictured on the left-hand side have been given out by Nokia for promotional purposes - I got mine with my Nokia N96 (and never used it as I loathe Tetris). In Indonesia, this has changed according to the MobileGamesBlog: Nokia will also start selling N-Gage games via vouchers. It’s

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Throughout the current economic downturn, we’ve seen a number of media outlets begin to discuss prepaid wireless as a way to cut household costs. We’ve seen prepaid carriers gain subscribers in this time, and even saw T-Mobile add more prepaid customers than postpaid in the third quarter. We haven’t, however, seen prepaid carriers aggressively pushing this message. That could cha...

A price war is looming in India with Rcom slashing prepaid rates and a new all time low.  The same is similar in Qatar -but could this be opportunity knocking? The Reliance Mobile GSM plan offers Rs 900-minutes of talktime on local calls and SMS to any network that can be accrued by Reliance mobile GSM ...