Remember Zer01, the guys who were promising to undercut all the major carriers with unlimited voice and data for $70/month using some heretofore unseen voodoo magic? Well, their website has disappeared into a puff of smoke a few days ago, without so much as a Dear John letter. To be fair, its only redirecting to

Zer01, a company which launched with the promise of unlimited voice and data services for $70 per month, has gone dark. The company first came to light in 2009. It claimed it would offer wireless services that piggy-backed ...

Sprint Nextel is putting its marketing muscle behind a new advertising campaign to highlight the carrier's value proposition, an effort that marks the return of CEO Dan Hesse as the company's pitchman. The carrier, which has been struggling to get back to positive net subscriber growth, is highlighting the difference between its plans and the unlimited voice plans recently unveiled by Ve...

Simple Mobile, a fledgling MVNO that has been operating since November, refreshed its unlimited plans, and said it is taking slow but steady steps toward growth. The MVNO laid out three new pay-as-you-go plans: $40 for unlimited voice and texting; $50 for unlimited voice and texting and 50 MB of data use; and $60 for unlimited voice, texting, 150 MB of data and national 3G coverage. The offerings ...

With a good, free VOIP app, is a voice plan really necessary?

You see, it's just not enough that you're locked into a long-term binding contract with an epic ETF these days, apparently -- carriers need a little more assurance that you're going to make it rain on them after you pick up a subsidized device. Verizon's doing it, and now AT&T's following on from a slightly different angle, it seems. BGR has scored what appears to ...

Over the past two weeks, RCR Wireless covered the dropping rates of unlimited voice cellular plans.

$50 price plans We havent seen the last of the unlimited $50 price plan that gained popularity, and a certain amount of notoriety, in 2009.  Offering unlimited voice and data, including messaging and web access, $50 plans have been something of a game-changer in the US market, but will they start to give global wireless carriers

AT&T presents a flat rate $99 plan that includes unlimited voice minutes and data for all smart phones, together with the iPhone. However, unlike Sprints Simply Everything plan, the package does not include texting. Feature phone customers have the alternative of a $69.99 unlimited talk plan, while users with QWERTY smartphones can subscribe to an

Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone The battle of snarkiness between AT&T and Verizon is resulting in benefits for subscribers. Yesterday, AT&T announced a new unlimited voice and data plan for smartphone owners, including those who use the iPhone, that offers unlimited voice and data service for $99.99 per month. The change was the result of Verizon