One of my personal complaints with the prepaid industry in the US is the fact that while voice minutes have gotten reasonably cheap, data is still somewhat of a crapshoot. Its expensive, if its available at all. Especially on mobile handsets. Im looking at you, AT&T and T-Mobile. Meanwhile, the folks from Virgin Mobile USA (which

Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S - News), the third-largest US carrier, announced that it will discontinue the postpaid wireless service (marketed under the “Helio brand) of its wholly-owned subsidiary Virgin Mobile USA effective May 25, 2010. However, the prepaid service, which is being offered under the “Virgin brand, will not be affected by the decision.

Virgin Mobile USA upped the ante on its prepaid mobile broadband offerings by lumping more data into its existing Broadband2Go plans as it looks to replace customers' wired Internet connections. Virgin Mobile's most expensive plan, gets a significant boost, with $60 per month getting users 5GB of data instead of 1GB of data. For $40, users can get 1GB of data instead of 600MB. The $...

Virgin Mobile USA is officially shuttering its postpaid service, Helio. The move isn't particularly surprising, considering Sprint Nextel is Virgin Mobile's parent company. Helio was acquired by Virgin Mobile in June of 2008 for $39 million in stock. A year

Virgin Mobile USA has announced its new Broadband2Go plans that's basically increasing the allotments of data you get for about the same amount... Photos:

On the heels of reports that Virgin Mobile USA is shuttering its postpaid Helio business, the carrier is promoting new prepaid data plans.

Virgin Mobile USA refreshed its prepaid mobile broadband offerings by adding more data to its existing options. The company said the plans--specifically its high-end plan--are meant to replace customers' wired Internet connection. The new plans, called Broadband2Go, break down as follows: $60 gets users 5 GB of data, up from 1 GB  $40 for 1 GB, up from 600 MB $20 for 300 MB, up from 250 ...

Virgin Mobile USA tweaked its Broadband2Go data plans today, and three of them now provide you with more data for the same price. Read the full story here.

Virgin Mobile USA today announced new Broadband2Go plans, offering customers access to more data for the same price offers.Continue reading...

Virgin Mobile USA, a prepaid arm of Sprint's network service, has improved its Broadband2Go offering to give buyers more data at the same price points. Notably, prepaid buyers who spend $60 will now get to use 5GB of data ...