Walmart Carves a Prepaid Broadband Niche with New 4 GB Data Plan
Walmart makes an old plan relevant, by turning a bad deal into a good niche offering.
T-Mobile Announces New Prepaid Mobile Broadband Passes Launching Sunday
T-Mobile and Walmart prepare to offer new prepaid mobile broadband plans this weekend
Sprint Rolls Out New Combined 3G/4G Data Plans
Following last month’s changes to mobile broadband and hotspot plans and this month’s early changes to tablet data, Sprint has rolled out new combined 3G/4G data plans for Mobile Broadband hardware and Tablets which break down as such: 6GB of 3G/4G data starts at $49.99 per month, and 12GB of 3G/4G data for $79.99 per [...]
Sprint Confirms ETF Out for Mobile Broadband Changes
Following up on a previous report detailing next month’s mobile broadband changes which eliminate unlimited 4G access on tablets and mobile broadband cards, Sprint representative Emmy Anderson has confirmed that those customers that do not agree with the changes will be able to terminate service without a termination fee once notice of the changes is [...]
AT&T Makes Changes to Mobile Broadband Plans
AT&T will make changes to its current LaptopConnect slate of mobile broadband plans starting on Monday by increasing the monthly allotment of the cheapest plan from the current $35/month for 200MB plan to 3GB per month and reducing its $60/5GB month plan by $10 to $50 and changing both overage rates from $0.10/MB to the [...]
Verizon Now Offering $80 5GB Prepaid Mobile Broadband Plan
Verizon is now offering a 5GB prepaid mobile broadband option on top of its current prepaid offerings. The plan costs $80 for 30 days of access and follows Virgin Mobile’s recently announced $40 prepaid option with no limits or set transfer amounts.
FCC Reveals ZTE Peel iPod Touch Sleeve from Sprint
The FCC has revealed a branded ZTE sleeve for the iPod Touch with built-in Wi-Fi and GPS radios that allows the device to act as an EV-DO enabled mobile broadband router for up to five devices. The prominent Sprint branding suggests that the carrier will launch the accessory in the near future. Neither Sprint nor [...]
PSA: Avoid Droid X Mobile Hotspot Charges, Carry a Pre Plus or Pixi Plus as a Backup
It appears Verizon is going to make good on their offer of giving all Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus owners free 5 GB of Mobile Hotspot usage per month, despite charging upcoming Droid X a 2 GB-for-$20 for the exact same service. The Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus were the first phones in [...]
MWC: Fon Demonstrates SIMPL Router
Fon, the architects of the FON community based Wi-Fi hotspot service have revealed another piece of hardware at Mobile World Congress, this one targeted to carriers wishing to ease the strain of bandwidth heavy activity on 3G networks such as video streaming. The Fonera SIMPL router features two Ethernet ports and 802.11n support for high-speed [...]
Virgin Mobile to Launch Aircard and Prepaid Data Service Exclusively via Best Buy
Virgin Mobile has officially announced the forthcoming launch of its Broadband2Go prepaid data service, making it the second carrier after Verizon to offer prepaid mobile broadband service. Click image for full-size Virgin Mobile will be providing service via the Ovation MC760 USB modem which features zero-CD automatic software install with usage meter, EVDO Rev. [...]
