By Allen Tsai | Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:01 am |
Wireless carrier Virgin Mobile will drop the price of its unlimited calling plan from $80 to $50 a month, a result of intense price-cutting among second-tier wireless competitors.
The Warren, N.J.-based company said the drastic price cut is "definitely a response to the marketplace," caused by MetroPCS and Leap Wireless providing unlimited prepaid service for $35 to $50 a month in limited areas.In January, Sprint introduced a $50 unlimited plan under its own prepaid brand, Boost Mobile, to counter that threat. Virgin Mobile, the world's first Mobile Virtual Network Operator, uses Sprint's network to offer service and recently renegotiated its rates, allowing it to lower prices. The new plan will become available on April 15. Current customers with the $80 plan will have to contact the Virgin Mobile to switch over to the $50 plan. The company's monthly plans don't require a contract. The company is also introducing plans that include text messages but no monthly minutes. One plan offers 1,000 messages for $15 per month, another offers unlimited messages for $20 per month. Voice calls cost an extra 10 cents per minute.
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