WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Sprint says it is giving customers an easier way to budget for their monthly wireless expenses with the launch on June 15 of new simplified pricing plans. Building on the popularity of Sprint's $99 Simply Everything plan, new share plans for families will include unlimited messaging and data for one low price, so there's no calculator needed to figure out wireless costs for the whole family's favorite services.

For individuals, new voice-only Talk plans will be available for

• $39.99 for 450 minutes or
  
• $59.99 for 900 minutes.

Talk/Message/Direct Connect plans

• $49.99 for 450 minutes,
  
• $69.99 for 900 minutes or
  
• $89.99 for unlimited minutes;

 Everything Plans

• $69.99 for 450 minutes
• $89.99 for 900 minutes or
• $99.99 for Simply Everything with unlimited minutes.

The only way you can tell what plan is best for you is to compare apples to apples.  Sprint provided a chart which shows their share plan for 3000 minutes is by far cheaper with more features than AT&T and Verizon.  Unfortunately the FCC hasn't lowered Early Termination Fees yet, making changing carriers expensive.

Other features to note is that Sprint's umlimited night time minutes start at 7:00 pm while the others start at 9:00  pm. Sprint's 3000 minute plan for two lines include unlimited GPS, 50 free songs, free Sprint TV, NFL and  NASCAR  Cup.

For families, options will include a voice-only

• Talk Share plan for $69.99 for 700 minutes shared between two lines
• Talk/Message Share plans for $99.99 for 1500 minutes
• $149.99 for 3000 minutes

New Talk/Message/Data Share plans

• $129.99 for 1500 minutes or
• $169.99 for 3000 minutes.

Additional lines are $9.99 per line for Talk Share and Talk/Message Share plans and $19.99 for Talk/Message/Data Share plans.

The Chart provided by Sprint

	Sprint		Verizon Wireless		AT&T
	3000 minutes for two lines		3000 minutes for two lines		3000 minutes for two lines
	$169.99		$219.99		$209.99
	Additional lines = $19.99		Additional lines = $29.99		Additional lines = $24.99
	Unlimited night & weekend minutes starting at 7 p.m.		Unlimited night & weekend minutes starting at 9 p.m.		Unlimited night & weekend minutes starting at 9 p.m.
	Unlimited messaging, email and mobile Web		Unlimited messaging, email and mobile Web		Unlimited messaging, email and mobile Web
	Blackberry® Internet Service		Not included		Not included
	Unlimited GPS navigation		Unlimited GPS navigation		Not included
	Sprint Music Premier - 50 commercial-free streaming music channels, 100 local stations		Not included		Not included
	Sprint TV Premier - 25+ channels of live TV, on-demand clips and full-length episodes		Full-length on-demand episodes not available		Full-length on-demand episodes not available
	Unlimited NFL Mobile		Not available		Not available
	Unlimited NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile		Not available		Not available