“Sprint Nextel Corp. will offer Apple Inc.’s iPhone next month with unlimited data service plans to distinguish itself from rivals AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, according to people familiar with the matter,” Olga Kharif reports for Bloomberg.
“Sprint, the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier, plans to begin selling the device in mid-October under a deal with Apple for the next model, the iPhone 5, said the people, who wouldn’t be identified because the plans aren’t public,” Kharif reports. “Becoming the country’s only operator to offer the device with unlimited data service for a flat fee may help Sprint draw customers from AT&T and Verizon Wireless, which already carry the phone, they said.”
Kharif reports, “Sprint already offers unlimited data plans for smartphones such as Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry and HTC Corp.’s Evo, which runs on Google Inc.’s Android operating system. Sprint’s unlimited voice and data service costs $99.99 a month.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Now, if they’d only offer unlimited coverage.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]