While some phone service plans require lengthy contracts and cumbersome down payments, prepaid phones can be purchased, activated, and used faster than ever before. If you don’t want the hassle ...

Sales have never been better for MetroPCS. The prepaid cell phone retailer broke records in the first and second quarter of 2010 with new subscribers to its no-contract, monthly flat-rate mobile ...

While some phone service plans require lengthy contracts and cumbersome down payments, prepaid phones can be purchased, activated, and used faster than ever before. If you don’t want the hassle ...

Lee Owens, of Hampton, switched to a no-contract cell phone 8 months ago, and she says she is so satisfied with the service that she can’t foresee ever returning to a contract plan.“I was able ...

Prepaid phones can be a lifeline for people with limited incomes or poor credit, allowing them to purchase a device and a limited amount of calling time without committing to a costly contract.

Under the new bill, anyone buying a prepaid phone would have to give identification, and retailers would have to keep the records for 18 months. The sponsors, Senator Charles E. Schumer, ...