Prepaid used to be viewed as the option for those with poor credit, but that's not the case anymore. Last year, Cricket was the first prepaid carrier to get the iPhone 5.

TUAW has instructions for using prepaid service with the iPhone. Essentially, connect a just-purchased iPhone (or one with an inactivated SIM card) to your computer and begin the iTunes activation ...

The dream is real. After AT&T killed prepaid plans for the iPhone, no US carrier has allowed anyone to go with a prepaid, no contract plan when it came to the iPhone. Not anymore. Come June 22nd ...

As the recession drags on, many small businesses are desperate to cut overhead any way they can. To which small business maven Liz Franklin says that you can cut significant fat out of your monthly ...

Virgin Mobile begins selling the iPhone without a contract starting June 29 with service plans starting at $30 a month. The Sprint-owned prepaid, no-contract phone service will charge $549 for a ...

Die, contracts! Prepaid mobile phone use surges The American market doesn't look like Europe or Asia, but it's inching closer.

But in Japan, a wave of crime involving the use of prepaid phones by con men has tainted the service's image, turning it into a scapegoat for all kinds of social ills.

Yep, prepaid cell phones that were popularized by brands like Boost Mobile and Cricket in the mid-aughts, and in pop culture by their frequent use in TV's The Wire, are still around. In fact, tens ...

Starting this Friday, Walmart will be selling the iPhone for use with wireless provider Straight Talk, which is offering a $45-per-month contract with unlimited voice, data, and texting. This sale ...

T-Mobile ONE Prepaid is the most expensive of the three at $70/month, but offers unlimited voice, text, and data, whereas the cheaper $40/month Simply Prepaid option is limited to 10GB of LTE with ...

Prepaid iPhone will be offered by Leap Wireless starting June 22 in some cities. Open Mobile has already started selling a prepaid iPhone in Puerto Rico.

It seems iOS users may soon be able to use RCS on Mint, Tello, and any other T-Mobile based provider that doesn't currently offer RCS.