Cricket’s prepaid plans cost about 40 percent less than AT&T’s contract plans. For customers with a single line, AT&T offers 5GB of data with unlimited talk and text messaging for $75 a month.

AT&T said it will pay $15 a share, or roughly $1.2 billion, for the San Diego-based Leap Wireless. AT&T will acquire all of Leap's stock and wireless properties, including its network assets ...

AT&T is offering new pricing for its top prepaid hotspot plan: $55 per month for 100GB of data. That’s a big boost — and a nice discount — from the previous limit of 40GB for $75 per month.

No. 2 domestic carrier AT&T has launched a new prepaid brand, Aio Wireless, that will target "value-conscious" consumers looking for wireless service without annual contracts, and will offer ...

New wireless customers are choosing prepaid over contract plans. April 5, 2010— -- Is it time for you to rethink your relationship with your cell phone contract? If it is you, you wouldn't be ...

AT&T launched a prepaid wireless broadband service on Monday, following the lead of competitor Verizon Wireless. Pricing for the new AT&T DataConnect Pass plans are the same as what Verizon ...

Finding a prepaid wireless plan can be tricky, so here's a cheat sheet for some of the most popular services on the market today. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004 ...

It's an addictive way to boost growth -- but it costs in the long run. Parents, talk to your children about prepaid. Tell them of the dangers. They'll listen. A new kind of addiction is sweeping ...

The new Cricket Wireless location, at 291 Main St., is a prime spot for another reason — it's on a half-mile-long stretch of Main Street that is already home to five other prepaid wireless stores.