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Vodafone UK announced several new plans, which are supposed to include unlimited data.

The the starting package costs £25, and those over £40 can also choose unlimited texts, unlimited landline calls, or unlimited Vodafone-to-Vodafone calls to be included in the bundle.

However, there's a fine print saying that data is actually limited to 500MB. Wonder why they used the word "unlimited" in that case.

T-Mobile USA came up with a new prepaid calling option - Pay By The Day.

Each day you use the phone will cost you $1. This includes free calls inside the network, and unlimited calls to any operator between 7:00 PM and 6:59 AM. Calling other operators during daytime hours costs $0.10 per minute.

Prices for SMS messages are $0.10 to send, and $0.05 to receive.

To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of My Circle plan, Alltel is offering a free "bonus" number for all 2-year subscribers.

This means an additional number, which you can call without limitations.

To get the bonus, simply login here www.alltel.com/myaccount.

Skype announced a new unlimited plan allowing for unlimited international calls from the U.S.

The plan costs $9.95 a month and offers unlimited calling to 34 countries, including most of Europe, plus Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Malaysia. However, this refers to land line numbers; unlimited calls to cell phones take effect only if you dial U.

Verizon Wireless came up with three new Nationwide Messaging plans for those who mostly use messaging to communicate.

They are additional to the corresponding voice plans and are available on most handsets. All plans offer unlimited text, instant, picture and video messaging, and offer voice calling rates starting from $0.25 per minute.

Messaging Plan Price/month Also included in the package Voice per minute Consumer Devices $34.

Verizon Wireless announced a new unlimited "E-mail and Web for Smartphone" plan for the owners of SMT5800, XV6800, MOTO Q9m and some future handsets.

It will cost you just $30 a month, but keep in mind that this is not a data plan, downloading isn't free.

Verizon started offering a new 50MB EV-DO data plan for $39.99 a month to its subscribers.

While it’s quite expensive and limited, especially in comparison with Cricket's plan, those who don't use traffic hungry services like YouTube will probably find it convenient.

Virgin Mobile USA has updated some of its pre-paid and post-paid calling plans. Now they offer:

Pre-paid plans:

• $20 per month - 200 minutes;
• $30 per month - 400 minutes;
• $50 per month - 1000 minutes.

Messaging options:

• $5 - 200 messages;
• $10 - 1000 messages;
• $20 - unlimited messaging, including email and IM.

Cricket, a small regional operator came up with an unlimited EV-DO Rev. 0 data plan for just $35 a month.

Now, if you live in Portland, Spokane, Albuquerque, or Central California, don't waste time and take advantage of this incredible offer.

Currently, the company offers a single PC data card, but a USB version is expected in the nearest future.

Virgin Mobile UK has announced a new pre-paid SIM-only calling plan, called "The Liberty SIM". If you already have a GSM phone and just need a pre-paid SIM card, this plan is for you. Now subscribers can enjoy cheaper wireless rates, from which the price of the phone is excluded. The company offers 300 wireless minutes and 300 SMS messages or 150 wireless minutes and 1000 SMS messages for the same price of 15GBP.