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Alltel's My Circle calling plans have been modified.

Now subscribers will be able to choose several phone numbers, contacting which will be free of charge. My Circle includes three options: 5, 10, or 20 numbers in the plan for $50, $60 or $100 respectively.

Available immediately.

Helio came up with an attractive limited time offer.

For just $99 a month subscribers will enjoy unlimited calling, email, IM, web browsing, text and multimedia messaging and more. The original price for this plan is $145, so this is likely an attempt to attract new customers.

To subscribe for the new unlimited plan you'll have to reactivate your contract for more 2 years.

AT&T now offers a new international data roaming plan for iPhone owners.

For extra $24.99 or $59.99 per month users will get 20MB or 50MB of international data respectively and will be charged $0.005 per 1KB for anything above the included traffic.

The $0.005 per kilobyte fee is only in 29 countries where AT&T has roaming partnerships.

Verizon has updated its INpulse prepaid plans, which include three basic daily access fees ranging between $0.99 and $2.99 (including per-minute fees).

In addition, customers will have access to VCAST-enabled handsets and services.

INpulse plans are available now, but keep in mind that they are for cell phone users only (smartphones and PDAs are not supported).

Sprint's Boost Unlimited calling plans are now available in 10 more states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

The prices range between $45 and $55 depending on the plan, and if a subscriber leaves his home region, a minute will cost him 15 cents.

T-Mobile offers unlimited MMS as part of its Sidekick Unlimited plan.

For just $19.99 a month T-Mobile subscribers, owners of the new MMS-capable Sidekick Slide or Sidekick LX, will be able to send as many MMS messages as they want. All new customers to buy LX or Slide will be automatically placed on the unlimited Sidekick plan.

Canadian carrier Bell unveiled today its new unlimited data plan for PC data card users.

It replaces the old 1GB plan ($100) and offers unlimited traffic for $75 a month.

Unfortunately, there is no such plan for mobile phones, but let's hope this is just a matter of time, and maybe other Canadian operators will join the competition to be the first to offer it.

T-Mobile has made some changes in its data plans, which go into effect on September 12th, that was yesterday.

The good news is the following:

• Total Internet add-on will drop from $29.99 to $19.99
• BIS add-on plan will remain at $19.99
• All-new Blackberry add-on plan for only $9.99

The bad news is that "the standalone BIS option and the standalone Total Internet Plan will go up to $39.

AT&T subscribers now will be able to call to any landline AT&T number for free, doesn't matter whether they call from home or from a cell phone. AT&T's Unity plan is the only plan affected by this change and additionally offers free night & weekend minutes.

The company claims it has over 100 million phone numbers.

Here are 3 basic plans that AT&T will be offering for iPhone users:

Standard:

$60 - 450 minutes + 5,000 night and weekend minutes

$80 - 900 minutes + unlimited night and weekend minutes

$100 - 1,350 minutes + unlimited night and weekend minutes

Super-user:

$120 - 2,000 minutes

$170 - 4,000 minutes

$220 - 6,000 minutes

Family share:

$80 - 700 shared minutes

$100 - 1,400 shared minutes

$120 - 2,100 shared minutes

Each plan includes visual voicemail, 200 SMS text messages, roll-over minutes, unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling, and unlimited data.