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Sprint will become the U.S.'s only wireless carrier to offer unlimited data for the iPhone 5, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-09/sprint-is-said-to-plan-unlimited-data-with-iphone-5-to-stand-out-from-pack.html" ><em>Bloomberg</em></a> reports, citing "people familiar with the matter." Details about pricing were not disclosed. Sprint currently offers unlimited data and voice for $99 a month for some smartphone models.

AT&T and Verizon will offer the phone with tiered pricing plans. AT&T's plan ranges from 200 megabytes of data for $15 a month to 4 gigabytes for $45 a month. Verizon's plans range from $30 for 2 gigabytes to $80 for 10 gigabytes. Both offer unlimited voice plans for the iPhone for $69.99 a month. AT&T <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/06/02/att-kills-ipad-unlimited-data-plan/">scrapped</a> its $30 a month unlimited data plan in June 2010. Some veteran AT&T customers were grandfathered in under the unlimited data plan.

Offering a competitive advantage could surely boost Sprint's fortunes. The carrier <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/07/28/sprintnextel-loses-847-millio-2/">lost $847 million</a> in its most-recent quarter as customers flocked to its two larger rivals to access the iPhone, the best-selling smartphone on the market. But Sprint and its investors have lately had reason to be optimistic. In addition to getting the iPhone, Sprint is also seen as a beneficiary of the Justice Department's lawsuit to block the <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/08/31/u-s-seeks-to-block-att-t-mobile-merger-report//">AT&T/T-Mobile merger</a>. 

However, you may want to take the report with a grain of salt: A similar rumor <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/01/25/verizon-iphone-data-plan/">surfaced</a> before Verizon got the iPhone, which never came to pass. 

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