Sprint MVNOs will have access to data plans

Over the past few weeks I’ve done a number of podcasts relating to the prepaid sector. The one question everyone has asked is of whether prepaid data will ever catch on. I said I was pessimistic, but that a few developments could change everything. We might have seen one yesterday, as Sprint teamed with Telespree to provide prepaid data solutions to its wholesalers. The product, dubbed Mobile Broadband On Demand, will be not only for Sprint’s MVNOs, but for other retail businesses as well, such as hotels and airport kiosks.

It doesn’t sound, however, like this will bring a smartphone revolution to prepaid. Rather, it sounds like something similar to Virgin Mobile‘s Broaband2Go, where users can get internet access on their laptops. In the press release, the purchase of a data card is explicitly mentioned.

Still, it could certainly provide users with a swath of prepaid broadband options. Virgin’s broadband plans got an overhaul not long ago, and those look pretty good. If Sprint resellers can create plans with even more flexible tiers, this could catch on.

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