• USA Today, Friday, June 13, 2008 10:46 AM

Starting Monday, Sprint Nextel will begin offering a new "share" plan that offers 3,000 voice minutes and a bounty of add-ons for $169.99 a month for two lines. And Verizon plans to start offering discounts of $8 to $21 a month to consumers who buy wireless services plus any other service, such as the high-speed broadband service, FiOS. Previously, consumers had to buy a traditional landline service to qualify for a discount.

Sprint has been struggling with a string of operational problems related to the Nextel merger. Most consumers don't care about that, says Walter Piecyk, a telecom analyst at Pali Research, but "if you cut the price enough, that moves customers."

In addition to the 50 hours of calling time, Sprint subscribers will receive unlimited messaging and e-mail, unlimited access to the mobile Web, 50 streaming music channels, 25-plus live TV channels, on-demand TV and unlimited GPS navigation. There's also unlimited access to NFL Mobile and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile.

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