Verizon Wireless has improved its prepaid plan options by adding international features. Also, the carrier has made a promotional 1 GB of bonus data offering, data that customers get when they sign in to auto pay, permanent. Regarding international features, Verizon Prepaid adds calling to Mexico and Canada; unlimited calling to these two countries is included in the top tier $60 unlimited plan while 1000 minutes for calling Mexico and Canada can be added for $10 per month to the $30 and $45 smartphone plans and $30 basic phone plan.

Both $45 and $60 unlimited plans already include unlimited texting to these two countries plus Puerto Rico. The $30 unlimited plan hasn’t been changed, neither have monthly plans for basic phones. After these latest changes, Verizon prepaid plan options include:

$30 monthly smartphone plan – unlimited talk, unlimited messaging, WiFi data and unlimited text to Mexico and Canada

$45 monthly smartphone plan – unlimited talk, unlimited messaging, 3 GB of 4G LTE data with auto pay (2 GB of data without auto pay) and unlimited text to Mexico and Canada

$60 monthly smartphone plan – unlimited talk, unlimited messaging, 6 GB of 4G LTE data with auto pay (5 GB of data without auto pay), unlimited calling and texting to Mexico and Canada

Verizon Prepaid also offers two basic phone plans:






$30 monthly plan – unlimited talk, text and mobile web

$15 monthly plan – 300 voice minutes or texts or multimedia messages (in any combination) and unlimited mobile web

Additional data can be added to both basic phone plans and smartphone plans: $5 per month for 500MB of data, $10 per 90 days for 1GB of data and $20 per 90 days for 3GB of data.

Verizon Prepaid adds calling to Mexico and Canada in order to better compete with other prepaid carriers. However, doing it this way will not satisfy the latest trends of allowing customers to use their plan in these two countries, including data, just like they are in the USA. The best example of that is T-Mobile. Cricket Wireless offers roaming to Mexico and Canada on most of its plans while GoPhone includes data roaming to Mexico and Canada on the $60 plan. Simple Mobile includes roaming to Mexico in its new unlimited plans but there are also carriers that charge additionally for this international feature; Boost Mobile and MetroPCS charge $5 per month for calling these two countries.

Source: Verizon Wireless