New carrier Voyager Mobile starts May 15th, promises rewards for chatting it up

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Competition among US cellular carriers is about to get a bit fiercer with a fresh national network that will actively encourage using your phone rather than [setting hard limits][3]. Newcomer (and [MVNO][4] on Sprint's network) Voyager Mobile is teasing a "frequent talker program" that will give all kinds of perks for the more talkative among us: call your Aunt Ruth a lot and you'll get phone upgrades, free months of service and smaller nice-to-haves like air mileage and gift cards. That's helped by Voyager starting off at $19 a month for unlimited voice, although picking a smartphone in the early catalog will hike that to a still rather thrifty $39 for all-unlimited voice, text and WiMAX data. If you're tempted by the price and don't mind an early phone roster that focuses on mostly Android-based carryovers like the LG [Optimus S][5], Motorola XPRT or Samsung's [Conquer 4G][6] and [Epic 4G Touch][7], Voyager will swing the virtual doors open for some states (with more to follow) when its countdown expires on May 15th.

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