NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The iPhone -- once a closely guarded, exclusive prize for wireless carriers -- is going mass-market.
Virgin Mobile said Thursday that it has become the seventh U.S. wireless company to carry the iPhone. It's the second prepaid carrier in as many weeks to announce plans to sell the iconic smartphone.
That's a stunning turn of events for a device that AT&T (T, Fortune 500) held an exclusive U.S. lock on for nearly four years.
In February 2011, after years of top-level negotiations, Verizon (VZ,Fortune 500) joined the field andbegan selling the device. After that, the floodgates started to open. Sprint (S, Fortune 500) beganselling the iPhone in October, followed by Mississippi regional carrier C Spire in November and Virginia regional carrier nTelos (NTLS) in April.
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