Thanks to Ann Higgins for the heads up on T-Mobile’s latest offering…

According to the blog TmoNews, the $70 Unlimited no-contract plan will launch on Jan. 9. The comparable existing $70 prepaid plan offers unlimited talk and text but limits users to 5 GB. TmoNews quoted an unreleased T-Mobile document that says the new plan is “perfect for video chat, streaming music/movies/TV and playing online games.

The article was from January 6. I see the new offering on their website now. The move bucks a trend seen with other providers – and comes on the heels of a report that indicated that caps are an artificial construct.