Cricket Wireless is going to become first prepaid carrier to offer Apple iPhone on June 22. However, Cricket is not alone to make the move. The latest reports hitting blogosphere suggest that Sprint-owned Virgin Mobile is all set to become the second prepaid network provider to carry Apple iPhone in U.S.

Citing people familiar with Sprint's plans, Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the carrier is planning to offer Apple iPhone on its prepaid Virgin Mobile and the official announcement can come anytime soon, while the smartphone could go up for sales as soon as July 1. Reportedly, Sprint has agreed with Apple to buy $15.5 billion worth of iGadgets during next four years. Possibly, Sprint is betting on its prepaid subsidiary Virgin Mobile USA to complete the commitment. Reportedly, Sprint has emerged as third largest U.S. carrier after Verizon and AT&T.

Last week, Leap Wireless' Cricket announced to sell iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S on prepaid terms starting June 22. Cricket will sell the 16GB model of iPhone 4S for $499 and 8GB model of iPhone 4 for $399. The carrier's without-contract plan costs $55 per month, offering unlimited calling, text and data. Despite being labeled as "unlimited data", the data is not truly unlimited as data caps are applied. The Internet speeds will slow down after user consumes 2.3GB of data within a single month.

In case of Virgin Mobile, there are no words on pricing of iPhone or pay-as-you-go plan.