Sprint (News - Alert) has announced that Kiplinger's Personal Finance's annual 2011 Best of Everything list has named the company to its list in three areas.

Sprint's Simply Everything Plan was named best unlimited plan. That's no surprise, as with no throttling or metering, Sprint is the only national carrier offering truly unlimited data for all smartphones. For $99.99 per month, the plan includes unlimited talk, text and data while on the Sprint Network. Pointing out that "Sprint won't slow your connection or impose usage caps," Kiplinger's calls this the plan for a "data-hungry smartphone user," the company stated in a press release.

“We're committed to offering what our customers value most and that includes unlimited data plans, no-contract options and a cutting-edge selection of devices," said Bob H. Johnson, president of Sprint's consumer business unit, in a company press release. "We're extremely proud to have these offerings recognized by Kiplinger's with multiple entries on this year's Best of Everything list.”

Picking the standouts in stocks, funds, credit cards, travel, tech, apps and cars, Kiplinger's annual Best of Everything list includes best of various things. Boost Mobile's Monthly Unlimited Plan was named best prepaid option. Depending on the phone, this no-contract plan delivers unlimited voice, text messaging, Web, email and calls to 411 for $50 to $60 per month. For every six on-time payments, Kiplinger's also notes that "Boost's 'Shrinkage' perk lowers your monthly bill by $5."

Recently, the company was busy celebrating its 11th annual Open Solutions Conference (OSC) in Santa Clara, Calif., an event that highlighted the company’s open strategy to provide enterprises, developers and entrepreneurs with valuable Sprint support. The Golden State was filled with some of the most prominent technology companies and leading industry experts and developers last week as the OSC brought to the state more than 40 breakout sessions, a special focus on M2M and leading products from Sprint.