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T-Mobile’s (News - Alert) transformation over the past few months has left other mobile carrier services in the industry scrambling for a way to match up to its newfound quality and bargain prices. After revealing its HD Voice at CES (News - Alert) Las Vegas, followed by a monumental moment in mobile services after it revealed its no contract plans, and then HD Voice availability on the iPhone for the first time ever, it makes us wonder what AT&T and Verizon (News - Alert) have planned in the future to keep up with T-Mobile’s pace.

The future, however, is a little closer for AT&T, as it will offer its customers HD Voice later this year that will be a part of the voice over LTE (News - Alert) strategy that will move calls from it 3G network to its latest 4G LTE network. Since voice is still the number one choice for communication, despite the new developments in SMS, e-mail and social media, users still prefer to pick up a phone and talk which is why HD Voice is so important. By eliminating background noise significantly users are able conversations that require less effort in understanding the person on the other end.

With improved voice quality, T-Mobile and AT&T (News - Alert) users are able to conduct business conferences or meetings on their mobile phones while traveling, despite what noisy or hectic environment they are in. By using wideband codecs, companies are able to create a wider frequency range, which provides almost the same clarity of face-to-face conversation. Listen to T-Mobile’s 30 second clip to hear the significant difference between HD Voice and regular voice.

The other mobile carriers have not released a plan yet that will match up to T-Mobile’s no contract service. For only $70 a month, customers can get unlimited text and data as opposed to AT&T and Verizon’s two-year contract plans that cost around $100 a month. Not only will its iPhone 5 and no-contract be the investment for users, it will also be the first iPhone ever to support HD Voice.

Verizon has not released any plans for HD Voice so it will be interesting to see what measures it will take to match up to T-Mobile and AT&T.