Leap Wireless Confirms iPhone Sales Shortfall for First Year of Sale
Leap Wireless confirms it has sold less iPhone units than expected after its landmark sales agreement, leading to a sizable sales shortfall.
Apple (Finally) Offers Up A Prepaid iPhone… on Cricket
Cricket becomes the first nationwide carrier to offer a prepaid iPhone, and will offer iPhone 4 & 4S below no-contract pricing on Tier 1 carriers.
Fire Sale: ZTE Score X500 Cricket Android Prepaid Phone – $29.99 In-Store
Best Buy has launched a fire sale on the ZTE Score X500 Cricket Muve prepaid phone. At $29.99, it’s the lowest price we’ve seen for a Google-supported Android device… ever. Click the link below to secure your X500 for in-store pickup. We strongly suggest doing so as stores will deplete within hours, if not minutes. [...]
Huawei Announces Honor Android Smartphone, Cricket to Sell As Glory
Huawei has announced the forthcoming launch of its next high-end/low cost Android smartphone in the Honor, which will be sold by Cricket as the Huawei Glory when it is released later this quarter in the US. The Honor features Android 2.3.5,  a 1.4GHz Snapdragon processor with 512MB of RAM, a 4-inch F-WVGA resolution (854 x 480) [...]
Cricket 2010 Roadmap Leaks
The 2010 device roadmap for Cricket has surfaced detailing forthcoming phones, smart devices and aircards from the carrier with pricing and target launch timeframes. Read More for the complete list, which includes the Curve 8520, Kyocera Zio and new devices from Huawei, including their own MiFi clone.
Cricket Announces Best Buy Distribution Deal in Home Coverage Areas
Cricket has announced that it has signed a distribution deal with Best Buy and its Mobile subsidiary that will see the carrier’s products and services offered in home market areas with native coverage, which expands the carrier’s retail footprint by 450 stores, following its expansion into Target Corp. stores late last year.
Cricket Now Offering National Voice/SMS Roaming Via Sprint Agreement
Cricket has announced that it has signed a landmark voice and SMS roaming agreement with Sprint. Under the terms of the new roaming agreement, Cricket customers will be able to roam across the country and subsequent coverage has expanded to 270 million people from its prior coverage area of 195 million. The roaming agreement does [...]
Cricket Launches Joint Venture with Pocket Communications for South Texas Network Expansion
Leap Wireless has announced that it has formed a joint venture with Texas-based Pocket Communications in order to expand coverage in southern Texas. Currently, both companies provide pre-paid wireless services in the area. The yet unnamed venture will take control of both Leap’s and Pocket’s assets and operations in South Texas region from San Antonio [...]
Leap Announces Cricket PAYGo Sales Agreement via Target Locations
Leap Wireless, parent company of the Cricket flat-rate service has announced forthcoming availability of its Cricket PayGo prepaid service in 650 Target locations within Cricket service areas starting on Sunday, October 4. Cricket PAYGo service consists of plans that cost $1, $2 or $3 per day depending on which features are used and include taxes [...]
Cricket to Launch New Plans and Major Retail Presence This Winter
Cricket has announced that it has revamped its plans ahead of its retail sales expansion via four new national retailers with the new plans to be offered exclusively via the yet unannounced retailers covering 3,500 new sales locations. The new all-inclusive $40 and $45 plans will be available only through these mass merchants with the [...]
