Cricket Offers Premium Extended Coverage in 13 Markets
Leap Wireless has announced in a press release that it has begun offering expanded voice coverage for Cricket flat-rate customers in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco, California; Jacksonville, Miami, and Orlando, Florida.; Atlanta, Georgia.; Indianapolis, Indiana.; Detroit, Michigan.; Columbus, Cleveland, and Toledo, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; and Green Bay, Wisconsin as a result of expanded and […]
MetroPCS and Leap Wireless Enter Into Long-Term Roaming Agreement
MetroPCS and Leap Wireless International, the parent company responsible for the Cricket brand of regional flat-rate wireless services, have signed a long-term roaming agreement which covers both existing and future markets between both carriers with the option of further extension should the agreement prove amenable for both entities. In related news, both companies have also […]
NextWave Wireless to Potentially Sell AWS, EBS, BRS Spectrum Holdings
Wireless equipment provider and solutions developer NexWave Wireless has announced in a press release that it has retained the services of banking firms UBS and Deutsche Bank to explore possible scenarios for selling its sizeable wireless spectrum holdings in the AWS band (1700/2100Mhz), Wireless Connection Service band (2.3Ghz), and the Broadband Radio Spectrum/Educational Broadband Serices […]
Cricket Launches UTStarcom CDM-7126 with AWS Support
Regional carrier Cricket has quietly launched the UTStarcom CDM-7126 clamshell phone. The phone is the first CDMA device in the US to support the 1700 Mhz frequency allocated to winners of the 2006 AWS spectrum auction for high speed data services. The phone is currently only available to Cricket customers in Tulsa, Oklahoma with planned […]