Leap Wireless Closes Retail Stores and Cuts Staff
Leap Wireless has recently confirmed that it has permanently closed 27 of its 269 Cricket Wireless corporate owned stores and laid off 180 people, cutting its total staff level down to 4,200 employees. The company stated that the store closings and staff reduction are part of its standard retail operations, though the company previously reported […]
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 […]
Cricket Announces LG Helix Clamshell
Cricket has announced the forthcoming launch of the LG Helix entry-level clamshell, the first LG handset with CDMA AWS band support. The Helix features AWS CDMA support, a 2.0 inch internal color display and an external display, 1.3 megapixel camera, Voice Clarity, which improves speech intelligibility and automatically adjusts hearing level when receiving or sending […]
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 […]
Leap Launches PCD TXTM8 in Cricket Retail Stores
Following up on the online launch of the PCD TXTM8 last week, corporate parent Leap Wireless has announced the retail launch of the messaging phone. The TXTM8 feature set is identical to the Blitz with a 2.2 inch display, QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, microSDHC expansion slot, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, and speakerphone with […]
Cricket Launches PCD TXTM8
Cricket has launched its variant of the PCD TXT8010 slider messaging phone in the TXTM8. The TXT8010 was originally launched as the Verizon Blitz earlier this year. The TXTM8 feature set is identical to the Blitz with a 2.2 inch display, QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, microSDHC expansion slot, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, and […]
Leap Wireless Expands Coverage to Washington D.C. and Maryland
Leap Wireless has announced that it has expanded its Cricket flat-rate wireless service to Washington D.C., the Baltimore, Maryland metro area and connected suburbs/travel routes expanding its regional coverage footprint by 7.2 million customers and 91 million total customers across 4,810 square miles. Cricket will also open 13 retail store locations in Washington, D.C. and […]
