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When the major carriers are all out improving their prepaid offerings, there’s not much the little guys can do but improve as well. And that’s what Cricket wireless has done. Among the improvements are more features in their premium calling plans, and the addition of a new entry-level plan. Of note to anyone with Cricket: Caller ID is available with every plan. This wasn’t available through the $35 plan previously. Read on for the specific updates.

Posted in Cricket on May 16th, 2008
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It seems a tough situation for Leap. They gained in terms of sales and profits over the first quarter of last year. But they’re still at a loss. The company announced this morning that they had brought 230,000 customers into the fray during the first period. Their net loss was narrowed about $6 million, their sales were up $75 million, and their service revenue was up $77 million. So things are looking better. They’re just not above water yet.

Posted in Cricket on May 9th, 2008
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Continuing their aggressive expansion of 2008, Leap Wireless has announced an expansion of their network in Texas. This will bring Cricket wireless coverage to a number of new markets, including Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Laredo, and McAllen. The flip switches tomorrow. This adds to Leap’s already wide coverage in the state, which includes Houston, Bryan/College Station, Temple/Kileen, Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso.

Posted in Cricket on May 5th, 2008
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We’ve seen some solid growth from Cricket wireless over the past few years. They figure to grow even further in the near future, as they begin to roll out their AWS network. So they’re going to need to upgrade their network. They took care of that in two ways, first with Acme Packet, which will aid with VoIP connections, and GenBand, which will provide voice enhancements.

Posted in Cricket on April 30th, 2008
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Looks like Cricket is taking some unconventional measures to promote their service in the St. Louis area. They aim to hire a street team, dubbed the Cricket Krewe (wouldn’t Cricket Crew work just as well, and not look so silly?). This “Krewe” will take to the streets of St. Louis and introduce denizens to Cricket’s brand of unlimited services and devices. This is going on today, from nine to noon at St. Louis Community College.

Posted in Cricket on April 23rd, 2008
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I met with the guys from Cricket to discuss their newest happenings. Much was discussed about the AWS spectrum launch and the new handsets that would work on the spectrum. And as much as I get jazzed up about Cricket’s service, I came away wholly impressed by their ideals. On Tuesday, they had the Declaration of Independence on display, promoting Declare Yourself, an operation seeking to register young voters.

Posted in Cricket on April 3rd, 2008
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Not to be outdone by MetroPCS, Leap Wireless has announced that the Cricket AWS network will be launching in Oklahoma City on April 8. This gives Cricket a network coverage of 55.1 million, of which they’ve tapped over 3 million.

Posted in Cricket on April 1st, 2008
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Funny, weren’t we just talking about Cricket and their newly-acquired AWS spectrum? Well, after launching their first AWS handset earlier this month, they’ve added two more to the lineup, which will be initially sold in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in anticipation of the AWS network launch in Oklahoma City. They are the Samsung Spex, and the Samsung MyShot. And yes, they’ll operate on the current network as well as the AWS one, so you can get it and use it now.

Posted in Cricket on March 27th, 2008
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In my time at Prepaid Reviews, there are no two companies that have fascinated me more than MetroPCS and Leap Wireless, parent company of the Cricket Communications and Jump Mobile cellular brands. When I started, they were the only companies (Cricket, not Jump) which offered flat-rate, unlimited calling plans — at a reasonable price, to boot. Lately, Leap has been the one making headlines, and in a good way. Six months ago, I thought Leap was foolish for rejecting MetroPCS’s merger bid. Now, though, I can see why they declined.

Posted in Cricket on March 26th, 2008
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It’s tough to figure what you’ll get when a company says unlimited. Yes, that’s meant for you, Verizon, you of the “we say unlimited, but we really mean 5 GB.” Now that that’s settled and others in the industry are considering data caps, a perfect opportunity is presented to Cricket: Truly unlimited data. And that’s what they’re doing with their mobile broadband laptop cards.

Posted in Cricket on March 24th, 2008
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