2008-11-18 01:44:00 -
www.leapwireless.com - Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), the parent company of Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, today announced it will offer its Cricket® unlimited wireless phone and broadband Internet services in Milwaukee, Wis. beginning tomorrow. The Cricket footprint, which covers approximately 3,390 square miles and 2.4 million covered POPs in the Greater Milwaukee
area, also includes coverage in Racine, Kenosha, and Madison, Wis. and brings Leap"s total national covered POPs to 64.1 million.
"Launching service in southern Wisconsin is our first step toward building a significant Cricket footprint in the upper Midwest, which will ultimately include coverage stretching from Milwaukee to Chicago, a market that is scheduled to launch in the first half of next year," said Doug Hutcheson, Leap"s president and CEO. "We are pleased to provide residents with a contract-free, no-credit-check wireless service, as well as create more than 200 new jobs in the market. We believe that people will see the extraordinary value in both our wireless voice and broadband service offerings."
Cricket rate plans range from $30 to $60 per month and include unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited directory assistance, nationwide roaming minutes and more " all without requiring signed contracts or credit checks.
In addition to unlimited mobile phone services, Cricket is also offering Cricket Broadband, allowing customers unlimited internet access anywhere in Cricket"s coverage areas on their desktop or laptop computers. The Cricket monthly broadband service plan is just $35 per month for customers who also have Cricket"s low-cost unlimited voice plans, and $40 per month as a stand-alone service.
Cricket is bringing more than 200 jobs to the area, including new positions created through its dealer network. Cricket service will be available at five retail stores, more than 100 dealers, as well as online at
cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT"id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. or via the telephone at 800-922-9169.
Cricket service will be offered in portions of the Greater Madison area by Denali Spectrum Operations, LLC, an independent subsidiary of Cricket Communications, Inc.
About Leap
Leap provides innovative, high-value wireless services to a fast-growing, young and ethnically diverse customer base. With the value of unlimited wireless services as the foundation of its business, Leap pioneered its Cricket service. The Company and its joint ventures now operate in 29 states and hold licenses in 35 of the top 50 U.S. markets. Through its affordable, flat-rate service plans, Cricket offers customers a choice of unlimited voice, text, data and mobile Web services. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Leap is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "LEAP." For more information, please visit
cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT"id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww ...
Leap is a U.S. registered trademark and the Leap logo is a trademark of Leap. Cricket, Jump, the Cricket "K? and Flex Bucket are U.S. registered trademarks of Cricket. In addition, the following are trademarks or service marks of Cricket: Cricket By Week, Cricket Choice, Cricket Connect, Cricket Nation and Cricket PAYGo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Leap Contacts:
Greg Lund, Media Relations
858-882-9105
mailto:glund@leapwireless.com
Amy Wakeham, Investor Relations
858-882-6084
mailto:awakeham@leapwireless.com
