Leap Enters St. Louis Area: Offers Cricket Unlimited Wireless Services

Cricket Brings Variety of Unlimited Wireless Voice, Data and Broadband Services to New Market

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE [1])--Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), the parent company of Cricket Communications, Inc, a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, will begin offering its Cricket unlimited wireless services in the greater St. Louis, Mo. area beginning tomorrow. The St. Louis network covers an area of more than 3,280 square miles extending from Warrenton, Mo. to Keyesport, Ill. and includes approximately 2.5 million new covered POPs, bringing Cricket's national covered POPs to approximately 61.7 million.

"The St. Louis area launch marks our fourth new market launch in just two months' time and meets our goal of launching approximately eight million covered POPs by mid-year," said Doug Hutcheson, president and chief executive officer of Leap. "As we continue to bring our leading-edge unlimited wireless services to new markets, we are once again well on our way to potentially doubling the size of our Cricket business. We are also continuing the deployment of our unique broadband product in St. Louis and we expect our Cricket services will be popular with area residents who are demanding high-value services at affordable prices."

Beginning tomorrow, Cricket service will be available in the St. Louis area at nine Cricket retail stores and more than 80 authorized dealers. St. Louis Cricket customers will be able to choose from a wide variety of rate plans, ranging from $30 to $60 a month, featuring an assortment of options including unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited directory assistance and nationwide roaming minutes.

Customers will also be able to experience high-speed mobile broadband by purchasing Cricket Wireless Internet Service for one low, flat rate with no long-term commitments or credit checks. Cricket Wireless Internet Service is available for $40 a month for unlimited usage, and customers who also have Cricket mobile phone service receive a $5 discount and pay just $35 each month.

For more information about Cricket and its wireless plans visit: www.mycricket.com [2] or for more information on Leap Wireless visit: www.leapwireless.com [3].

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(R) service. The Company and its joint ventures 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 www.leapwireless.com [3].

Contacts

Bock Communications, Inc.
Jessica Levy, Media Relations
714-292-2990
leap@bockpr.com [4]
or
Leap Wireless International, Inc.
Courtney Prato, Media Relations
858-882-6335
cprato@leapwireless.com [5]
or
Amy Wakeham, Investor Relations
858-882-6084
awakeham@leapwireless.com [6]