leap wireless news from FierceWireless

Flat-rate carrier MetroPCS is offering potential customers a unique proposition--come to MetroPCS and you don't have to buy a new phone because the operator will reflash your existing CDMA handset so Read more...

Starting tomorrow, Leap Wireless will begin offering Cricket unlimited wireless service in St. Louis. The coverage area extends from Warrenton, Mo., to Keyesport, Ill., and includes 2.4 million new Read more...

Now that analysts and industry pundits have had 24 hours to rehash yesterday's announcement about Verizon's $28.1 billion acquisition of Alltel, there are lots of debate about how this deal will Read more...

Leap Wireless announced that its Cricket service is now available in Las Vegas. The new network is running on the carrier's AWS spectrum holdings. The carrier recently launched services over AWS Read more...

After a one day delay for the results, Leap Wireless reported a net loss of $18.1 million for its first quarter, which is less than the $24.2 million loss it posted in the year ago period. Leap's Read more...

Leap Wireless' SVP and general counsel Robert Irving testified today before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet about Leap's take on the outcome of the 700 MHz auction. "We Read more...

Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies announced its products for the 700 MHz band will become available in the first quarter of 2009 as the vendor makes its big push in the U.S. market. Huawei said it Read more...

As we predicted in our CTIA Wireless preview issue last week, Leap has announced a couple of Samsung handsets that run on advanced wireless services (AWS) spectrum. Leap subsidiary Cricket Wireless Read more...

Now that the 700 MHz auction is over Leap Wireless and MetroPCS can resume talks about a merger since the FCC's anti-collusion rules are no longer in effect. During the bidding process for the Read more...

According to a filing with the SEC, the Owl Creek funds have increased their stake in Leap Wireless to 9.1 percent of the carrier. Last month Owl Creek reported owning 7.5 percent of the carrier's Read more...