Leap Wireless is a wireless communications carrier that offers digital wireless services in the U.S. under the “Cricket” brand. Its Cricket service offerings provide customers with unlimited nationwide wireless services for a flat rate without requiring a fixed-term contract or a credit check. Cricket service is offered by Cricket, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap. Cricket service is also offered in Oregon by its wholly-owned subsidiary, LCW Wireless Operations, LLC, or LCW Operations; in the upper Midwest by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Denali Spectrum Operations, LLC, or Denali Operations; and in South Texas by its joint venture, STX Wireless Operations, LLC, or STX Operations. Leap controls STX Operations through a 75.75% controlling membership interest in its parent company, STX Wireless, LLC, or STX Wireless. In addition, Leap owns an 85% non-controlling membership interest in Savary Island Wireless, LLC, or Savary Island, which holds wireless licenses and a related spectrum lease covering the upper Midwest portion of the U.S. outside of our Chicago and Southern Wisconsin operating markets.  Leap was formed as a Delaware corporation in 1998. Leap’s shares began trading publicly in September 1998, and it launched its innovative Cricket service in March 1999. Leap conducts operations through its subsidiaries and has no independent operations or sources of income other than interest income and through dividends, if any, from its subsidiaries. Source: SEC Filings

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Sprint's case against Verizon deal shot down by cable companies

SpectrumCo and Cox Communications say Sprint Nextel's allegations that their $3.9 billion deal to sell AWS spectrum to Verizon Wireless will negatively impact the backhaul and Wi-Fi offload markets are not only wrong but also irrelevant to the proposed license transfer.

Will AT&T and Verizon's shared data plans spur other carriers to adopt them?

Verizon and AT&T often (though not always) lead the pack in terms of pricing decisions because of their size and stable positions as leaders in the marketplace. Other carriers do not have to follow them, and in the case of shared data plans, likely will not.

Leap targets Virgin, others with low-end $30 mobile broadband plan

Cricket provider Leap Wireless refreshed its mobile broadband pricing by giving high-end customers more data and introducing a cheaper mobile broadband plan starting at $30 per month.

Ting MVNO hopes to offer iPhone

Sprint Nextel MVNO Ting said it hopes to one day join the growing list of U.S. carriers offering Apple's iPhone. But the MVNO said the cost of carrying the device means it will not happen anytime soon.

Sprint's Virgin Mobile launches prepaid iPhone to few lines

Sprint Nextel's Virgin Mobile brand launched Apple's iPhone Friday to few reported lines and little fanfare. Virgin became the second U.S. prepaid carrier to carry the iPhone after Cricket provider Leap Wireless, which launched the iPhone June 22.

U.S. Cellular backs Microsoft's Windows Phone 8

U.S. Cellular became the latest U.S. carrier to support Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 operating system, joining a growing chorus of operators that plan to champion it as a third smartphone ecosystem against Google's Android and Apple's iOS.

AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile throw support behind Windows Phone 8

Wireless carriers and handset makers alike threw their support behind Microsoft's revamped Windows Phone 8 operating system, giving the company crucial backing as it looks to make a bigger dent in the market.

Leap's Cricket entices customers to switch with new promotion

Cricket provider Leap Wireless unveiled  a new promotion that gives customers discounts on their plans and significantly reduced device prices if they switch from another carrier.

Leap suspends sales of Huawei Mercury due to software glitch

Cricket provider Leap Wireless said it suspended sales of its Huawei Mercury Android smartphone in order to correct a problem with the gadget's software.

Sprint's Virgin Mobile to launch prepaid iPhone June 29

Sprint Nextel confirmed that its Virgin Mobile brand will follow Cricket provider Leap Wireless to become the second U.S. prepaid carrier to offer Apple's iPhone. The confirmation comes days after a report in the Wall Street Journal indicated Virgin would launch the iPhone soon.