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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Leap: We're evaluating Windows Phone 8 devices

NEW ORLEANS--Cricket provider Leap Wireless ( NASDAQ:LEAP ) is in final discussions with Microsoft ( NASDAQ:MSFT ) and unnamed device vendors to sell prepaid Windows Phone 8 devices sometime later this

LTE may not save Leap or MetroPCS

Leap Wireless International ( NASDAQ:LEAP ) and MetroPCS ( NYSE:PCS ) discussed their latest LTE strategies as they revealed their first-quarter 2012 earnings last month. While both are bullish on the

Leap to overhaul service pricing plans in 2nd half of 2012

During Cricket provider Leap Wireless' ( NASDAQ:LEAP ) first quarter earnings conference call, Leap CEO Doug Hutcheson announced the carrier will refresh its service pricing plans and its device

Leap's Cricket expands national retail presence to Target stores

Cricket provider Leap Wireless ( NASDAQ:LEAP ) expanded its retail distribution to 1,600 Target stores nationwide, giving the flat-rate player another avenue to sell its service. Leap's Cricket

Analyst: Tier 2, 3 carriers to make up 19% of smartphone sales by 2016

Tier 2 and Tier 3 carriers will grow their share of smartphone sales to more than 19 percent by 2016, fueled by increased demand and faster networks, according to a new report from research firm iGR.

Leap CEO advocates network sharing, says in 5 years consumers will use 50 GB per month

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T-Mobile, Leap agree to swap AWS spectrum

T-Mobile USA and Leap Wireless ( NASDAQ:LEAP ) agreed to swap AWS spectrum in several markets across the country to boost capacity, which Leap said will help it improve its LTE capacity as it deploys

Smaller operators need to innovate, and partner, to survive...and thrive

ORLANDO, Fla.--Make no mistake, smaller operators are not about to sit back and let the challenges of the wireless industry--escalating data usage, finite spectrum assets and limited available

Leap CEO touts network sharing as a solution to spectrum shortages

ORLANDO, Fla.--Noting the significant challenges wireless operators face in terms of spectrum scarcity, Leap Wireless ( NASDAQ:LEAP ) CEO Doug Hutcheson proposed that operators look closely at network

MetroPCS counts 500,000 LTE customers, hunts for more spectrum

MetroPCS ( NASDAQ:PCS ) currently has around 500,000 total LTE subscribers out of a customer base of 9.34 million, a senior company executive said. That proportion of LTE customers--roughly 5