Cricket Communications, Inc. is a subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. It offers wireless service in the USA by way of month-to-month contracts only; it does not require credit checks or long-term service contracts as do other service providers in the U.S. Cricket was founded in 1999 and launched its first market later that year in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It provides service to more than 2.5 million customers in parts of 25 states^{[citation needed]} on Leap’s CDMA 1X and 1xEV-DO networks. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Leap Wireless International Inc. ... For the use of the term in networking, see Wireless networking. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Leap Wireless International Inc. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... General Information Generically (as a multiplexing scheme), code division multiple access (CDMA) is any use of any form of spread spectrum by multiple transmitters to send to the same receiver on the same frequency channel at the same time without harmful interference. ...

Services

Cricket's plans are now available in any of their markets.

Cricket claims that it is able to make its services affordable and available without credit checks by cutting the costs of its operations.^{[citation needed]} For example, it does not automatically provide paper statements, charging customers a fee to receive them.

Parent Company

Leap Wireless International, Inc. is a public telecommunications company that provides wireless services through its subsidiaries, Cricket and Jump Mobile. Leap was founded in 1998. Leap Wireless International Inc. ... Jump Mobileâ„¢ is a U.S. mobile network operator. ...

Leap has an all-digital CDMA 1X and 1xEV-DO network that has expanded significantly in the past few years. Leap currently offers service in parts of 25 states, and has recently purchased spectrum at the AWS auction giving Leap coverage of an estimated 110 million potential customers. Leap Wireless is headquartered in San Diego, California, and is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol LEAP. San Diego redirects here. ...

Coverage areas

Cricket provides service to the following areas:^[1]

• Arizona: Phoenix, Tucson, Nogales
• Arkansas: Little Rock, Hot Springs, Pine Bluff, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Jonesboro
• California: Fresno, Madera, Modesto, Merced, San Diego, Visalia
• Colorado: Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Pueblo
• Georgia: Columbus, Macon
• Idaho: Boise, Coeur d'Alene
• Indiana: New Albany
• Iowa: Council Bluffs
• Kansas: Kansas City, Wichita
• Kentucky: Lexington, Louisville
• Mississippi: Byhalia, Hernando, Holly Springs, Horn Lake, Olive Branch, Southaven, Tunica, Walls
• Missouri: Kansas City
• Nebraska: Lincoln, Omaha
• Nevada: Reno, Sparks, Carson City (Las Vegas coming soon)
• New Mexico: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe
• New York: Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse
• North Carolina: Charlotte, Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem, Raleigh-Durham
• Ohio: Cincinnati, Dayton, Springfield, Toledo
• Oklahoma: Tulsa (Oklahoma City coming soon)
• Oregon: Eugene, Salem, Portland
• Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh
• South Carolina: Charleston, Rock Hill
• Tennessee: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville, Clarksville
• Texas: Austin, Bryan, College Station, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Houston, Killeen, San Antonio, Temple
• Utah: Salt Lake City, Provo, Ogden, Park City
• Washington: Spokane, Vancouver
• West Virginia: New Cumberland, Wellsburg

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See also

• Pocket Communications - A regional operator competing with Cricket in Southern Texas.
• Revol Wireless - A regional operator similar in concept to Cricket and operating on parts of its networks.
• SMS gateway - send text messages to Cricket customers.

// Pocket Communications is a PCS CDMA 1xRTT provider of unlimited cellular service that started in and is based in San Antonio, TX. They offer plans similar to those of Cricket Communications which are no contract. ... SMS gateways allow for the sending and receiving of SMS messages to or from devices and used to provide SMS network connectivity to third parties. ...

References

External links

• Leap Wireless
• Cricket Communications
• Cricket Wireless Internet