Cricket Expands Network Coverage in Rochester

April 04, 2009

Cricket Expands Network Coverage in Rochester

ROCHESTER –April 16, 2009 –Cricket Communications, Inc, a leading provider of unlimited wireless service, has added twelve new cell sites to improve and expanded its all digital 3G network coverage in Rochester. The network improvements will enhance call quality and extend coverage for Cricket customers.

“Cricket has been a proud and active member of the Rochester community for almost two years now, and we’re very excited to provide our customers with an even better service on our, high-quality, all-digital 3G wireless network,” said Ed Kosmoski, district director for Cricket in Rochester. “We work hard to provide an affordable, high value service that helps make a paycheck go farther, especially in these times of economic uncertainty. We’re proud that while our services are affordable, we still offer the highest quality and latest technology.”  

Cricket initially launched service in Rochester in June of 2007 with the principle of providing simple, affordable and unlimited wireless service at a flat-rate, without requiring contracts and credit checks. This past October Cricket extended its product portfolio by launching unlimited wireless broadband Internet service. For more information visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket has recently been named as one of the Best Places to Work in NY State for the second straight year and is a proud sponsor of the City of Rochester Clean Sweep initiative.

About Cricket®
Cricket is the pioneer of simple and affordable unlimited wireless services with no long-term commitments or credit checks required serving more than four million customers in 32 states. Cricket offers wireless voice and broadband Internet services over the latest technology, high-quality, all-digital 3G CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless network. Cricket’s wireless voice service plans include unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited directory assistance, as well as a variety of calling features and feature-rich mobile applications such as popular games, ringtones and wallpapers. Cricket Broadband provides unlimited Internet access anywhere within Cricket’s coverage areas at speeds comparable to DSL. For more information on Cricket, visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket is offered by Leap Wireless International, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit www.leapwireless.com.

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