Cricket Expands Texas Coverage Area
HOUSTON – November 20, 2007 – Cricket Communications, Inc, a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, has expanded its coverage area to include even more of Texas. The extended wireless coverage area ensures Cricket customers have unlimited access to call and text friends and family from Dayton to Del Rio. An additional 100 Texas cities will benefit from the expanded calling area, including Willis, Panorama Village, Cleveland, Fostoria, Splendora, Navasota, Courtney, Hearne, Crosby, Baytown, Texas City, Freeport, Angleton, Columbus and Flatonia.
“Cricket is pleased to announce the expansion of its great service and provide another wireless option to Texans,” said Alan Leser, area general manager for Cricket. “Cricket offers a unique value by providing unlimited anytime minutes, U.S. long distance, and text and picture messaging, all without a long-term commitment. When you live in Texas, you expect a Texas-sized calling plan.”
Cricket also has expanded its coverage in the Greater Austin and San Antonio areas to include Copperas Cove, Temple, Fredericksburg and Kerrville. Now, even more Texans can enjoy Cricket’s unlimited wireless service with no contracts, no credit checks, and with the ability to talk and text as much as they want, for one, low, flat monthly rate.
Due to the tremendous success of Cricket in Texas, the wireless provider recently opened its first retail store in the Bryan/College Stations area, and now offers continuous network coverage from Byran/College Station to Houston. Additionally, nine new stores are slated to open over the next few months in the surrounding Houston area.
About Cricket®
Cricket is a simple, affordable wireless service offering consumers and local businesses a flat-rate unlimited service over the latest technology, high-quality, all-digital CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless network. Designed for customers whose basic and advanced wireless needs have not been met by traditional communications companies, Cricket is the pioneer of unlimited services with no long-term commitments or credit checks required. Cricket offers customers access to a variety of the latest devices and feature-rich mobile applications such as unlimited text, instant and picture messaging, Mobile Web, popular games, ringtones and wallpapers. For more information on Cricket, visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket services are offered by Leap Wireless International, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit www.leapwireless.com.
