Cricket Launches Affordable, Unlimited Wireless Phone and Internet Services in Scappoose on October 24
SCAPPOOSE, Ore. – October 21, 2008 – Cricket, a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, will offer its simple and affordable mobile phone and wireless internet services in Scappoose beginning on October 24. Cricket is celebrating the new service area with a gas giveaway and canned food drive to benefit Columbia County Women’s Resource Center.
Cricket will be giving away $5,000 in free gas vouchers through the Great Gas Giveaway. Beginning at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 24, the first 100 people to bring in non-perishable food donations for the Columbia Women’s Resource Center to the Cricket store located at 52515 Columbia River Highway will receive a voucher for up to $50 in free gas (one per family, please). The lucky recipients of the gas vouchers are invited to fill their tanks at the 76 station at 51883 Columbia River Highway on Saturday, October 25, from 9 a.m. to noon. Cricket staff will be on-site with free snacks and drinks, and to demonstrate Cricket’s high-speed wireless Internet service.
“We’re excited to offer Scappoose residents our unlimited wireless services, and thought the perfect way to introduce Cricket to the community would be to help a great organization like the Columbia Women’s Resource Center and offer residents free gas. Especially in today’s turbulent economy, everyone could use a little help filling up their gas tanks,” said Neil Grubb, president of Cricket-LCW, the Portland-based provider of Cricket service in Oregon and Southwest Washington. “Our high quality network and industry-leading value, predictability and simplicity make our service a great wireless option for the people of this community.”
Cricket is known for providing unlimited wireless services at a predictable and affordable flat rate. The company offers monthly wireless phone plans ranging from $30 to $60 per month, which include unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited directory assistance and nationwide roaming minutes. Cricket Broadband provides unlimited wireless Internet access anywhere in Cricket’s coverage areas for $35 per month for voice customers or $40 per month as a stand-alone service. The company does not require customers to sign contracts or pass credit checks.
Cricket will be available at a retail store located at 52515 Columbia River Hwy, as well as online at www.mycricketoregon.com and via the telephone at 800-922-9169. To learn more about Cricket, visit www.mycricket.com.
About Cricket®
Cricket is a simple, affordable wireless service offering consumers and local businesses a flat-rate unlimited service, 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.
About Cricket LCW
Cricket LCW is joint venture between Cricket Communications, Inc., CSM Wireless, and WLPCS Management providing Cricket® wireless service in Portland, Salem, and Eugene, OR, and Vancouver, WA. For more information on Cricket LCW, visit www.mycricketoregon.com.
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