Cricket Opens Store in Carson City, Nev.

May 05, 2005

Cricket Opens Store in Carson City, Nev.

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, welcomes All You Can Talk, located at 2323 North Carson Street , as the newest Cricket authorized dealer, expanding Cricket's retail service to Carson City. This new location allows Cricket to service the needs of Carson City residents without requiring travel to Reno.

"Our authorized Cricket dealers are an integral part of our success and we are extremely pleased to add All You Can Talk as an authorized dealer," said Jonathan Weinberg, general manager for Cricket in Reno. "The Carson City location provides much-needed convenience to our existing and potential customers and we look forward to helping residents stay in touch with friends and family with our unlimited, simple and affordable plans."

Cricket provides a simple and affordable wireless alternative to traditional landline service, as well as unlimited local and long distance anytime minutes over a high-quality, all-digital CDMA network. For more information about Cricket Communications or any of its authorized dealers, logon to www.mycricket.com. The Cricket retail store is located at 5009 S. McCarran Blvd., in Smithridge Plaza across from MeadowWood Mall and can be reached at 775-353-8530.
About Cricket

Cricket is a simple and affordable wireless solution offering unlimited mobile services over our high-quality, all-digital network. Predictability, simplicity and value are the foundations of our business. As the pioneer of unlimited anytime minutes and no long-term contracts required, we offer an affordable alternative for those individuals and businesses looking for flat-rate wireless services. Operating in 39 markets in 20 states stretching from New York to California, Cricket® is available to customers in more than 840 different municipalities. For more information, please visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket is a business of Leap Wireless International, Inc. [OTCBB: LEAP], headquartered in San Diego, Calif. Leap is a customer-focused company providing innovative mobile wireless services targeted to meet the needs of customers who are under-served by traditional communications companies. For more information visit www.leapwireless.com.

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  • our ability to attract, motivate and retain an experienced workforce;
  • changes in economic conditions that could adversely affect the market for wireless services;
  • the impact of competitors' initiatives;
  • our ability to successfully execute service expansion plans;
  • failure of network systems to perform according to expectations;
  • our ability to comply with the covenants in our senior secured credit facilities;
  • failure of the Federal Communications Commission to approve the
    transfers (a) to a third party of the wireless licenses covered by the
    asset purchase agreement between Cricket Communications, Inc., and a
    third party and the other parties to such agreement (b) to Cricket
    Licensee (Reauction), Inc. of the Fresno, CA license and the licenses
    for which it was the winning bidder in the FCC's Auction #58; and (c)
    to Alaska Native Broadband 1 License, LLC of the licenses for which it
    was the winning bidder in the FCC's Auction #58.
  • global political unrest, including the threat or occurrence of war or acts of terrorism;
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    included in our Form 10-K for the fiscal quarter ended September 30,
    2004, and in our other SEC filings.

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