September 09, 2005
Cricket Participates in Industry-Wide Effort to Raise Funds for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina
SAN DIEGO - Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, today announced that it is encouraging its customers across the country to support the victims of Hurricane Katrina by wirelessly text messaging donations to the Hurricane Katrina Wireless Relief Fund, with the entire amount of their donations being forwarded to the American Red Cross for the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
Through the Text 2HELP campaign, Cricket's customers can text "Give" and upon receiving a confirmation message they type "Y" or "Yes," then $5 per message will be debited from the customer's prepaid account. The Text 2HELP campaign, which is part of an industry-wide initiative, will continue through October 31, 2005.
"With the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina causing mass devastation throughout the entire Gulf Coast, we are pleased to participate in the Text2HELP campaign, which makes it easy for our Cricket customers to donate to the American Red Cross," said Doug Hutcheson, president and CEO of Cricket. "We encourage our customers to participate in this effort and thank them in advance for their donations to this important fund for helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina."
Cricket is also holding a nationwide Company fundraiser and will match up to $100,000 of employee donations. Additionally, the Company is developing plans to distribute thousands of free Cricket handsets with local and long distance service to community centers that are housing evacuees in the markets it serves.
"We're trying to do whatever we can to make the lives of those affected by this tragedy a little easier by raising funds and giving away handsets and free phone service," said Hutcheson. "We hope our effort will help them connect with friends and family in this time of need."
About Cricket®
Cricket is a simple and affordable mobile phone service offering customers and local businesses with flat-rate, unlimited service over a high-quality, all-digital wireless network. Designed for customers under-served by traditional communications companies, Cricket is the pioneer of unlimited anytime minutes with no long-term contract or credit check required. Plus, Cricket offers customers access to a variety of feature-rich mobile applications such as unlimited text messaging, picture messaging and more. For more information, please visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket is a business of Leap Wireless International, Inc. [NASDAQ: LEAP], headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit www.leapwireless.com.
Cricket is a registered trademark of Cricket Communications, Inc. Cricket Unlimited Access, Cricket Unlimited Plus, Cricket Unlimited Classic, Jump and the Cricket K are trademarks of Cricket Communications, Inc.
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Through the Text 2HELP campaign, Cricket's customers can text "Give" and upon receiving a confirmation message they type "Y" or "Yes," then $5 per message will be debited from the customer's prepaid account. The Text 2HELP campaign, which is part of an industry-wide initiative, will continue through October 31, 2005.
"With the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina causing mass devastation throughout the entire Gulf Coast, we are pleased to participate in the Text2HELP campaign, which makes it easy for our Cricket customers to donate to the American Red Cross," said Doug Hutcheson, president and CEO of Cricket. "We encourage our customers to participate in this effort and thank them in advance for their donations to this important fund for helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina."
Cricket is also holding a nationwide Company fundraiser and will match up to $100,000 of employee donations. Additionally, the Company is developing plans to distribute thousands of free Cricket handsets with local and long distance service to community centers that are housing evacuees in the markets it serves.
"We're trying to do whatever we can to make the lives of those affected by this tragedy a little easier by raising funds and giving away handsets and free phone service," said Hutcheson. "We hope our effort will help them connect with friends and family in this time of need."
About Cricket®
Cricket is a simple and affordable mobile phone service offering customers and local businesses with flat-rate, unlimited service over a high-quality, all-digital wireless network. Designed for customers under-served by traditional communications companies, Cricket is the pioneer of unlimited anytime minutes with no long-term contract or credit check required. Plus, Cricket offers customers access to a variety of feature-rich mobile applications such as unlimited text messaging, picture messaging and more. For more information, please visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket is a business of Leap Wireless International, Inc. [NASDAQ: LEAP], headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit www.leapwireless.com.
Cricket is a registered trademark of Cricket Communications, Inc. Cricket Unlimited Access, Cricket Unlimited Plus, Cricket Unlimited Classic, Jump and the Cricket K are trademarks of Cricket Communications, Inc.
