Cricket’s Flat-rate, Unlimited Wireless Service Now Available in Baltimore

BALTIMORE – June 23, 2009 – Cricket Communications, Inc, a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, is now offering a new option for simple and affordable wireless services beginning today throughout the Baltimore area. Cricket provides unlimited wireless services at a predictable flat rate and does not require long term contracts or credit checks.

Cricket wireless service includes unlimited anytime minutes, U.S. long distance, text and picture messaging, text to Mexico, Mobile Web and directory assistance, with rate plans ranging from $30 to $60 per month. Cricket offers the latest phones and accessories, feature-rich mobile applications such as ringtones and ringback tones, Mobile Music, Mobile Video, games, wallpapers.

Cricket’s coverage area spans from Baltimore City to Anne Arundel County, Cecil, Howard and Frederick counties, as well as connecting to Washington, DC. Cricket rate plans also include unlimited use in all Cricket markets across the U.S., including Philadelphia and Chicago, as well as Premium Extended Coverage, which allows unlimited use in an even broader area stretching from New York and Boston to California and from Wisconsin to Texas.

“In this economy, everybody is looking for a good value, looking to make their dollars go further. And, we at Cricket know that it is important for wireless carriers to demonstrate value to their customers,” said Peter Eckel, area general manager for Cricket in Baltimore. “We provide cost-effective options, and now Baltimore consumers have an honest, affordable wireless carrier that respects their time and their wallet, without sacrificing great service and features.”

Cricket Broadband provides customers with unlimited high-speed wireless Internet service with speeds comparable to DSL, plus the mobility to use it from home, work or on the go anywhere in Cricket coverage areas. The service costs $35 per month for existing Cricket mobile phone customers and $40 per month as a standalone service.  The service works on the Cricket network with the Cricket A600 Mobile Broadband card, which is compatible with Mac and PC laptops or desktop computers – anything with a USB port.

Cricket’s entry into the community is bringing more than 200 jobs to the local economy, more than 100 of which will be with Cricket. The remainder of the positions will be provided by wireless dealers offering Cricket services throughout the entire metropolitan area.

Cricket products and services are available today at 120 stores and dealers around the Baltimore area, including eight Cricket retail stores and 112 dealer stores, online at www.mycricket.com and via the telephone at 800-922-9169.

The Baltimore market launch includes a week full of fun activities, including free giveaways of MTA passes on June 24 at Lexington Market and Mondawmin Mall, a text off with America’s fastest texter, Ben Cook, on June 26, a fleet of Cricket-branded vehicles traveling throughout Baltimore on June 25 and 26, and a cord cutting event featuring Baltimore’s Mayor Shelia Dixon at on June 23 at Centerpoint Plaza (9 N. Eutaw St.) on June 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For more event information, please visit www.getsomerespekt.com.