Mar 13
After months of waiting, the FCC approved AT&T’s acquisition of Leap Wireless, which gave it the better known prepaid service Cricket Wireless. Soon after approval was given, AT&T announced the … Continue reading
Mar 13
AT&T revealed last July plans to acquire Leap Wireless, which would bring Cricket Wireless under its wing. In November, the company achieved stockholder approval, and earlier today received a thumbs-up … Continue reading
Mar 13
Looks like the FCC has officially given its blessing to AT&T’s Leap Wireless acquisition—which is mo
Posted in: Today's ChiliLooks like the FCC has officially given its blessing to AT&T’s Leap Wireless acquisition—which is mostly good news for users. As a result, AT&T is promising more value-conscious plans to appease ex-Cricket users and the addition of LTE on unused Leap spectrums.
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Nov 01
AT&T announced back in July they were moving forward to acquire Leap Wireless. This could bring Cricket Wireless under the AT&T wing and the purchase price was said to be more than $1 billion. Specifically, $1.19 billion. But while the plans were spelled out, that didn’t mean the deal was finalized. At the time a […]
Jul 20
If you didn’t get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we’ve opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week, Samsung added two new colors to its GS4 LTE-A lineup, Motorola teased its manufacturing facility for the upcoming Moto X and @evleaks spilled the beans on a new smartphone for Verizon. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore all that’s happening in the mobile world for this week of July 15th, 2013.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Jul 17
Cricket’s Muve Music 4.0 moves music onto internal storage, sports redesigned look
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It seems like a common sense Muve (sorry, we couldn’t resist), but with this latest service redesign, Cricket’s letting smartphone users store their Muve Music tracks internally. The storage swap isn’t as simple as it sounds and applies only to handsets with more than 4GB of internal storage. For less robust handsets, any SD card will do, which is a break from Cricket’s former practice of requiring a specific Muve-compatible SD card. In addition to getting a UI facelift, Muve Music 4.0 will now also let users play songs as they download, access menu options from a newly added sidebar and discover music through curated mix playlists. In case you want in on this version bump, you’ll need one of a few select Samsung devices offered by Cricket (i.e., GS III, GS4, Galaxy Discover and Admire 2), although the carrier’s planning to preload the service on all future Android devices. Or, if you already have an active Spotify premium account, then there’s nothing to see here, folks. Just keep it Muve-ing (apologies, once again).
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Software, Mobile
Jul 14
Jul 12
AT&T just agreed to acquire Leap Wireless, the company behind the Cricket brand.
Posted in: Today's ChiliAT&T just agreed to acquire Leap Wireless, the company behind the Cricket brand. The acquisition includes Leap’s spectrum which will be absorbed into AT&T’s network and should offer AT&T customers more 4G coverage in more cities.
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Jul 12
AT&T dropped an interesting bit of news this afternoon: it’s going to purchase Leap Wireless in its entirety for $15 per share, which translates to roughly $1.19 billion in cash. For many, Leap is best known by its consumer-facing brand, Cricket, a prepaid wireless provider that holds nearly 5 million subscribers. In exchange, AT&T will acquire Leap’s customers, retail stores and network licenses, which span 35 states across the PCS and AWS bands. Leap’s stock closed at $7.98 today, but shot past $16 in after hours trading. The transaction must still be approved by Leap shareholders, and then both the FCC and Department of Justice. As it stands, 29.8% of Leap’s outstanding shares are in favor of the transaction, and ever optimistic AT&T expects to wind up the deal within six to nine months. Better luck this time?
May 25
If you didn’t get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we’ve opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought hints of a revitalized Galaxy Exhibit for T-Mobile, news of two additions to the lineup at Cricket and a peek at the next GoPhone for AT&T. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore all that’s happening in the mobile world for this week of May 20th, 2013.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile
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