16 posts and columns on Cricket

Yep, the Wireless Industry Actually Lost Contract Customers Last Quarter

in Mobile on May 14 at 5:30 am PT

Subscriber gains at AT&T and Verizon weren’t enough to make up for defections at Sprint and T-Mobile. The prepaid industry, meanwhile, gained two million customers in the first quarter.
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T-Mobile, Leap Wireless Swap Some Spectrum, but Still Just Good Friends

in Mobile on April 9 at 10:54 am PT

The two carriers are exchanging spectrum in several states in moves both companies say should aid in their efforts to launch high-speed LTE service.
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Voices

Clearwire, Leap Make Wholesale Pact

in Mobile on March 14 at 5:15 pm PT

Clearwire Corp. signed a five-year wholesale deal with Leap Wireless International Inc. to supply the pay-as-you-go carrier with high-speed mobile broadband service, an initial milestone in Clearwire’s effort to reposition itself primarily as a wholesaler.

Cricket Parent Leap Wireless Narrows Loss, Adds Customers

in Mobile on February 16 at 2:37 pm PT

The prepaid carrier saw its monthly average service per customer rise 10 percent from a year ago as three in five new customers opted for a smartphone or Muve Music-capable device.
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Leap Wireless Taking Cricket Nationwide With Best Buy, Other Retailers

in Mobile on September 21, 2011 at 10:07 pm PT

Cricket phones, including those with the company’s Muve Music subscription service, will hit Best Buy shelves this week, with additional national retailers to follow.

Seven Questions for Asheem Chandna of Greylock Partners

in Enterprise on August 1, 2011 at 4:19 pm PT

Asheem Chandna is a director in the Greylock-backed Palo Alto Networks, the fast-growing network security start-up that just hired away the CEO of Verisign.
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AT&T Targets $50 Unlimited Plan at Ultra-Competitive Prepaid Cell Market

in News on June 22, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

While unlimited plans are going away on many traditional carriers, price competition in the prepaid market means such plans are enjoying a renaissance. AT&T is looking to get back in the game with a new $50 a month plan, though it is limited to feature phones, unlike some rivals which extend their cut-rate plans to smartphones.
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News Byte

Cricket Wireless Investigating Weekend Network Outage

in Mobile on June 20, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT

Cricket Wireless apologized Monday for a weekend outage that left many cell phone and broadband users unable to connect to the carrier’s network. “Over the weekend many of our cell phone and broadband users have reported issues connecting to 3G Mobile and broadband data, Cricket said on its Facebook page. “Our teams are actively investigating the sudden cause of outages and we will provide further updates on the issue when more details become available.”

Aspiring Wholesale Network Provider Lightsquared Signs Deal With Best Buy

in Mobile on March 23, 2011 at 8:07 am PT

Lightsquared, a start-up that aims to build its own vast 4G network to resell to other operators, said on Wednesday that it had signed a deal with Best Buy for the retailer to offer its LTE service to customers.

Cricket Wireless’s All-You-Can-Eat Music Plan Stumbles on Way to the Buffet

in Mobile on January 6, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

The prepaid cellular service company says that it is taking a little longer to launch its Muve music server as it works to iron out some software bugs. Cricket still hopes to launch in Las Vegas later this month and in nine additional markets in February with a goal of expanding to all its cities by the spring.

Little-Known Cricket Wireless Tries a New Take on Subscription Music

in Mobile, December 19, 2010 at 9:00 pm PT

Yahoo Snags Citizen Sports

in Mobile, March 17, 2010 at 10:39 am PT

YouTube’s Modest Proposal: Sports Online (Almost) Instantly

in News, March 12, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

IBM's Partly Cloudy Manifesto

in News, March 30, 2009 at 3:20 pm PT

IBM’s Partly Cloudy Manifesto

in News, March 30, 2009 at 3:20 pm PT

The Island of Doctor Moto

in News, March 30, 2009 at 11:02 am PT