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Cricket Wireless is a prepaid wireless service provider in the United States. Cricket Wireless offers voice, text, and data and is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. As of 2011, it provided prepaid wireless services to approximately 5 million subscribers in the United States. Cricket Wireless was founded in 1999 by Leap Wireless International, Inc. On July 12, 2013, AT&T Inc. agreed to acquire Cricket's parent company Leap Wireless International for $1.2 billion. The merger was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on March 13, 2014, and later that same day, Leap Wireless announced the completion of its acquisition by AT&T. ==History== Leap Wireless launched Cricket Wireless first market in Chicago Illinois on March 17, 1999. On September 4, 2007, Competing carrier MetroPCS announced a $5.3 billion bid to merge with Leap Wireless. Leap informally rejected the bid less than two weeks later. MetroPCS officially withdrew the bid less than two months later, on November 1, 2007. On September 17, 2007, Cricket launched Wireless Broadband Service using EV-DO. On December 12, 2007, Cricket agreed to acquire Hargray Communications Group's wireless telecommunications business. On April 8, 2008, Cricket launched in Oklahoma City. On September 29, 2008, Cricket announced that they had entered into a 10 year roaming agreement with MetroPCS covering both companies' existing and future markets. The companies also entered into a spectrum exchange agreement covering licenses in certain markets and on November 13, 2008, Cricket launched "Premium Extended Coverage", a roaming partnership with 14 wireless companies. On February 2009, Cricket launched in Chicago. On March 10, 2009, Cricket launched in the Philadelphia market, including the eastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and Delaware. On June 23, 2009, Cricket launched in the Washington, DC and Baltimore markets〔 On September 28, 2009, Cricket changed its domain name to "mycricket.com"〔 On April 13, 2010, Cricket launched Cricket Navigator, a GPS application that offers audible turn-by-turn navigation, hyper-local search and maps. On August 2010, Cricket and Sprint signed a five year wholesale agreement (MVNO) which allows Cricket to utilize Sprint's nationwide 3G EVDO network in the U.S. On August 12, 2010, Cricket launched operator for the Kyocera Rio low cost touch phone.〔(Kyocera Rio E3100 Coming Soon! ), PhoneWebZ〕 On May 31, 2012, Cricket announced the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S availability on its network. On September 5, 2012, Electronic retailer RadioShack in partnership with Leap launched ''RadioShack No Contract Wireless'', the service is powered by Cricket. On July 12, 2013, AT&T Inc. agreed to buy Cricket Wireless parent for $1.2 billion and on March 13, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission approved the acquisition between AT&T and Leap Wireless.〔 On May 18, 2014, Cricket's website (mycricket.com) and Aio Wireless's website (aiowireless.com) were redirected to the new cricketwireless.com site. This signaled the beginning of operations as the new Cricket. GSM operations for Cricket Wireless began this day as well, all Aio Wireless dealer stores were officially converted to the Cricket brand and the Aio Wireless brand was retired. On September 24, 2015 Cricket Wireless launched their variants of Apple's iPhone 6s and 6s Plus smartphones. Cricket Wireless' advantage is their Cricket Protect insurance plan covering users from physical damage, water damage, loss, and theft. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cricket Wireless」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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