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T-Mobile US said majority of the requests came from law enforcement and included phone conversations, text messages and voicemails T-Mobile US said last year it received nearly 352,000 requests for …

Latest MVNO entrant backed by former Cricket, Simple Mobile execs The domestic wireless market’s ultra-competitive environment is not preventing new entrants from trying to find their place. One of the …

Sprint fined for law enforcement requests between 2007 and 2010 Sprint has been docked $15.5 million by the federal government for overcharging law enforcement agencies to carry out court-ordered wiretaps, …

Cricket also targets T-Mobile US, MetroPCS, Sprint, Boost with free month AT&T Mobility’s Cricket Wireless brand launched a device financing option for its prepaid service that provides three “tiers” for …

The domestic prepaid market continues to remain a battleground for mobile operators, with T-Mobile US this week announcing a new “unlimited” offer through its MetroPCS operations. The promotional plan is …

AT&T Mobility GoPhone plans gain more data, Mexico calling AT&T Mobility continues to tweak its prepaid portfolio, announcing updates to its GoPhone brand in an attempt to make it more …

China Unicom stock hits eight-month low China Unicom witnessed its stock price hit an eight-month low following reports that a company official is being investigated for potential discipline violations. According …

SQUAN Construction Services LLC ( “Squan”) names Leighton W. Carroll Chief Executive Officer November 10, 2014 – Englewood, NJ – SQUAN is proud to announce and welcome Leighton Carroll as …

Another day, another new rate plan. As has become standard practice over the past couple of weeks, a wireless carrier today threw out a new tweak to its rate plans in …

AT&T Mobility is jumping into the carrier price wars through its Cricket prepaid brand. It is targeting T-Mobile US, offering $100 to anyone who switches from T-Mobile US or its …

When T-Mobile US made its announcement, the immediate question was “how much data are they giving away?” Obviously, music streaming services can use a lot of data in a day, depending on how many hours they are streaming.

International telecommunications giant Vodafone Group announced a “partner market” agreement with Canadian telecom provider Rogers Communications.

AT&T solidified its no-contract ambitions, announcing the combination of its recently acquired Leap Wireless business with its Aio Wireless platform that will operate under the Cricket Wireless brand. The new …

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. Tower companies and carriers are certainly getting their day in court …

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from …

AT&T said it has closed on its acquisition of Leap Wireless, bolstering the carrier’s already ample stable of no-contract offerings. The deal closed just one day ahead of the Federal …

RadioShack plans to close up to 1,100 stores due to financial results. 

Having hinted at plans earlier this year, Leap Wireless jumped into the device financing space announcing its aptly named Phone Payment Plan set to launch July 21. The offering, which …

On Friday, AT&T announced that they were acquiring Leap Wireless for $15 per share in cash. The transaction, including the acquisition of $2.8 billion in net debt as well as proceeds from the

Leap Wireless’ Cricket prepaid operations scored another LTE smartphone with the HTC One SV, scheduled to go on sale Jan. 16 for $350. HTC’s latest flagship phone joins the Samsung …

RadioShack (RSH) announced that it will begin selling its own brand of wireless phones and service in its retail stores nationwide, using Leap Wireless’ (LEAP) Cricket network. Starting tomorrow, RadioShack …