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class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">March 17, 1999<span class="noprint">; 26 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1999-03-17</span>)</span> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, Illinois, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Leap_Wireless" title="Leap Wireless">Leap Wireless</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,000 retail 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class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">221</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leap_Wireless" title="Leap Wireless">Leap Wireless</a> (1999–2014)</li><li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a> (2014–present)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cricketwireless.com">www<wbr />.cricketwireless<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cricket Wireless LLC</b> is an American <a href="/wiki/Prepaid_mobile_phone" title="Prepaid mobile phone">prepaid</a> <a href="/wiki/Wireless" title="Wireless">wireless service</a> provider, <a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">wholly-owned</a> by <a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a>. It provides wireless services to thirteen million subscribers in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> as of 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cricket Wireless was founded in March 1999 by <a href="/wiki/Leap_Wireless" title="Leap Wireless">Leap Wireless</a> International. AT&T acquired Leap Wireless International in March 2014, and later merged Cricket Wireless operations with <a href="/wiki/Aio_Wireless" title="Aio Wireless">Aio Wireless</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cricket Wireless competes primarily against <a href="/wiki/T-Mobile_US" title="T-Mobile US">T-Mobile</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Metro_by_T-Mobile" title="Metro by T-Mobile">Metro by T-Mobile</a>, <a href="/wiki/EchoStar" title="EchoStar">EchoStar</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Boost_Mobile" title="Boost Mobile">Boost Mobile</a> and <a href="/wiki/Verizon_(mobile_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon (mobile network)">Verizon</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Visible_by_Verizon" title="Visible by Verizon">Visible</a> in the prepaid wireless segment. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cricket_Wireless&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cricket_Wireless_store,_Thomasville.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Cricket_Wireless_store%2C_Thomasville.jpg/250px-Cricket_Wireless_store%2C_Thomasville.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Cricket_Wireless_store%2C_Thomasville.jpg/500px-Cricket_Wireless_store%2C_Thomasville.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Typical Cricket retail store in <a href="/wiki/Thomasville,_Georgia" title="Thomasville, Georgia">Thomasville, Georgia</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cricket_Wireless_(1999).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Cricket_Wireless_%281999%29.svg/250px-Cricket_Wireless_%281999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Cricket_Wireless_%281999%29.svg/330px-Cricket_Wireless_%281999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Cricket_Wireless_%281999%29.svg/500px-Cricket_Wireless_%281999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1626" data-file-height="474" /></a><figcaption>Former Cricket Wireless logo, before acquisition by AT&T</figcaption></figure> <p>Cricket Wireless was founded in March 1999 by <a href="/wiki/Leap_Wireless" title="Leap Wireless">Leap Wireless</a> International. AT&T acquired Leap Wireless International in March 2014 and merged Cricket Wireless with Aio Wireless.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before AT&T's acquisition, the company had 4.5 million subscribers. </p><p>Cricket's first market was Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1999 and through much of its early growth became known as a network focused on small, rural markets.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20Years_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20Years-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2007, <a href="/wiki/Metro_by_T-Mobile" title="Metro by T-Mobile">MetroPCS</a>, Cricket Wireless's competing carrier at the time, announced a $5.3 billion bid to merge with Leap Wireless.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leap informally rejected the bid less than two weeks later.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MetroPCS officially withdrew the bid less than two months later.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2007, Cricket acquired <a href="/wiki/Hargray" title="Hargray">Hargray</a> Communications Group's wireless telecommunications business.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2008, Cricket and MetroPCS entered into a ten-year roaming agreement covering both companies' existing and future markets. The companies also entered into a spectrum exchange agreement covering licenses in certain markets.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2008, they launched "Premium Extended Coverage", a roaming partnership with 14 wireless companies.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2010, Cricket and <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Nextel" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprint Nextel">Sprint</a> signed a five-year wholesale agreement (<a href="/wiki/MVNO" class="mw-redirect" title="MVNO">MVNO</a>) which allowed Cricket to utilize Sprint's nationwide <a href="/wiki/3G" title="3G">3G</a> EVDO network in the United States. </p><p>In late 2010 at <a href="/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Consumer Electronics Show">CES 2011</a>, Cricket unveiled Muve Music, the carriers own music streaming service alongside the $199 Samsung Suede SCH-r710 which was the first phone to support Muve Music and included a 4GB SD Card to store music on.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Muve Music was initially included in its own $55 plan but was later expanded to all plans as a $5 add-on before being included in all plans free-of-charge.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The music service was deemed by Cricket as a major success and credited with helping drive up at least 100,000 new subscribers in the course of a few months.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Muve Music originally required an SD Card with a capacity of at least 4GBs to download music, the ability to do so without an SD Card was introduced in version 4.0 of Muve Music but required an internal storage capacity of at least 4GBs. Muve Music 4.0 was officially unveiled on the <a href="/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_III" title="Samsung Galaxy S III">Samsung Galaxy S III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S4" title="Samsung Galaxy S4">Samsung Galaxy S4</a> and Samsung Galaxy Discover while the Samsung Galaxy Admire would ship with version 3.5 but was upgradeable to version 4.0.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At its peak, the service was the biggest music streaming service in regards to paying customers with a customer base of 2.3 million users and was hinted in making appearances in international markets such as in Brazil.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fate of the service was put in doubt after the acquisition of Crickets parent company, Leap Wireless, by <a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a> and was rumored to be merged with AT&Ts own Beats Music service or possibly left as-is. AT&T expressed a lack of interest in maintaining the service and discontinued it in May 2014. AT&T made Muve Music inaccessible to any new phone purchased after the merger but allowed legacy handsets bought before the merger to access the service.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Deezer" title="Deezer">Deezer</a> for $100 million and formally shut down on February 7, 2015. Deezer offered all Cricket customers a discounted $6 plan which was made available on January 31, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cricket offers a variety of phones including most of the latest iPhone and Android models. </p><p>In July 2013, AT&T agreed to buy Cricket Wireless' parent for $1.2 billion. The FCC approved the acquisition between AT&T and Leap Wireless in March 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-FCC_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCC-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In doing so, AT&T merged its own <a href="/wiki/Aio_Wireless" title="Aio Wireless">Aio Wireless</a> prepaid brand into Cricket to form the "New Cricket".<sup id="cite_ref-NewCricketCNET_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewCricketCNET-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cricket Wireless began a gradual shutdown of its <a href="/wiki/CDMA" class="mw-redirect" title="CDMA">CDMA</a> network in March 2015 before a total shutdown in September 2015 and moved all users over to AT&Ts <a href="/wiki/GSM" title="GSM">GSM</a> network. All users were required to buy new devices in order to be able to maintain connectivity to the new Cricket network.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cricket Wireless, alongside AT&T, shut down its <a href="/wiki/2G" title="2G">2G</a> networks on December 31, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Customers with legacy handsets were also required to upgrade their devices to use on newer networks. </p><p>Cricket Wireless deployed its <a href="/wiki/5G" title="5G">5G</a> network nationwide on August 21, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly afterward, Cricket announced the shutdown of its <a href="/wiki/3G" title="3G">3G</a> network starting in February 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coverage_network">Coverage network</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cricket_Wireless&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coverage network"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Mobility#Network" title="AT&T Mobility">AT&T Mobility § Network</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Cricket_Wireless" title="Special:EditPage/Cricket Wireless">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Prior to its acquisition by AT&T, Cricket's <a href="/wiki/CDMA" class="mw-redirect" title="CDMA">CDMA</a> network used its home network and roaming agreements with <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Corporation" title="Sprint Corporation">Sprint</a>, among other CDMA carriers. However, Cricket's CDMA network was shut down and the spectrum was reframed for use on AT&T's HSPA+ and LTE networks. Following the acquisition by AT&T, Cricket Wireless released devices that use AT&T's 3G, 4G, and 4G LTE networks. </p><p>Cricket Wireless noted on its old website that CDMA service would be terminated as early as September 2015. Most devices prior to the merger would not be compatible on the GSM network except the iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, and iPhone 5s. Compatible iPhone devices would only require a new SIM card. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cricket_Wireless&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CDMA_phones">CDMA phones</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cricket_Wireless&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: CDMA phones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2015, Cricket Wireless was sued for selling <a href="/wiki/CDMA" class="mw-redirect" title="CDMA">CDMA</a> phones that would not work after the merger with AT&T. The lawsuit alleged that Cricket knew at the time of the merger with AT&T that any devices sold would soon need to be replaced because AT&T's network did not support CDMA devices and yet continued to do so. The lawsuit further stated that "AT&T and Cricket had decided to discontinue the CDMA network and require Cricket customers to use AT&T's <a href="/wiki/GSM" title="GSM">GSM</a> cellular network" yet continued to sell the devices, and due to Cricket's policy of not unlocking cellphones at that time, "the cellphones became useless and worthless."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff and Cricket was forced to either unlock the locked cell phones, provide 1 month of free service on the 1GB plan for former customers and waive the activation fee, or provide current customers with one extra gigabyte of data for four months.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A similar lawsuit was filed by the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Maryland" title="Attorney General of Maryland">Attorney General of Maryland</a> in June 2020 for violating the state's consumer protection act.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="STARTTLS_stripping_attack">STARTTLS stripping attack</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cricket_Wireless&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: STARTTLS stripping attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2014, Cricket Wireless (and its parent company, AT&T) came under scrutiny for intercepting and modifying its customers' email traffic to downgrade and prevent encryption of the conversation and its metadata.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonPost-tls_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonPost-tls-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An engineer at a digital security and privacy firm, Golden Frog, first noticed the issue in September 2013 via his <a href="/wiki/Aio_Wireless" title="Aio Wireless">Aio Wireless</a> connection (later acquired by Cricket).<sup id="cite_ref-goldenFrog-tls_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goldenFrog-tls-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon further investigation by the privacy firm in June 2014, Golden Frog determined that Cricket <a href="/wiki/Opportunistic_TLS#Weaknesses_and_mitigations" title="Opportunistic TLS">masked the STARTTLS command</a> in email server responses, thereby "putting its customers at serious risk by inhibiting their ability to protect online communications."<sup id="cite_ref-goldenFrog-tls_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goldenFrog-tls-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October, a <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i> investigation revealed that "Cricket did not address repeated questions about the issue and did not alert customers, many of whom rely on Cricket as their sole Internet service, that they would not be able to protect their e-mails from prying eyes. 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