Leap Offers Nokia's First 1x Handset & Unlimited Text
BY KRISTY BASSUENER
JUNE 10, 2002
NEWS@2 DIRECT
Leap Wireless International, parent company of Cricket
Communications, today rolls out advanced handsets and
services. The San Diego-based carrier is the first to offer Nokia's
new 6370 CDMA2000 1x-enabled handset, which begins shipping
today. Offered for $99, the new handset features Internet
access, two-way text messaging and downloadable ring tones as
well as space for 500 names in its phone book.
Although Leap doesn't offer third-generation services, using the
CDMA2000 1x handsets and networks enables Cricket to expand
its voice capacity. Given that the company offers all-you-can-talk
local calling, more capacity means more people can use its
networks.
Keeping with its all-you-can-eat services credo, Leap also today
announces that Cricket Customers can pay a flat rate for text
messaging services. For a fee of $4.99 per month, Cricket
subscribers can send and receive an unlimited number of
messages from other Cricket users as well as mobile-phone
subscribers whose carriers support interoperable messaging.
''Given the 'cool' factor of two-way wireless messaging with friends, we expect this
new services to be especially popular with the under-30 crowd,'' says Harvey
White, Leap's chairman and CEO. |
