Cricket Wireless

Cricket Wireless LLC
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Wireless telecommunications
Founded	March 17, 1999 in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Number of locations	5,000 retail stores (2019)
Area served	United States
Key people	John Dwyer (President); Tiffany Baehman (Vice President and CMO);
Products	Wireless; Mobile phone;
Services	Mobile communications
Number of employees	221
Parent	Leap Wireless (1999–2014); AT&T (2014–present);
Website	www.cricketwireless.com

Cricket Wireless is an American prepaid wireless service provider, owned by AT&T. It provides wireless services to ten million subscribers in the United States. Cricket Wireless was founded in March 1999 by Leap Wireless International. AT&T acquired Leap Wireless International in March 2014, and later merged Cricket Wireless operations with Aio Wireless. Cricket Wireless competes primarily against T-Mobile's Metro by T-Mobile, Dish's Boost Mobile and Verizon's Visible in the prepaid wireless segment.

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