Cricket Wireless

Cricket Wireless LLC
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Wireless telecommunications
Founded	March 17, 1999; 25 years ago 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 LLC is an American prepaid wireless service provider, wholly-owned by AT&T. It provides wireless services to thirteen million subscribers in the United States as of 2022.^[3] 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.^[4] Cricket Wireless competes primarily against T-Mobile's Metro by T-Mobile, EchoStar's Boost Mobile and Verizon's Visible in the prepaid wireless segment.

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^ "Our Team". Cricket Wireless. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^ "MVNOs: A Complete List Of Carriers With Subscriber Counts". BestMVNO. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
^ Cricket Wireless (January 30, 2019). "Cricket Wireless Now Serving 10 Million Subscribers" (Press release). Cricket Wireless. Retrieved April 1, 2021.