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Agreement with Sprint will extend Cricket's footprint nationwide
Did your eyes ever light up so brightly when you read about some of the exciting handsets or inexpensive plan offerings that Cricket has to offer, but you know you can't get in with any of them since they don't offer coverage in your area? Well, things might soon change after Cricket signed a wholesale agreement with Sprint that will enable them to offer their products and services using Sprint's infrastructure. Although there was no mention about the dollar amount that this agreement generated, this five year deal will spawn a host of new hybrid models and broaden Cricket's reach to consumers domestically. By far the biggest limitation they faced up until this point was their small coverage footprint, but thanks to this deal, that may soon become a thing of the past now that they're embarking with Sprint. With the agreement, Cricket has already committed itself to bring to the table minimum levels of revenues to Sprint – which is something that they'll hopefully generate with their extended reach.

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1. jrcrow244 (unregistered) posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:47

cricket doesnt exist in SoCali..so..meh

3. joedog59 (unregistered) posted on 07 Aug 2010, 12:10

If you read the article correctly I believge the word "NATIONWIDE" was used so obviously they will hit SoCal eventually and what this will now do is put pressure on Metro PCS>

6. PhoneUser posted on 07 Aug 2010, 14:04

Jrcrow, pls do some research before you post anything and make your self sound retardedededededed....... Cricket does exist in SoCal maybe not ALL of socal but they do have some coverage.

9. remixfa posted on 07 Aug 2010, 18:07

while thats true joedog, they arent gonna get the run of the entire sprint network. They will just be allowed to use certain towers. If they got the run of the whole network, what would ever be the point of payin for sprint? All the cheap prepay guys like cricket and virgin run off other networks like VZW and sprint, but they get limited footprints so its less likely u will use them instead of the main carrier. that said, jrcrow is a freakin idiot, so why even pay attention to him.. lol

12. joedog (unregistered) posted on 08 Aug 2010, 23:08

Thanks for the Logistical rundown remixfa as I didn't know how this would work but I do know as well as you do that this is all about the numbers and growth so we'll just have to wait and see what these two carriers are up to but one things for sure and that is there is always a method to the madness!

2. tlang1064 posted on 07 Aug 2010, 11:58

Thats cute for them...

4. scorpio85 posted on 07 Aug 2010, 12:41

More money for Sprint.

5. Syksyd posted on 07 Aug 2010, 12:56

you guys are all idiots....cricket is in san diego, and if remember right that is so cal.....get your shit straight

7. jenna_23 posted on 07 Aug 2010, 16:01

well it aint in LOS ANGELES i live here n theres is no cricket .

8. 123jdl posted on 07 Aug 2010, 16:18

Not so sure how I feel about Cricket piggybacking off of Sprint... Sure its a good business decision for Sprint as it would help keep their costs down. We will see if this helps or hurts Cricket... Wait, could this mean they will potentially get 4G or LTE also?

10. tedkord posted on 07 Aug 2010, 19:34

Well, not LTE unless Sprint switches to it. But it does open up the possibility of WIMAX.

11. FerneyZan posted on 08 Aug 2010, 19:02

Very Interesting, I wonder If I will suddenly feel the itch to look into Cricket's Offerings to compare them with Sprint's. Hmmmm!!

13. cargo504 (unregistered) posted on 04 Jun 2011, 10:06

i thank that good sprint well buy cricket soon

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