Leap Wireless International, Inc.
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Leap Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 17 days 3 hours 26 minutes ago
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, today reported financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. Service revenues for the fourth quarter increased 19.3 percent over the prior year quarter to $547.0 million. The Company reported adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) of $129.5 million for the fourth quarter, up $38.6 mill...
Cricket Introduces Samsung Stunt [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 12 hours 31 minutes ago
Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services and subsidiary of Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile)1, the No.1 mobile phone provider in the U.S.2, today announced the availability of the new Samsung Stunt™ (SCH-R100).
Leap Wireless and Pocket Communications to Form Joint Venture to Provide Expanded South Texas Region Mobile Communications Services [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 12 hours 31 minutes ago
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, and Pocket Communications, Texas’ fastest-growing flat-rate wireless company, today announced they have entered into an agreement to form a Leap-controlled and managed joint venture that will provide enhanced mobile communications through Leap’s Cricket® brand to customers in the South Texas region, from San Antonio to Laredo and in the Rio Grande Valley coverin...
MetroPCS, Leap lead telecom stocks lower - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 145 days 10 hours 9 minutes ago
Apple, TI, Lexmark highlight tech action
MetroPCS, Leap are top decliners - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 145 days 9 hours 46 minutes ago
Ciena /quotes/comstock/15*!cien/quotes/nls/cien (CIEN 14.36, +0.17, +1.20%) was one of the few advancers, up 1.1%.
Leap Announces Participation in Upcoming Conferences [Press Release]
Business Wire | 12 days 3 hours 26 minutes ago
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, announced today that Walter Berger, Leap’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will participate in two upcoming conferences.
Leap Announces Participation in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 3 hours 26 minutes ago
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, announced today that Walter Berger, Leap’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will participate in a fireside chat discussion at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference to be held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. The fireside chat is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 2nd beginning at approximately 1:3...
Leap Announces Settlement of Securities Class Action Lawsuit [Press Release]
Business Wire | 16 days 12 hours 31 minutes ago
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, announced today that a settlement has been reached in the consolidated securities class action lawsuits pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The lawsuits being settled relate to the Company's 2007 restatement of certain financial statements to correct for errors in previously reported service revenues, equipment r...
MetroPCS, Leap sink; Qualcomm rises - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 129 days 8 hours 11 minutes ago
The rest of the telecom sector, however, mostly moved higher.
Telecoms mostly higher, but MetroPCS, Leap sink - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 129 days 8 hours 49 minutes ago
Nasdaq Composite rises 45 points to 2,100.63
Leap, Sprint, Nokia gain; Ericsson falls - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 130 days 8 hours 38 minutes ago
Nokia was the biggest advancer in the equipment and networking group. The Finnish wireless company's stock climbed 2.7% in U.S. trading, one day after Nokia said its networking joint venture with Germany's Siemens would sharply reduce costs.
Leap Schedules Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Earnings Release and Conference Call for February 25, 2010 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 44 days 12 hours 31 minutes ago
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, announced today that it plans to release financial and subscriber results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, after market close on Thursday, February 25, 2009. Following the release, Leap management will host a conference call with live webcast to discuss these results. Other forward-looking and material information may also be disc...
Leap Reports 25 Percent Year-Over-Year Improvement in Adjusted OIBDA in Third Quarter [Press Release]
Business Wire | 129 days 3 hours 26 minutes ago
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, today reported financial and operational results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Service revenues for the third quarter increased 25 percent over the prior year quarter to $541.3 million. The Company reported adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) of $121.5 million for the third quarter, up $24 million over the comparab...
Leap Reports Granting of Inducement Awards [Press Release]
Business Wire | 51 days 2 hours 41 minutes ago
Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, reported today that it has issued inducement awards to two new non-executive employees.
Cricket Customers Can Make Free Calls to Haiti to Check on Loved Ones and Text Donations Directly to Red Cross from Mobile Phone [Press Release]
Business Wire | 58 days 57 minutes ago
Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), today announced it is allowing Cricket customers to make unlimited free calls from their Cricket phones to Haiti to check on the status of loved ones in the wake of this week’s earthquake. The feature is available to all Cricket voice-plan customers from now until midnight Eastern Standard Time on Friday, January 22, 2010.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Leap Wireless International, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Wireless Network Operators |
| Website: | http://www.leapwireless.com |
Leap Wireless International wants to hurdle the competition. Through its Cricket Communications subsidiary, as well as affiliates LCW Wireless and Denali Operations, the company provides wireless telephone service to nearly 4 million customers in 30 US states. Leap Wireless targets the youth and minority markets with the flexible payment plans that are a key component of its marketing message. Its service features unlimited flat-rate local calling, a prepaid roaming option, multimedia, wireless data, as well as mobile Web access through its Cricket Broadband service. The company makes sales both through its chain of retail locations and via partnerships with distributors and resellers.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 1,958.9 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 20.1 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | -147.8 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 3,423 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 41.2 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |
