AT&T said it will pay $15 a share, or roughly $1.2 billion, for the San Diego-based Leap Wireless. AT&T will acquire all of Leap's stock and wireless properties, including its network assets, retail ...

Finding a prepaid wireless plan can be tricky, so here's a cheat sheet for some of the most popular services on the market today. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering ...

The phone giant takes on T-Mobile in the no-contract market, announcing it will push its prepaid network throughout the U.S. in mid-September. Desiree DeNunzio is the gift guide editor for CNET's ...

Samuel has spent years writing about mobile carriers and their networks following a stint working as a technician in a carrier phone store. Whether it's helping people avoid 36-month payment plans, or ...

AT&T plans to acquire Leap Wireless, operator of the Cricket prepaid mobile service, in what would be the latest consolidation of the U.S. mobile industry. AT&T announced late Friday it has agreed to ...

Cricket Wireless has revamped its prepaid plans to trim prices and offer more perks, including hotspot data and bundled extras like streaming services. Cricket, owned by AT&T, competes with prepaid ...

Usually when T-Mobile CEO John Legere makes an announcement, he says something that changes the entire wireless industry. That happened as recently as mid-December, when Legere announced that all ...