Cricket Wireless News

Starting on May 12th, eligible persons can enroll in the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program. The program is temporary and it has been designed to help families and households that are struggling to afford home or wireless internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Persons/households that are eligible for the

For the second time this year, AT&T Prepaid has updated its data only plans. The Mobile Resource Internet Center first noted the plan changes over the weekend. BestMVNO last reported AT&T Prepaid data only plan changes back in February. BestMVNO noted that the provider’s $75/month plan was updated from 18GB

Cricket Wireless has launched a new set of deals today. Highlighted offers include $150 off any iPhone with up to $200 off the iPhone SE. There are also a dozen free Android phones now available. Cricket also seems ready to dial up its 5G marketing. For the first time on

Cricket Wireless currently has some very interesting offers running. Unfortunately, they aren’t widely available. But if you are in one of the test markets where the offers are available, Atlanta, St. Louis, Miami/West Palm Beach, or LA, listen up. These deals are for you. If you are in the Miami

Tax season will be here soon and with that wireless providers will come out with new sets of promotional offers. The first set of offers have begun to trickle out from both AT&T Prepaid and Cricket Wireless. Both providers are offering discounts on the Samsung Galaxy A01 and the iPhone

Lady Red’s Tech Reviews, a Cricket Wireless vlogger recently detailed some of Cricket’s best and worst-performing phones. What’s particularly interesting is that Lady Red’s Tech Reviews (LRTR) is also Cricket Wireless store manager. So that really puts a different perspective on things. Before going over the phones she detailed, it’s

The latest phone deals are now out from Cricket Wireless. New Year, New Phone is the tagline featured on the Cricket Wireless homepage. The deal highlighted next to the tagline is a switcher offer for a Samsung Galaxy A01 priced at $19.99. This is actually a downgrade from Cricket’s holiday

This holiday shopping season has seen an increase in the number of prepaid wireless brands investing in the marketing of their services. Consumer Cellular, Cricket Wireless, Metro by T-Mobile, Mint Mobile, Straight Talk Wireless, TextNow, and Visible have all launched new video advertising campaigns. While most have focused on traditional

Cricket Wireless has announced its holiday shopping season phone deals for 2020. There are offers for everyone. Whether you are a new customer porting in or a current customer looking to upgrade Cricket has you covered. There are deals on both Android and iOS devices featuring the iPhone SE for

Cricket Wireless is ending October with more free phone deals. Over 10 Android devices are now available for free to switchers as part of Cricket’s “Big Savings On Android Phones” promo. There were also $100 price drops on iPhone models. You can see all the new deals in the tables

AT&T Prepaid and Cricket Wireless appear to be leaving Best Buy stores. Over the last several weeks, analysts from the firm Wave7 Research noticed inventory of both brands dwindling in stores across several states. Signage advertising each brand has been also taken down. Online checks of several zip codes also

The calendar has turned to October, and Cricket Wireless has some new and updated deals out. The iPhone 7 is now free in-stores while the iPhone 8 can now be picked up online for $49.99. The iPhone SE continues to be available for $249.99 although interested parties may find a

Back on August 21st, Cricket Wireless officially launched 5G network access. Just days later, analysts at Wave7 Research spotted the first Cricket Wireless TV ads touting the new 5G network. Cricket has two new TV ads out that are airing nationally. Both ads make mention and show a picture of

Cricket Wireless has updated its “End Of Summer Savings” phone deals. The last major update was at the end of July when the iPhone 7 was made free to switchers. The updated deals out now are a step backward for several devices like the iPhone 7 and iPhone SE. Those

In late July, AT&T announced that it turned on its 5G network nationwide. Also contained in the announcement was a blurb stating that the network would become available to Cricket Wireless customers on August 21. AT&T owns Cricket Wireless. Now that August 21 is here, the network is indeed available