Leap Wireless moves to LTE technology, adds new customers, MetroPCS did well but worse than last year

Cricket’s parent company, Leap Wireless moves to LTE technology first by launching an LTE trial market in Tucson, Arizona. But that’s just the beginning of their ambitious plan. According to Leap CEO Doug Hutcheson, by the end of 2012, they will have a total of 25 million people covered with LTE network and in the next couple of years or so, two thirds of their existing network will be covered with fast LTE technology. And, of course, that wouldn’t mean much without LTE enabled smartphones, that the carrier plans to add to its lineup in mid-to-late 2012. Read more