Contract-free iPhone 5 coming to Cricket & C Spire Sept. 28

For those that want a shiny new iPhone 5 but don't want to deal with the major wireless carriers, Leap Wireless just announced that it'll offer the device via Cricket Sept. 28.

Verizon grows even larger: FCC approves spectrum deal with big cable

Federal Communications Committee has approved a deal that will see Verizon purchase a portion of wireless spectrum from a handful of big cable television providers.

Cricket to sell iPhones with prepaid service for the first time

Cricket Wireless will soon become the first prepaid carrier in the U.S. to offer the iPhone 4 and 4S, the company announced Thursday.

Starting on June 22, Cricket’s service will run $55 a month for unlimited data, texting and calling. …

Lightsquared hires a slew of top lawyers, loses Leap Wireless to Clearwire

The hits keep coming for wholesale wireless network startup LightSquared, which just lost big client Leap Wireless due to uncertainty about the future of its high-speed LTE network.

Back in February, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected LightSquared’s plans to …

AT&T hopes a deal with Leap Wireless will save T-Mobile merger

AT&T is hoping that a new deal with Leap Wireless will save its plans of merging with Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile USA.

The deal would see Leap purchasing both T-Mobile’s customer base and most of its wireless spectrum, while AT&T would …