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Cricket updates its $40, $45 and $55 plans; Adds two new large clusters

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By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, August 8th, 2009 at 7:59 AM

Cricket Communications

Cricket Communications is full of news these days. In a single release, they announced enhanced service plans, new features and additional coverage.

Cricket’s popular $40 monthly plan — which already includes unlimited voice, long distance, domestic and international text and picture messaging, and nationwide coverage — will expand to include unlimited Web, unlimited 411 and unlimited service to more than 4,600 cities and towns across the US. In addition, Cricket’s $45 monthly plan will now include the additional features of unlimited email, unlimited data backup and 30 roaming minutes per month. As for the $55 plan, it will have all the features of the $45 plan, plus 200 (instead of 30) roaming minutes per month.

In the other news, Cricket also announced the addition of two new, large clusters to the company’s calling areas, “expanding the unlimited reach of Cricket customers with Premium Extended Coverage to additional broad geographic areas.” The new Mid-Atlantic cluster stretches from New York City to Richmond, Virginia. The new Southwest area covers parts of Arizona, Southern California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado…

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