Cricket Customers Can Make Free Phone Calls to Friends and Family in Japan
~ Customers Can Also Text Donations for Japan Quake Relief to Certain Organizations Directly From Their Mobile Phone ~
SAN DIEGO, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless services and a wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEAP), today announced that Cricket customers can make unlimited free calls to Japan to check in with friends and family following last week's major earthquake and tsunami. The feature has been activated for all Cricket voice-plan customers effective immediately and will continue through midnight Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, March 29, 2011.
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In addition to providing free calling to Japan, Cricket is also participating in several text message donation programs in order to provide its customers with the ability to make a donation to help those affected by the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear explosions. These programs allow Cricket customers with text messaging capabilities to make a $10 donation directly from their phone by texting a key word to a specified short code (see below for supported initiatives). Donations will be debited from the customer's prepaid Flex Bucket or Cricket PayGo account.
Organization: American Red Cross Relief |
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Keyword: REDCROSS |
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Short Code: 90999 |
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Organization: World Relief Corp. of National Association of Evangelicals |
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Keyword: WAVE |
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Short Code: 50555 |
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Organization: Convoy of Hope |
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Keyword: TSUNAMI or SUNAMI |
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Short Code: 50555 |
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Organization: Global Giving |
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Keyword: JAPAN |
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Short Code: 50555 |
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To donate any dollar amount of their choice and/or find out more about the charitable efforts of the above organizations, customers can contact the following:
- American Red Cross - (800) 733-2767 or online at www.redcross.org
- World Relief – (800) 535-5433 or online at www.worldrelief.org
- Convoy of Hope – (417) 823-8998 or online at www.convoyofhope.org
- Global Giving – (877) 605-2314 or online at www.globalgiving.org
For more information about Cricket, please visit www.mycricket.com.
About Cricket
Cricket is the pioneer of simple and affordable unlimited wireless services with no long-term commitments or credit checks required serving more than 5.5 million customers in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Cricket offers wireless voice and broadband Internet services over the latest technology, high-quality, all-digital 3G CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless network. Cricket's nationwide wireless voice service plans include unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited directory assistance, as well as a variety of calling features and feature-rich mobile applications such as popular games, ringtones and wallpapers. For more information on Cricket, visit www.mycricket.com. Cricket is offered by Leap Wireless International, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit www.leapwireless.com.
SOURCE Cricket Communications, Inc.
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