Leap Joint Venture Launches Cricket(R) Service in Cincinnati, Ohio; New Cricket Midwest Market Cluster to Provide Unlimited Mobile Phone Services in Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus.

SAN DIEGO & ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, and Alaska Native Broadband 1 License, LLC ("ANB"), today announced that ANB will begin offering Cricket service in Cincinnati, Ohio tomorrow. Leap and ANB networks will now serve approximately 1.8 million new potential customers or "covered POPs" in the region and a total of 36.8 million (2006 estimate) covered POPs nationwide. With the launch of this new market, Cricket customers in the region will have access to a Midwest regional calling area that includes three major cities - Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus, Ohio - within their regular service plan. The Columbus, Ohio market is owned by CSM Wireless, LLC and operated under the Revol brand name.

"The Cincinnati launch marks a significant milestone as Leap, together with ANB, initiates a Midwest cluster giving Cricket customers greater freedom in their calling area," said Doug Hutcheson, president and chief executive officer at Leap. "Expansion of this Midwest cluster, with the launch of both the Lexington and Louisville markets in the coming weeks, will provide even greater value to Cricket customers in this region."

Kicking off tomorrow's launch, four Cricket retail and approximately 66 indirect retailers, including more than 20 premier dealers, will open in the Cincinnati market area. The launch includes a variety of events to generate market awareness and sales. A snapshot of events includes:

Tuesday, June 20

9 - 10 a.m.         Let Freedom Ring - Opening Ring of Freedom and
                    Press Conference
                    Councilman Berding will answer the opening ring
                    signifying the launch of Cricket's wireless
                    service in town. Skydivers will deliver the phone
                    on the lawn of the National Underground Railroad
                    Freedom Center. Cricket executives will announce
                    the beginning of the newest wireless alternative
                    in Cincinnati.

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.    Cricket VIP Emancipation Extravaganza
                    Cricket senior leadership will celebrate with
                    Cincinnati VIPs at the Hofbrauhaus Newport.
                    Cricket is excited to mix and mingle with Greater
                    Cincinnati leaders and experience the area's
                    German heritage.

Wednesday, June 21

11:15 a.m.          Hamilton Cuts the Wires and Launches Wireless
                    Freedom
                    Hamilton Mayor Don Ryan, Chamber President Kenny
                    Craig, and Miss Hamilton Nichole Masters will join
                    Cricket executives in the official Wire Cutting at
                    the Hamilton 1040 High Street location.


Razr Giveaways
Anyone visiting the designated stores at the times listed below can
enter to win a free Motorola RAZR phone and three free months of
service.

    Tuesday, June 20
    --  11 a.m.-1 p.m. - Tri-County Cricket Store, 11711 Princeton
        Pike
        20 lucky visitors will receive a free Cincinnati pro football
        jersey
    --  4-6 p.m. - Tri-County Cricket Store, 11711 Princeton Pike
    --  4:30-6:30 p.m. - Finneytown Cricket Store, 8593 Winton Road

    Wednesday, June 21
    --  11 a.m.-1 p.m. - Hamilton Cricket Store, 1019 High Street
        20 lucky visitors will receive a free Cincinnati pro football
        jersey
    --  11:15 a.m. WIRE CUTTING at Hamilton Cricket Store, 1019 High
        Street
    --  Noon-2 p.m. - Colerain Cricket Store, 8373 Colerain Ave.
    --  4-6 p.m. - Newport Cricket Store, 17 Carothers Road

    Thursday, June 22
    --  11 a.m.-1 p.m. - Tri-County Cricket Store, 11711 Princeton
        Pike
        20 lucky visitors will receive a free Cincinnati pro football
        jersey
    --  4-6 p.m. - Newport Cricket Store, 17 Carothers Road
    --  4:30 p.m. WIRE CUTTING at Newport Cricket Store, 17 Carothers
        Road

    Friday, June 23
    --  11 a.m.-1 p.m. - Colerain Cricket Store, 8373 Colerain Ave.
        20 lucky visitors will receive a free Cincinnati pro football
        jersey
    --  2-4 p.m. - Tri-County Cricket Store, 11711 Princeton Pike
    --  4-6 p.m. - Finneytown Cricket Store, 8593 Winton Road
    --  5-7 p.m. - Norwood Cricket Store, 4535 Montgomery Road

    Saturday, June 24
    --  Noon-2 p.m. - Newport Cricket Store, 17 Carothers Road
    --  2-4 p.m. - Tri-County Cricket Store, 11711 Princeton Pike
    --  4-6 p.m. - Finneytown Cricket Store, 8593 Winton Road

    Sunday, June 25
    --  Noon-2 p.m. - Colerain Cricket Store, 8373 Colerain Ave.
    --  1-3 p.m. - Norwood Cricket Store, 4535 Montgomery Road

Win Season Tickets to see Cincinnati's home pro football team.
If freedom from the common restrictions in wireless service isn't
enough, Greater Cincinnatians can join Cricket's celebration by
registering to win free pro football season tickets to see
Cincinnati's favorite hometown team. Anyone can register by just
coming to a Greater Cincinnati Cricket location to register by July
24, 2006. For more information on Cricket locations and the season
ticket giveaway, visit www.mycricketcincy.com.

For a complete listing of events, please contact Leap public relations at 858-882-6335.

In February 2005, ANB was the winning bidder on nine licenses in Auction #58. The licenses, covering a total of approximately 10.1 million POPs, include: Cincinnati, Ohio; Lexington and Louisville, Ky.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Austin, San Antonio, El Paso and Bryan, Texas; and Las Cruces, New Mexico. The winning bids for these licenses totaled $68.2 million, or $0.68 per MHz POP. Alaska Native Broadband 1 License, LLC is a subsidiary of a joint venture between Cricket Communications, Inc. and Alaska Native Broadband, LLC.

About Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (Manager of Alaska Native Broadband, LLC)

Cricket service is offered in Cincinnati by Alaska Native Broadband 1 License, LLC ("ANB"), a subsidiary of Alaska Native Broadband, LLC. The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) is the managing member of Alaska Native Broadband, LLC. ASRC is an Alaska Native Corporation representing the business interests of the Inupiat Eskimos of the North Slope of Alaska. Organized pursuant to the terms of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, ASRC has over 9,000 shareholders -- the majority of which live in the eight villages on Alaska's North Slope. The company manages a portfolio of businesses in the energy services, government services, petroleum refining, construction and telecommunication industries. ASRC is headquartered in Barrow, Alaska with offices in Anchorage. For more information, please visit www.asrc.com.

About Leap

Leap, headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is a customer-focused company providing innovative mobile wireless services targeted to meet the needs of customers under-served by traditional communications companies. With the value of unlimited wireless services as the foundation of its business, Leap pioneered both Cricket(R) and Jump(TM) Mobile service. Through its affordable, flat-rate service plans, Cricket offers customers a choice of unlimited local voice minutes, unlimited domestic long distance voice minutes, unlimited text, instant and picture messaging and additional value-added services over a high-quality, all-digital CDMA network. Designed for the mobile-dependent, urban youth market, Jump Mobile is a unique prepaid wireless service that offers customers free unlimited incoming calls from anywhere with outgoing calls at an affordable 10 cents per minute and free incoming and outgoing text messaging. Both Cricket and Jump Mobile services are offered without long-term commitments or credit checks. For more information, please visit www.leapwireless.com.

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