AT&T* today closed its acquisition of prepaid wireless provider Leap Wireless International Inc., which operates under the Cricket brand.

Key AT&T focus areas include mobile video, retiring the company’s traditional TDM network by 2020 and growing business Ethernet, virtual private networks and IP broadband.

The number of customers served by tier 2 and tier 3 wireless carriers dropped from 22.2 million to 12.5 million in one year, notes iGR. We talked to the report author about why..

AT&T aims to sell off the Leap Wireless A-block spectrum in the Chicago market as part of its plans to acquire that carrier. AT&T claims interference problems in the A-block, which other carriers dispute.


