Leap, Metro PCS Fight Over Flat Rates

posted Aug 23, 2006, 2:08 PM

Leap Wireless, parent of Cricket, has filed suit against Metro PCS in a Texas court. Leap alleges that Metro PCS is violating its patent by offering flat rate mobile service. Leap filed for a patent in January 2001 and was approved in November 2004 for a wireless service with flat rate pricing and coverage and capacity limited to specific metro areas. Metro PCS is fighting the suit claiming that Leap stole the idea from then while Metro PCS was in talks with Qualcomm, then Leap's parent company, in the 1990s. Metro PCS also argues that it does not compete directly with the Cricket service in any market.

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