Cricket Wireless LLC, simply known as Cricket Wireless or Cricket, is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc., that provides wireless services to 10 million subscribers in the United States. Cricket Wireless was founded in March 1999 by Leap Wireless International. AT&T acquired Leap Wireless International in March 2014 which merged Cricket Wireless with Aio Wireless. Before AT&T's acquisition, the company had 4.5 million subscribers.