Cricket Wireless Faces Claims it Overpromised 4G/LTE Coverage

AT&T subsidiary Cricket Wireless LLC failed to short-circuit a proposed class action alleging it lured customers into buying its phones and service through a marketing scheme touting nationwide, unlimited 4G/LTE coverage that it knew it couldn’t deliver.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied Cricket’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

Cricket’s activities in California while headquartered in San Diego demonstrate a substantial connection between Cricket, California, and the plaintiffs’ claims, the court said.

The claims may go forward in California because the plaintiffs sufficiently showed that Cricket purposefully availed itself of the privileges of ...