AT&T has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the U.S. regional carrier, Leap Wireless, for $15 per share; acquiring all of the carrier’s assets, shareholders and customers. Leap operates as a consumer-orientated carrier which goes by the name of Cricket Wireless, it has both a CDMA and LTE network with coverage in 35 states along with 5-million subscribers, so it is the perfect expansion platform for AT&T’s “nationwide takeover.”

T-Mobile USA will finally start selling the iPhone and enforce its plan to eliminate subsidies in “three to four months,” according to the company’s chief executive, John Legere. It will be the first time T-Mobile has offered in the iPhone in the United States since the handset was first released launched in 2007.