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.”