Jump Mobile was a mobile cellular communications brand and subsidiary of United States based Leap Wireless International, Inc. From its inception in 2005, Jump Mobile grew to offer pre-paid wireless services customers in 25 states. Leap Wireless retired the Jump Mobile brand on February 26, 2010, migrating Jump Mobile customers to Leap Wireless' Cricket-branded Pay Go service.

Features

Jump Mobile features

Mobile phone features

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 customers unlimited incoming calls from anywhere in the world, outgoing calls within the coverage area at 10 cents per minute, and unlimited incoming and outgoing text messages within the United States. Customers can send international text messages for 10-15 cents per message and can call internationally at rates that range from 5 cents/minute for Mexico

Mexico

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 to 60 cents/minute to countries such as Iceland

Iceland

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, and Vietnam

Vietnam

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. Its international rates, with the exception of Mexico, are also subject to a 10 cents/minute airtime charge.

The pre-paid service includes voicemail

Voicemail

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, caller ID

Caller ID

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, call waiting

Call waiting

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, three-way calling, directory assistance

Directory assistance

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, ringtones, games

Mobile game

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, and wallpapers

Mobile wallpaper

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.

The terms and conditions for Jump Mobile require
customers to maintain minutes on their accounts. If all funds and minutes have expired, after a sixty day grace period Jump Mobile service lapses and customers lose their telephone numbers. Jump Mobile offers both "service credit" and "Airtime To Go"; the former expires within a fixed period that begins when the credit is applied and that varies based on the amount, ranging from $15 credits that expire in 15 days to $50 credits that expire in 90 days. "Airtime to Go" has the same range of expiration periods (from 15 to 100 days) but the countdown to expiration doesn't begin until the airtime is activated.

Coverage

Jump Mobile, through the Cricket/Leap Wireless Network, covers about half of the continental United States, and has broadband coverage in many major metropolitan areas.