AT&T Buying Leap Wireless For $1.2 Billion

AT&T has agreed to acquire its smaller rival Leap Wireless International for nearly $1.2 billion which offers low-cost, no-contract prepaid wireless plans and has 5 million U.S. subscribers. Leap's stock more than doubled in after-hours trading on Friday, climbing to almost $17 a share.

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