Cricket Communications announced today that it will be the first pre-paid carrier in the U.S. to offer the Apple iPhone.

Cricket Communications announced today that it will be the first pre-paid carrier in the U.S. to offer the Apple iPhone.

Cricket, a subsidiary of Leap Wireless, will start selling the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S on June 22 with its $55 per month, unlimited talk, text, and data plan - though data will be throttled after 2.3GB.

The 16GB iPhone 4S will be available for $499.99 and the 8GB iPhone 4 will be available for $399.99. Both will come in black or white.

"Our customers want the best products available and we are excited to bring iPhone to our pre-paid consumers with an industry leading $55 per-month service plan," said Doug Hutcheson, president and CEO of Leap, in a statement. "Launching iPhone is a major milestone for us and we are proud to offer iPhone customers attractive nationwide coverage, a robust 3G data network and a value-packed, no-contract plan."

The Apple smartphone will be available via mycricket.com/iphone or via phone at 800-853-7682. Customers can sign up online to receive a reminder when Cricket starts selling the iPhone.

T-Mobile is currently the only major U.S. carrier that does not yet have the iPhone, thanks to network incompatibilities. Sprint jumped on board with the release of the iPhone 4S.

In April, a number of regional carriers , including nTelos, Cellcom, and GCI.

Despite the high subsidies associated with the iPhone and the fact that the device is not a 4G smartphone, most carriers are eager to add the iPhone to their lineups. During recent earnings calls, it was revealed that during the first quarter, while the iPhone of Verizon Wireless' smartphone sales during the same time period, with 3.2 million devices sold.

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