Leap was founded in 1999 and was built on the premise of unlimited services with no contracts and no credit checks, providing access to wireless services to customers who couldn’t otherwise afford it, didn't want the long-term commitment of a one- or two-year contract, or had a moral or religious objection to a credit check.

Leap has all-digital CDMA 1X, EV-DO and LTE networks that have expanded significantly in the past few years.

Jump Mobile's features allowed customers unlimited incoming calls from any country, and outgoing calls within the coverage area for a per-minute charge, and unlimited text messaging service within the United States.

The terms and conditions for Jump Mobile[7] required customers to maintain paid credit on their accounts.

If all funds and minutes expired, after a sixty-day grace period service lapsed and customers lost their telephone numbers.

When outside the Cricket or Sprint coverage areas, customers roamed on the Verizon Wireless network and had voice and text services only.