Pocket Communications

Pocket Communications was a PCS CDMA 1xRTT provider of unlimited cellular phone service based in San Antonio, Texas, United States.

In its first year of operations, Pocket became the fastest growth company in the history of the US wireless communications, achieving positive cash flow in just 6 months.

Subsequent expansion from San Antonio to Laredo, the Rio Grande Valley, and Corpus Christi markets and a customer base of over 400,000 subscribers ultimately led to a merger offer from Cricket Communications in late 2010.

As a result of success in its own local markets, Pocket eventually spun out a separate company called Houdinisoft that unlocked over 3 million cellphones for 20+ other CDMA operators.

Pocket took on private equity investment in order to expand its operations to the New York/Boston corridor but the 2008 financial market meltdown combined with the launch of a flat rate flanker brand Boost Mobile by Sprint quickly led to a decision to sell the Northeast operations to MetroPCS completing unbroken coverage between their Boston and New York markets., Metro PCS relaunched service on the former Pocket network in March 2011.