Cricket Wireless said it will be the first U.S. carrier to offer a prepaid smartphone with Windows 10 Mobile. Starting May 5, the carrier said it will offer the Microsoft Lumia 650 both online and in stores for $129.99.

6WIND, a networking software company, and Radware, a provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, announced Radware’s Application Delivery Controller, the Alteon NG VA, can perform at 20 Gbps using the 6WIND Virtual Accelerator. The news follows Speed Certification tests with 6WIND and proves that it is possible to achieve and sustain virtualized performance above and beyond industry expectations for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) using an OpenStack environment.

Risk management company Assurant, Inc. announced the appointment of Ajay Waghray to the role of chief technology officer and to the company’s management committee, effective May 9, 2016. In this newly created role, Waghray will drive technology strategy and align IT with business objectives across Assurant’s global enterprise. Waghray will be based in Atlanta and report to Assurant President and CEO Alan B. Colberg.

U.S. Cellular announced its customers can now access TigerText, a secure messaging enterprise technology.

TigerText is an app that can be downloaded on both iOS and Android devices. The solution allows customers to protect private and restricted conversations and accelerate workflows via text messaging with the security and confidentiality required by legal and regulatory standards, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

TigerText service fees will be added to a user’s monthly U.S. Cellular bill.

The MulteFire Alliance, an independent, diverse and international member-driven consortium, today announced that SoftBank Corp., Sercomm and Rohde & Schwarz have joined the Alliance to advance MulteFire – an LTE-based technology for small cells operating solely in unlicensed spectrum.