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Verizon formerly served ex-GTE areas in parts of California, Florida and Texas before selling to Frontier Communications in 2016. Claro Puerto Rico , which serves every exchange in Puerto Rico, has been owned by the international telecommunications giant América Móvil since in 2007.
Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the United States lease wireless telephone and data service from the four major cellular carriers in the country—AT&T Mobility, Boost Mobile, T-Mobile US, and Verizon—and offer various levels of free and/or paid talk, text and data services to their customers.
The company was formed in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. UScellular is the fifth largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 4.5 million subscribers in 21 states as of October 31, 2024. [1] In May 2024, T-Mobile US announced it would acquire UScellular's wireless business in a deal worth $4.4 billion. [2]
It is the trading name of British Gas Services Limited and British Gas New Heating Limited, both subsidiaries of Centrica. [5] Serving around ten million homes in the United Kingdom, British Gas was the largest energy supplier in the country until 2024 when it was overtaken by Octopus Energy. [6] It remains the largest gas supplier.
Verizon Communications Inc. (/ v ə ˈ r aɪ z ən / və-RY-zən), is an American telecommunications company headquartered in New York City. [3] It is the world's second-largest telecommunications company by revenue and its mobile network is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 114.2 million subscribers (and roughly 17th largest globally) as of September 30, 2024.
All new Boost Mobile customers used the T-Mobile network, with the remaining Sprint customers to be moved to the T-Mobile network over time. [17] As part of the deal, Dish committed to building out a 5G network serving at least 70% of the U.S. population by June 2023 and was granted access to the T-Mobile network for seven years. [18] [19]
GB Gas Holdings Limited, founded 1996, which holds British Gas (also known as Scottish Gas). [11] [12] [13] Centrica Hive Ltd, founded in 2007. [14] In 1998, Centrica's supplier monopoly for gas came to an end. Centrica maintained the British Gas retail brand but is only allowed to use this brand name in the United Kingdom.
Verizon's decision not to restrict the bitrate of video services prompted Sprint and T-Mobile to remove similar restrictions from their own plans. [39] In March 2017, Verizon announced that all their Android phones will have AppFlash, to help users find content and services across different apps. [40] Critics spoke harshly against it. [41]