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Metro was established in 1994 as General Wireless, Inc., by Roger Linquist and Malcolm Lorang. [4] PCS referred to the industry term, Personal Communications Service. Its service was first launched in 2002. [5] [6] As of February 2005, MetroPCS had about 1.5 million subscribers in the country. [7]
Co-founder of Metro PCS Roger D. Linquist (June 26, 1938 – September 16, 2015) [ 1 ] was an American businessman who was the chairman, chief executive officer and co-founder of Metro PCS . He also founded LJ Entertainment Inc in 1995.
T-Mobile U.S. traces its roots to the 1994 establishment of VoiceStream Wireless PCS as a subsidiary of Western Wireless Corporation.After its spin off from parent Western Wireless on May 3, 1999, VoiceStream Wireless was purchased by Deutsche Telekom AG in 2001 for $35 billion and renamed T-Mobile USA, Inc., in July 2002.
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MetroPCS Communications (NYS: PCS) carries $2.5 billion of goodwill and other intangibles on its balance sheet. Sometimes goodwill, especially when it's excessive, can foreshadow problems down the ...
mobi acquired wireless spectrum in the PCS band in 2004 [11] and launched service [12] covering Hawaiʻi in 2005. Doing business as mobiPCS, the company and MetroPCS were both backed by venture capital firm M/C Partners, with each disrupting the market in their respective regions by offering no contract, no credit check, unlimited wireless service before those became widespread options in the ...
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MetroPCS officially withdrew the bid less than two months later. [9] In December 2007, Cricket acquired Hargray Communications Group's wireless telecommunications business. [10] In September 2008, Cricket and MetroPCS entered into a ten-year roaming agreement covering both companies' existing and future markets.