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Metro by T-Mobile, formerly known as MetroPCS, and simply known as Metro, is an American prepaid wireless service provider and brand owned by T-Mobile US.It previously operated the fifth largest mobile telecommunications network in the United States using code-division multiple access (CDMA).
On September 2, 2001, VoiceStream Wireless Inc. adopted the name, T-Mobile USA, Inc. and began rolling out the T-Mobile brand, starting with locations in California and Nevada. [19] T-Mobile USA, Inc. was an operating entity of T-Mobile International AG , [ 4 ] before becoming a direct subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG. [ 20 ]
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.
Metro: Metro by T-Mobile: Operational: MVNO: Former MetroPCS; CDMA2000 1900 / CDMA2000 1700 shut down in 2015; LTE 1700 merged with T-Mobile US [128] 311: 670: Pine Belt Wireless: Pine Belt Cellular Inc. Operational: LTE 700: Alabama; [128] CDMA shut down [189] 311: 680: GreenFly LLC: Unknown: GSM 1900: Iowa [128] [75] 311: 690: TeleBEEPER of ...
Four of the top five wireless providers have all standardized on 4G LTE and 5G NR as their wireless communication standards, whereas Boost Mobile uses only 5G NR.Of which, LTE has been deployed across their entire coverage area; however, the LTE bands used by each provider remain largely incompatible.
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 ...
Visible competes against T-Mobile's Metro by T-Mobile, AT&T's Cricket Wireless, and EchoStar's Boost Mobile in the major carrier prepaid segment. History Visible was ...
TracFone Wireless, Inc. (TFWI) is an American wireless prepaid service provider.It is a mobile virtual network operator offering prepaid and no-contract services on the Verizon network under multiple brands, including TracFone, Straight Talk Wireless, Total Wireless, Simple Mobile, SafeLink Wireless, and Walmart Family Mobile in partnership with Walmart.