MetroPCS

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MetroPCS
Type Public (NYSE: PCS)
Founded 1994
Headquarters Dallas, Texas
Key people Roger D. Linquist, Chairman & CEO
Industry Wireless Services
Products CDMA in the 1900 MHz PCS and 1700 MHz AWS band
Website metropcs.com

MetroPCS Communications, Inc., (formerly General Wireless, Inc.) was launched 2002 and is a provider of CDMA wireless communications services in the greater Miami, Tampa, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Daytona, Dallas, Detroit, Orlando, and Sacramento metropolitan areas. As of the ending of first Quarter of 2008 , MetroPCS serves a total of over 4.4 million subscribers.[1]


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[edit] Plans

Unlike most US cellular service providers, MetroPCS uses a flat rate billing method, offering an unlimited local calling plan without a contract for $30 per month before taxes, as well as unlimited local and long distance plans for $35-$50 per month (depending on optional features).

The company offers phones manufactured by Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Kyocera, UTStarcom (formerly Audiovox), and many others. The phones come preloaded with portals to their shop that offers downloadable content, such as games, ringtones, wallpapers, etc. New phones have a portal to @metro and the phones usually have preloaded ringtones on them.

[edit] News

MetroPCS launched service in Los Angeles on September 19, 2007.[1] MetroPCS intends to use the money raised from their recent IPO to extend its network into New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, and San Diego. As of December 3, 2007, MetroPCS expanded service to the Daytona Beach and Melbourne areas, and is now planning on expanding to Ocala, Gainesville and St Augustine, Florida by June of 2008 according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.[2] MetroPCS also plans to build in Jacksonville, which will allow the company to begin offering service during the second quarter of 2008 to an estimated population of approximately 1.5 million people.

On September 4, 2007, MetroPCS announced a proposal that MetroPCS and Leap Wireless could merge into a single wireless company.[3] The proposal was withdrawn less than two months later on November 1, 2007. However, due to LEAP's financial situation, some analysts still believe that a merger will take place.[4] [5]

On March 28, 2008 MetroPCS launched service in Las Vegas, NV.[6] Three days later, on March 31, 2008, MetroPCS launched service in Bakersfield, CA.[7]

On April 17, 2008 MetroPCS announced ChatLINK, the first push-to-talk feature that works with landlines and across different cell service providers. The service is offered for $5 a month, and includes unlimited push-to-talk service.[8]

[edit] MetroPCS Coverage

[edit] California

  • Bakersfield
  • Los Angeles
  • Riverside/San Bernardino
  • Orange County
  • Northridge/San Fernando
  • Chico/Yuba City
  • Cloverdale
  • Colfax
  • Eureka
  • Modesto/Merced
  • Monterey County
  • Napa Valley
  • Redding/Shasta Lake
  • Sacramento
  • San Francisco
  • Santa Cruz
  • San Leandro
  • San Lorenzo
  • Stockton
  • Oakland
  • Oxnard

[edit] Las Vegas

  • Centennial Hills
  • Henderson
  • North Las Vegas
  • Southern Highlands
  • Summerlin

[edit] Florida

  • Dunedin
  • Ft. Lauderdale
  • Ft. Myers
  • Jacksonville
  • Miami
  • Naples
  • Port Charlotte
  • The Keys
  • West Palm Beach
  • Bartow
  • Brandon
  • Brooksville
  • Clearwater
  • Dade City
  • Hudson
  • Lake Wales
  • Lakeland
  • New Port Richey
  • Sarasota/Bradenton
  • Spring Hill
  • St. Petersburg
  • Tampa
  • Winter Haven
  • Zephyrhills
  • Daytona Beach
  • Melbourne
  • Orlando

[edit] Georgia

  • Athens
  • Atlanta
  • Gainesville

[edit] Michigan

  • Detroit / Dearborn / Gross Pointe
  • Port Huron / New Haven
  • Mount Clemens / Clinton Township
  • Southfield
  • Taylor
  • Ann Arbor / Dexter
  • Saline / Milan
  • Milford / Clarkston
  • Pontiac

[edit] Texas

  • Dallas
  • Denton
  • Ft. Worth
  • McKinney/Allen
  • Sherman/Denison

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[edit] Phones

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-metropcs19sep19,1,5461422.story?coll=la-headlines-business
  2. ^ Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Business News | Dallas Morning News
  3. ^ MetroPCS - Investor Relations - Press Release
  4. ^ Leap “mistakenly” records revenue from nonexistent customers | Prepaid Reviews
  5. ^ Movers: Companies in the news - International Herald Tribune
  6. ^ MetroPCS - Investor Relations - Press Release
  7. ^ MetroPCS - Investor Relations - Press Release
  8. ^ MetroPCS - Investor Relations - Press Release
  9. ^ Cell Phone Coverage - MetroPCS

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