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Wireless Carriers
The most widely known wireless telecommunications service providers in the U.S. include:
- Verizon Wireless
- AT&T Mobility
- Sprint Nextel
- T-Mobile USA
- TracFone Wireless
- MetroPCS
- Leap Wireless (Cricket Communications)
- U.S. Cellular
| Operator | Voice Technology | Data Technology | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airfire Mobile | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Airadigm Communications |
| Alaska Communications | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO , LTE | Alaska Communications |
| Alltel | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Atlantic Tele-Network |
| Appalachian Wireless | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO ,LTE | Appalachian Wireless |
| ASTAC | GSM | GPRS, WiMax | The Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative |
| Asset/Vada Wireless• MVNO using AT&T/ TMobile | GSM | Vada MVNE | |
| AT&T Mobility•Includes GoPhone Prepaid, Dobson Cellular, Edge Wireless and Centennial Wireless | GSM, UMTS, HSDPA | GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE | |
| BeyondMobile •MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO , WiMAX | Cbeyond |
| Blue | CDMA/GSM | WiMax | |
| Bluegrass Cellular | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO , WiMax | Bluegrass Cellular, Inc. |
| Blue Wireless | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Buffalo-Lake Erie Wireless |
| Boost Mobile • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA , iDEN | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Sprint Nextel Corporation |
| Broadpoint | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Petrocom Inc. |
| Calhan Wireless | GSM | GPRS , EDGE , HSPA , HSPA+ | Calhan Wireless Inc. |
| call4care | GSM | ASPIDER Solutions | |
| Carolina West Wireless | CDMA | Unknown | Partnership between Skyline Telephone, Surry Telephone and Wilkes Telephone |
| Cellcom | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | NSight Telservices |
| Cellular Abroad • MVNO using T-Mobile USA & AT&T | GSM , UMTS , HSDPA | GPRS , EDGE , UMTS , HSPA | Cellular Abroad, Inc. |
| Cellular One of East Central Illinois | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Cellular Properties Inc. |
| Cellular One of East Arizona | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Smith Bagley |
| Cellular One of Northeast Pennsylvania •Acquired by Verizon Wireless | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | South Canaan Cellular |
| Cellular One Bermuda | CDMA , UMTS | CDMA2000 , EV-DO , HSPA | Bermuda Digital Communications Ltd. |
| Cellular One Nation | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | MTPCS, LLC. |
| Cellular One TXOK | GSM | GPRS | Choice Wireless, LLC |
| C Spire Wireless | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Cellular South |
| Chariton Valley Wireless | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Chariton Valley Telephone Company |
| Cincinnati Bell Wireless | GSM , GAN , UMTS | EDGE , HSPA , HSPA+ | Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (100%) |
| Clearwire | WiMAX | Clearwire (27%), Sprint Nextel (51%), others (22%) | |
| Clear Talk | CDMA | CDMA2000 | NTCH |
| Commnet Wireless | GSM , CDMA | Commnet Wireless | |
| Consumer Cellular • MVNO using AT&T | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Consumer Cellular |
| Cordova Wireless | GSM | GPRS | Cordova Telephone |
| Corr Wireless •Being acquired by Cellular South | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Corr Wireless |
| CREDO Moble • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Working Assets |
| Cricket Communications •Includes Cricket PAYGo & RadioShack No Contract Wireless | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Leap Wireless |
| Cross Communications | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Cross Communications |
| DTC Wireless | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | DTC Wireless Systems |
| Eclipse Mobile | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | New World Innovators Inc. |
| Earthtones | GSM | Unknown | |
| Element Mobile | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Element Mobile |
| Epic PCS | GSM | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Epic Touch |
| Fuzion Mobile | GSM | Fuzion Mobile, Inc. | |
| GCI Wireless | GSM , UMTS , CDMA | GPRS , EDGE , CDMA2000 , EV-DO , UMTS , HSPA , HSPA+ | General Communication |
| Golden State Cellular | CDMA | CDMA2000 | California RSA No.3 |
| GoSmart Mobile • MVNO using T-Mobile | GSM | GPRS , EDGE , UMTS | Subsidiary of T-Mobile USA |
| GreatCall • MVNO using Verizon | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | GreatCall Inc. |
| GTC Wireless • MVNO using AT&T | GSM | Atrium Wireless Partners, LLC | |
| i-wireless • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Kroger |
| i wireless | GSM | GPRS , EDGE , UMTS , HSPA | Iowa Wireless Services |
| Immix | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Immix |
| Indigo Wireless | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Indigo Wireless |
| Jolt Wireless • MVNO using AT&T | GSM | Jolt Wireless | |
| KDDI Mobile • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | EV-DO , WiMAX | KDDI America, Inc. |
| KTC PACE | GSM | GPRS | Kaplan Telephone Company |
| Liberty Wireless • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | TelePlus Enterprises, Inc. |
| Locus Mobile • MVNO using AT&T and Verizon | GSM , CDMA | Locus Telecommunications | |
| Long Lines Wireless | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Long Lines |
| MetroPCS Communications | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO , LTE | MetroPCS Communications, Inc. |
| Mobal Freedom • MVNO using AT&T | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Mobal Communications |
| Mobi PCS | CDMA | EV-DO | Coral Wireless LLC dba Mobi PCS |
| Movida Wireless • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Movida Communications, Inc. |
| NEP Wireless | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | North-Eastern Pennsylvania Telephone |
| Nex-Tech Wireless | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Nex-Tech |
| nTelos | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | nTelos Holdings Corp. |
| Page Plus Cellular • MVNO using Verizon | CDMA | CDMA2000 | Page Plus Cellular |
| Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc. DBA PTCI Cellular | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | PTCI Cellular |
| Pine Cellular | GSM | GPRS | Pine Cellular |
| Pioneer Cellular | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Pioneer Cellular |
| Plateau Wireless | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | PlateauTel |
| PlatinumTel Prepaid Wireless • MVNO using T-Mobile | CDMA | PlatiumTel Communications, LLC | |
| Pocket Communications | CDMA | 1xRTT | Pocket Communications |
| Pure Prepaid • MVNO using AT&T | GSM | Powered by Telrite | |
| Pure TalkUSA • MVNO using AT&T | GSM | Powered by Telrite | |
| Republic Wireless • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | Bandwidth.com | |
| Revol Wireless | CDMA | CDMA2000 | Cleveland Unlimited |
| ReadyMobile • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | HH Ventures |
| Simple Mobile • MVNO using T-Mobile | GSM | GPRS , EV-DO , HSPA+ | Simple Mobile |
| Shaka Mobile • MVNO using Verizon and Sprint | GSM , CDMA | GPRS , EV-DO | Shaka Mobile |
| SouthernLINC | iDEN | Southern Company | |
| Sprint Nextel •Includes Nextel Direct Connect Network, Sprint As You Go, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA •Wholesale and affiliates | CDMA , iDEN , UMTS | CDMA2000 , EV-DO , WiMAX , LTE | Sprint Nextel Corporation |
| Standing Rock Telecom | CDMA | Tribally Owned | |
| Stelera Wireless | HSPA | Stelera Wireless LLC | |
| STI Mobile • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | STi Mobile |
| Syringa Wireless | CDMA | CDMA2000 | Syringa Wireless |
| TalkForGood • MVNO using Verizon | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | TalkForGood |
| Telecom North America Mobile Inc | GSM | GPRS | Telecom North America Inc |
| TerreStar | GSM terrestrial and satellite | GPRS , EDGE , HSPA | Terrestar Corporation |
| Thumb Cellular | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Thumb Cellular |
| Ting • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000 , LTE | Tucows |
| T-Mobile USA •Includes T-Mobile Monthly4G and GoSmart Mobile •Wholesale and affiliates | GSM , UMTS , GAN | GPRS , EDGE , UMTS , HSPA , HSPA+ | Deutsche Telekom |
| TracFone Wireless • MVNO using Claro Puerto Rico , AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular and T-Mobile USA •Includes NET10 Wireless, SafeLink Wireless, Straight Talk, SIMPLE Mobile and Telcel América | GSM , CDMA | GPRS , CDMA2000 | América Móvil |
| Tru • MVNO using T-Mobile USA | GSM , UMTS , HSDPA | GPRS , EDGE , UMTS , HSPA | Software Cellular Network Ltd (North America) |
| Trumpet Mobile • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | Affinity Mobile |
| Union Wireless | GSM | GPRS | Union Telephone |
| U.S. Cellular •Includes TalkTracker Prepaid | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO , LTE | U.S. Cellular Corporation |
| Verizon Wireless •Includes Verizon Prepaid | CDMA , UMTS | CDMA2000 , EV-DO , (98.2 million)Verizon Communications and Vodafone | |
| Viaero Wireless | GSM | GPRS , EDGE , HSPA+ | Viaero Wireless |
| Virgin Mobile USA •MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000, EV-DO | Sprint Nextel Corporation |
| Wal-Mart Family Mobile • MVNO using T-Mobile | GSM , UMTS , GAN | GPRS , EDGE , UMTS , HSPA | Wal-Mart Family Mobile |
| West Central Wireless | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | West Central Wireless |
| Westlink | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | Westlink Communications |
| XIT Communications | GSM | GPRS , EDGE | XIT Communications |
| Zing PCS • MVNO using Sprint | CDMA | CDMA2000 , EV-DO | FLATEL Wireless, Inc. |