Although the company is a Delaware corporation, the Metro PCS corporate office is located in Richardson, Texas.
MetroPCS was the 6th largest wireless network in the US with 9.5 million subscribers. This was followed by the launch of an LTE network in 2010. In 2004, MetroPCS Communications began a subsidiary of Metro PCS as part of their restructuring.Īt a time when most cell phone companies were charging high fees for data usage and international texting, MetroPCS was offering a flat $50 a month fee with unlimited texting and data, along with a $5 monthly plan which allowed for unlimited international texting, as well as calls to landline phones. In 1998, MetroPCS filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and emerged from bankruptcy in 1998. MetroPCS previously operated the sixth largest mobile telecommunications network in the United States using CDMA technology. MetroPCS provides nationwide talk, text, and data depending on the plan services using GSM, HSPA, HSPA+ and 4G LTE networks. The company was founded by current CEO, Roger Linquist, and Malcolm Lorang, both of whom were executives with PageMart. Metro PCS began in 1994 as General Wireless, Inc.
