List of United States wireless communications service providers

This is a list of United States wireless communications service providers. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), lists approximately 30 facilities-based wireless service providers in the United States as members. Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) has over 100 members.[1] Besides the facilities-based providers there are 50+ virtual operators that use the top four networks to provide the service.

Largest U.S. wireless providers

The top four wireless telecommunications facilities-based service providers by subscriber count in the United States are:

• AT&T Mobility: 176.7 million (Q3 2020)[2]
• Verizon Wireless: 120.32 million subscribers (Q3 2020)[3]
• T-Mobile US: 102.064 million (Q4 2020)[4] (Sprint and T-Mobile merged on April 1, 2020 (see Merger of Sprint Corporation and T-Mobile US). On August 2, 2020, the Sprint brand name was officially retired.)[5][6][7]
• Dish Wireless: 9.4 million (Q3 2020)[8] (Previously Sprint-owned prepaid services, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile, were merged under the Boost Mobile brand and sold to Dish Network)[9]

Each active SIM card is considered a subscriber.[10] Wholesale customers include users of machine to machine networks and mobile virtual network operators that operate on the host network, but are managed by wholesale partners. The counts above were taken from each provider’s quarterly reports. Starting with Q2 2020, the three top carriers no longer report wholesale subscriber count. AT&T also does not include "connected devices" count, however it is not known if Verizon or T-Mobile include these devices. As such, it is possible that the ranking above could be inaccurate.

Technologies used

The top 4 wireless providers have all standardized on 4G LTE as their wireless communication standard, which has been deployed across the entire coverage area; however, the LTE bands used by each provider remain largely incompatible. All 4 wireless providers also maintain legacy networks; of these, AT&T and T-Mobile use GSM and 3G UMTS (mostly converted to 4G HSPA+), while Verizon, Sprint (a current subsidiary of T-Mobile), and U.S. Cellular use cdmaOne/EV-DO/1xRTT. However, Verizon is in the process of shutting down their non-LTE networks. Their 1X and EV-DO networks are currently supported, but will be discontinued on December 31, 2020. On December 31, 2020, Verizon will no longer allow phones that don’t support VoLTE to be activated on their network (tablets and hotspots can still be activated as long as they support LTE). While the top 3 wireless providers operate nationwide wireless networks which cover most of the population in the United States, U.S. Cellular and other smaller carriers provide native network coverage across selected regions of the United States while supplementing nationwide coverage through roaming agreements with other carriers.

As of 2016, all operators have adopted LTE. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint sell SIM cards through their retail channels, both in-store and online; however, the selection of devices compatible with Verizon and Sprint networks is limited.[11] All carriers have enabled VoLTE on their networks.

AT&T shut down its 2G GSM network on December 31, 2016.[12] T-Mobile plans to reduce spectrum allocated for GSM and use the network mostly for nomadic and non-mobile GSM services[13] through 2020.[14] Verizon introduced their first LTE-only phone, LG Exalt LTE, in June 2017.[15]

Facilities-based service providers

The following tables lists service providers that own and manage their network equipment and facilities. Unless specified otherwise the subscriber count includes subscribers on the virtual networks hosted.

Contiguous US and Hawaii

Operator	Voice technology	Data technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Coverage (excluding roaming)	Ownership
Appalachian Wireless[16]	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.120[17] (January 2014)	KY, WV	East Kentucky Network, LLC
AT&T Mobility •Includes Cricket Wireless	UMTS, VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling	HSPA+, LTE, NR	176.7 (Q3 2020)[2]	Contiguous US; AK, HI, PR, VI	AT&T Inc.
Big River Broadband		LTE	Unknown	MO	Big River Telephone
Bluegrass Cellular being acquired by Verizon Wireless[18]	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.180[19] (April 2014)	KY	Bluegrass Cellular, Inc.
Bravado Wireless •Former Sprocket Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	OK	Cross Communications
Bug Tussel Wireless wholesale roaming provider	UMTS	HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	WI	Bug Tussel Wireless, LLC
C Spire Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	1.2[20] (May 2016)	MS, TN, FL, AL,	Telapex, Inc.
Carolina West Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.08 (April 2013)[21]	NC	Carolina West Wireless, Inc.
Cellcom	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.3[22] (July 2013)	WI	NSight Telservices
Cellular One	GSM, UMTS, wholesale CDMA2000[23]	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	TX, LA	Alta Communications
Cellular One of North East Arizona	GSM, UMTS, VoLTE	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE, LTE CSFB	0.1[17] (July 2018)	AZ, NM	Smith Bagley Inc.
Chariton Valley Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	MO	Chariton Valley Telephone Company
Chat Mobility	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	IA	RSA 1 and Iowa RSA No. 2 Limited Partnership
Choice Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	NV, CO, AZ, NM, VI	Atlantic Tele-Network
Colorado Valley Communications		LTE	Unknown	TX	Colorado Valley Telephone Coop
Commnet Wireless (wholesale)	CDMA2000, GSM	EV-DO, EDGE, UMTS, LTE	Unknown	AZ, CO, MT, NM, NV, TX, UT, WY	Atlantic Tele-Network
Custer Telephone Cooperative	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	ID	Custer Telephone Cooperative, Inc
Dish Wireless •Includes Boost Mobile and Ting Mobile	Uses T-Mobile US as MVNO until own network is complete, will use VoNR[24]	Uses T-Mobile US as MVNO until own network is complete, will use Standalone NR[25]	9.4 (Q3 2020)[8]	Contiguous US	Dish Network Corporation
DTC Wireless		LTE	Unknown	TN	Advantage Cellular Systems, Inc.
ETC Enhanced Telecommunication Corporation	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	IN	Miles Communications
Evolve Broadband		LTE	Unknown	TX	Worldcall Interconnect Inc.
FTC Wireless	UMTS	HSPA+, LTE[26]	Unknown	SC	Farmers Telephone Cooperative Inc.
Illinois Valley Cellular	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	IL	Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2-III Partnership
Indigo Wireless	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	PA	Indigo Wireless
Infrastructure Networks		LTE	Unknown	TX, ND	Infrastructure Networks, Inc.
Inland Cellular	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.013[27](July 2013)	WA, ID	Inland Cellular
Limitless Mobile	UMTS	HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	PA	Limitless Mobile, LLC
Mobi	CDMA2000, VoLTE	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	HI	Mobi, Inc.
Nemont includes Sagebrush Cellular	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.012	MT, ND	Nemont Telephone Cooperative
Nex-Tech Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	KS	Nex-Tech
NNTC Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO	Unknown	CO	Nucla Naturita Telephone Company
NorthwestCell	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	MO	NorthwestCell
NVC	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.01	SD	James Valley Telecommunications
Patriot Mobile
Pine Belt Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	AL	Pine Belt Communications
Pine Cellular	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	OK	Pine Cellular, Inc
Pioneer Cellular	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.06[17] (January 2014)	OK, KS	Pioneer Cellular
PTCI	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	OK	Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc
Redzone Wireless		LTE	Unknown	ME	Redzone Wireless, LLC
Rock Wireless	UMTS	HSPA+, LTE[28]	Unknown	ND, SD	Standing Rock Telecom (Tribally Owned)
RTC Communications	VoLTE	LTE	Unknown	IN	RTC Communications, LLC
Shentel •T-Mobile Affiliate [29]	VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling (legacy: CDMA2000[30])	LTE (legacy: EV-DO[30])	0.84 [31] (July 2020)	KY, MD, OH, NC, PA, VA, WV	Shenandoah Telecommunications Company
Silver Star Communications	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	WY	Silver Star Telephone Company, Inc
Snake River PCS	CDMA2000	EV-DO	Unknown	OR	Eagle Telephone System
Southern Linc	VoLTE	LTE	0.17[32] (April 2011)	AL, GA, MS, FL	Southern Company
STRATA Networks	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	UT, WY, CO	Uintah Basin Electronics Telecommunications, Inc.
Tampnet	GSM	EDGE, LTE	Unknown	Gulf of Mexico	Tampnet
T-Mobile US •Includes Metro by T-Mobile •Includes the former Sprint network	GSM, CdmaOne, UMTS, VoLTE,[33]Wi-Fi calling	EDGE, CDMA2000 1xRTT, 1x Advanced, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A HSPA+, LTE, NR	100.36 (Q3 2020)[4]	Contiguous US; HI, PR, VI	Deutsche Telekom AG (43%) SoftBank Group Corporation (24%) free float (33%)[34][35]
Thumb Cellular	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.037	MI	Agri-Valley Communications
Triangle Mobile	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	MT	Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc.
Union Wireless	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	0.041	WY, CO	Union Telephone
United Wireless •Includes Westlink Communications	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.022[36] (Sep 2016)	KS	United Wireless Communications, Inc.
U.S. Cellular	CDMA2000, VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling	EV-DO, LTE	5.0[37] (March 2019)	23 states	Telephone and Data Systems Inc.
Verizon Wireless	VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling (legacy: CDMA2000[38])	LTE, NR (legacy: EV-DO[38])	120.32 (Q3 2020)[3]	Contiguous US; AK, HI	Verizon Communications Inc.
Viaero Wireless	GSM, UMTS, VoLTE	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	0.110	CO, KS, NE, SD, WY	Northeast Colorado Cellular, Inc.
VTel		LTE	Unknown	VT	Vermont Telephone Company, Inc.
West Central Wireless •Including Right Wireless and Five Star Wireless	GSM, UMTS, VoLTE	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	0.04[39] (November 2012)	TX	Central Texas Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
WUE		LTE	Unknown	NV	Wue, Inc.

Alaska

Operator	Voice technology	Data technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Coverage (excluding roaming)	Ownership
ASTAC	UMTS	HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	AK	The Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative
AT&T Mobility	UMTS, VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling	HSPA+, LTE	See above	Contiguous US; AK, HI, PR, VI	AT&T
Bristol Bay Cellular Partnership	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	AK	BBTC Inc.
Copper Valley Telecom	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	AK	Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc
Cordova Wireless	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	AK	Cordova Telephone
GCI Wireless	GSM, UMTS, VoLTE (legacy: CDMA2000[40])	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE (legacy: EV-DO[40])	0.219 (March 2019)[41]	AK	GCI
Ketchikan Public Utilities	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	AK	Ketchikan Public Utilities
OTZ Cellular	GSM	EDGE, LTE	Unknown	AK	OTZ Telephone Cooperative
TelAlaska Cellular	GSM	EDGE, LTE	Unknown	AK	American Broadband
Verizon Wireless	VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling (legacy: CDMA2000[38])	LTE (legacy: EV-DO[38])	See above	Contiguous US; AK, HI	Verizon

Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

Operator	Voice technology	Data technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Coverage (excluding roaming)	Ownership
Liberty Puerto Rico (formerly AT&T)	UMTS, VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling	HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	PR, VI	AT&T sold to Liberty Global[42]
Claro	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	1.4[43] (December 2012)	PR	América Móvil
T-Mobile US (includes Sprint, see above)	GSM, CdmaOne, UMTS, VoLTE,[33]Wi-Fi calling	EDGE, CDMA2000 1xRTT, 1x Advanced, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A HSPA+, LTE	See above	PR, VI, Contiguous US; HI	Deutsche Telekom (43%) SoftBank Corporation (24%) free float (33%)
Viya former Innovative Wireless and Choice Wireless[44]	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	VI	Atlantic Tele-Network[45]

Guam and Northern Mariana Islands

Operator	Voice technology	Data technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Coverage (excluding roaming)	Ownership
DoCoMo Pacific	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	GU, MP	NTT DoCoMo
GTA	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	GU	TeleGuam Holdings LLC
IT&E	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	GU	IT&E Overseas, Inc
iConnect	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	GU, MP	Wave Runner LLC

American Samoa

Operator	Voice technology	Data technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Coverage (excluding roaming)	Ownership
Bluesky	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+	Unknown	AS
ASTCA	CDMA2000	EV-DO	Unknown	AS	Government of American Samoa

Defunct, merged and acquired operators

Some operators listed below may still function as a separate brand but they no longer own any infrastructure (towers, network, etc.).

Operator	Voice technology	Data technology	Subscribers (in millions)	End date	Notes
Airfire Mobile	GSM	EDGE	0.02	June 2014	Acquired by U.S. Cellular.[46]
Alaska Communications	GSM, UMTS (legacy: CDMA2000[40])	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE (legacy: EV-DO[40])	0.103[47] (December 2014)	February 2015	Acquired by General Communication[48]
Alltel	CDMA	CDMA2000, EV-DO	13 (at peak)	September 2013	Acquired by Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility.[49]
Big Sky Mobile	GSM	EDGE	Unknown	2017	Sold spectrum licenses to AT&T and T-Mobile and exited the business.[50]
Blaze Wireless	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	December 2019	Parent company, Pinpoint Communications, discontinued cellular service and spectrum leases through Viaero Wireless were cancelled.
Blue Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	July 2020	Exited business and sold spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless.[51]
Breakaway Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO	Unknown	2018	Discontinued cellular service.[52]
Cellular One of East Central Illinois	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+	Unknown	January 2016	Acquired by AT&T Mobility.[53]
Cellular One of Northeast Pennsylvania	CDMA	CDMA2000, EV-DO	Unknown	March 2012	Acquired by Verizon Wireless.[54]
Choice Wireless former Amerilink Wireless	GSM	EDGE	Unknown	2016	Became a T-Mobile US MVNO.
Cincinnati Bell Wireless	GSM, UMTS, GAN Wi-Fi calling[55]	EDGE, HSPA+	0.34[56] (January 2014)	February 2015	Spectrum assets acquired by Verizon Wireless, service to any customers remaining on the network was shut off after February 28, 2015.[57]
Cleartalk affiliate of Clear Talk Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	2016	WGH Communications sold South Carolina licenses to T-Mobile US and exited the business
ClearTalk Wireless Flat Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	2017	Flat Wireless assets acquired by Sprint.
Clearwire		WiMAX	11[58] (June 2012)	December 2013	Acquired by Sprint.[59]
Corr Wireless	GSM	EDGE	0.02[60]	2013	Acquired by AT&T Mobility.[60]
CTC Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	2019	Exited wireless business.
DTC Wireless	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+	Unknown	2017	Discontinued cellular service, though still offers fixed wireless service.[61]
Element Mobile	CDMA2000	EV-DO	0.077[62] (August 2011)	2013	Acquired by AT&T Mobility.[63][64]
Epic PCS	GSM	EDGE	Unknown	2015	Acquired by United Wireless and PTCI.[65]
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	2018	Sold spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless and Eltopia Communications and became a Verizon Wireless MVNO.
Fuego Wireless		LTE	Unknown	2016	Sold network and spectrum licenses to AT&T and Infrastructure Networks[66]
Golden State Cellular	CDMA2000	EV-DO	0.018[67]	2014	Acquired by Verizon Wireless.[68]
iWireless	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	2018	Acquired by T-Mobile US.[69]
KTC PACE	GSM	EDGE	Unknown	2015	Became an AT&T Mobility MVNO.[70]
Leap Wireless International (Cricket Communications, Inc.) •Includes Cricket PAYGo & RadioShack No Contract Wireless	CDMA, GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+, LTE	4.57[71] (February 2014)	2014	Acquired by AT&T Mobility.[71]
Long Lines Wireless	GSM	EDGE	0.018[72](November 2013)	December 2013	Acquired by AT&T Mobility[73]
MTA Solutions	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	2017	Discontinued cellular service.[74]
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.	CDMA	EV-DO, LTE	9.5	May 2013	Acquired by T-Mobile US.[75]
Mid-Rivers Communications	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.001	August 2019	Exited wireless business and sold network to Verizon Wireless.[76]
miSpot		LTE	Unknown	November 2014
MobileNation	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.02[77]	January 2020	Exited wireless business.[78]
Mosaic Telecom	UMTS	HSPA+, LTE	Unknown	2016	Discontinued cellular service[79]
NEP Wireless	GSM	EDGE, LTE	0.011[80] (June 2010)	September 2015	[81]
Nextel	iDEN	WiDEN	15 (Apr 2004)	2004	Acquired by Sprint.[82]
NMobile	CDMA2000	EV-DO	Unknown	June 2018	Discontinued cellular service.[83]
nTelos	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.300 (September 2015)	May 2016	Acquired by Shentel[84]
Peoples Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	Unknown	2015	[85]
Phoenix Communications	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA	Unknown	2018	Sold to Hillary Communications and cellular service discontinued.[86]
Plateau Wireless	GSM, UMTS	EDGE, HSPA+	0.042[87] (September 2014)	2014	Acquired by AT&T Mobility.[88]
Pocket Communications	CDMA2000	1xRTT	Unknown	October 2010	Merged with Cricket.[89]
PrimeCo Wireless	CDMA	Unknown	Unknown	1999	Became Verizon Wireless.[90]
Revol Wireless	CDMA	CDMA2000, EV-DO	Unknown	January 2014	Sold spectrum licenses to Sprint.[91] Boost to pick up subscribers[92]
Sprint Corporation •Including hosted virtual operators, and Boost Mobile	VoLTE, Wi-Fi calling (legacy: CDMA2000[30])	LTE (legacy: EV-DO[30])	54.1 (December 2019)[93]	April 2020	Merged with T-Mobile US on April 1, 2020.[94][95][96]
Standing Rock Telecom	CDMA2000	EV-DO	Unknown	November 2014	Shut down CDMA for UMTS/LTE and rebranded to Rock Wireless
Stelera Wireless		HSPA	Unknown	April 2013	Defunct.[97]
Syringa Wireless	CDMA2000	EV-DO, LTE	0.00135	December 2015	Discontinued cellular service[98]
TerreStar	GSM	EDGE, HSPA	Unknown	2010	Acquired by Dish Network[99]
Westlink Wireless	GSM	EDGE	Unknown	2013	Acquired by United Wireless.[100]

See also

• List of United States mobile virtual network operators
• List of CDMA2000 networks
• List of UMTS networks
• List of LTE networks
• List of mobile network operators
• List of mobile network operators of the Americas
• List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region

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