United States
The country has 322.9 million subscribers in total, or a 103% penetration rate. (June 2011)
The country's telecom regulator is the FCC.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Wireless | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A 700 MHz LTE |
111.3 (2012) |
Verizon Communications (55%) Vodafone Group plc (45%) |
| 2 | AT&T Mobility |
GSM-850/1900 (GPRS, EDGE) 850/ 1900 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+ 700 MHz/ AWS LTE |
105.9 1 (2012) |
AT&T |
| 3 | Sprint Nextel |
Sprint Network CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, 1x Advanced, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A WiMAX 1900 MHz LTE Nextel Network (Being Shutdown) iDEN, WiDEN |
53.41 (Sept 2011) | Sprint Nextel Corporation |
| 4 | T-Mobile USA |
UMA GSM-1900 (GPRS, EDGE) 1900 MHz/ AWS UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+ LTE (Planned 2013) |
33.7111 (Sept 2011) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 5 | TracFone Wireless |
CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT GSM, GPRS |
21.3371 (June 2012) | América Móvil (98.2%) |
| 6 | Clearwire |
WiMAX TDD-LTE (Planned 2013) |
9.5411 (Sept 2011) | Sprint Nextel Corporation (51%) Comcast (49%) |
| 7 | MetroPCS | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A 1900/1700/2100 MHz (AWS) LTE |
9.3 (Dec 2011) | MetroPCS, Inc. |
| 8 | Cricket | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, 1x Advanced, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A LTE |
5.992 (June 2012) | Leap Wireless |
| 9 | U.S. Cellular | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A LTE |
5.799 (June 2012) | Telephone and Data Systems (82%) |
| 10 | C Spire Wireless | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A LTE |
0.800 (Jan 2010) | Cellular South |
| 11 | Alltel | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A |
0.583 (June 2012) | Atlantic Tele-Network |
| 12 | Cincinnati Bell Wireless | GSM (GPRS, EDGE) HSPA HSPA+ | 0.459 (Dec 2011) | Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (100%) |
| 13 | nTelos |
CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A LTE (Planned 2013) |
0.414 (Dec 2011) | nTelos Holdings Corp. |
| 14 | SouthernLINC | iDEN, WiDEN | 0.275 (April 2008) | Southern Company |
| 15 | Movida Wireless | CdmaOne | 0.217 (March 2008) | Movida Communications, Inc. |
| 16 | Bluegrass Cellular | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A LTE |
0.130 (May 2005) | Bluegrass Cellular, Inc, |
| 17 | GCI Wireless |
GCI Network GSM (GPRS, EDGE) UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+ Alaska DigiTel Network CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A LTE |
0.125 (June 2012) | General Communication |
| 18 | Alaska Communications Systems | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A LTE |
0.120 (June 2012) | Alaska Communications Systems |
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