VoiceStream Wireless PCS
VoiceStream Wireless PCS was established in 1994 as a subsidiary of Western Wireless Corporation to provide digital wireless personal communications services (PCS) in 19 FCC-defined metropolitan service areas. VoiceStream Wireless' digital, urban service areas complemented the analog, rural service areas marketed by Western Wireless under the Cellular One brand.
VoiceStream Wireless was a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Wireless until December 1997, when United States federal regulators granted Western Wireless' request to exceed a foreign ownership cap. The waiver allowed Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa to buy a 19.9% stake in the VoiceStream Wireless subsidiary.
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