List of United States wireless communications service providers (in alphabetical order). According to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), there are over 180 facilities-based wireless service providers in the United States.
The top 8 wireless telecommunications service providers in the United States, from largest to smallest by the number of current subscribers, are:
- Verizon Wireless (111.3 million)
- AT&T Mobility (105.2 million)
- Sprint Nextel (56 million)
- T-Mobile USA (33.168 million)
- TracFone Wireless (21.3 million)
- MetroPCS (9.3 million)
- Cricket Wireless (5.9 million)
- U.S. Cellular (5.8 million)
Of these, AT&T and T-Mobile use the GSM standard, while the other providers on the list use CDMA, with the exception of TracFone using a combination of both GSM and CDMA. Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile each operate nationwide wireless networks which cover most of the population in the United States. The smaller carriers provide native network coverage across selected regions of the United States while supplementing nationwide coverage through roaming agreements with other carriers.
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