History
MetroPCS was established in 1994 as General Wireless, Inc., by Roger D. Linquist and Malcolm Lorang, both of whom were previously executives with wireless provider PageMart Wireless.
MetroPCS launched its 3G network in late 2009 and its LTE network in late 2010. In August 2012, MetroPCS launched the first available voice over LTE (VoLTE) service in the United States.
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