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T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the Bellevue, Washington, United States-based subsidiary of T-Mobile International AG. As of February 25, 2011, T-Mobile USA was the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the US with 33.73 million customers and annual revenue of US$21.35 billion in 2010. DT accepted a US$39 billion purchase offer from AT&T Inc. for T-Mobile USA. However, on August 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile. On November 24, 2011, AT&T formally withdrew its application for the proposed takeover from the Federal Communications Commission and announced that it had set aside US$4 billion to cover the costs owed to T-Mobile per the proposed merger agreement if the deal fell through.
T-Mobile USA, Inc. traces its roots to the 1994 establishment of VoiceStream Wireless PCS as a subsidiary of Western Wireless Corporation. Spun off from parent Western Wireless on May 3, 1999, VoiceStream Wireless Corporation was purchased by DT on May 31, 2001, for US$35 billion and renamed T-Mobile USA, Inc. in July 2002.
T-Mobile USA owns licenses to operate a 1900 MHz GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) PCS (Personal Communications Service) digital cellular network and a 1700 MHz/2100 MHz UMTS AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) digital cellular network that cover areas of the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. T-Mobile USA provides coverage in areas in which it does not own radio frequency spectrum licenses via roaming agreements with other operators of compatible networks.
In addition to its cellular mobile network, T-Mobile USA operates a nationwide Wi-Fi Internet-access network under the T-Mobile HotSpots brand. The T-Mobile HotSpots network consists of thousands of Wi-Fi access points installed in businesses, hotels and airports throughout the US.
In December 2011, T-Mobile and AT&T announced that they will not complete their proposed merger.
On October 3, 2012, T-mobile announced that it would merge with its smaller competitor MetroPCS.
See also:
- T-Mobile USA 3G
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