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  2. United States Cellular Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .uscellular .com. United States Cellular Corporation ( doing business as UScellular and formerly known as U.S. Cellular) is an American mobile network operator. It is a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems Inc. (which owns an 84% stake). The company was formed in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

  3. Prepaid mobile phone - Wikipedia

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    A prepaid mobile device, also known as a pay-as-you-go ( PAYG ), pay-as-you-talk, pay and go, go-phone, prepay or burner phone, is a mobile device such as a phone for which credit is purchased in advance of service use. The purchased credit is used to pay for telecommunications services at the point the service is accessed or consumed.

  4. List of mobile network operators in the United States - Wikipedia

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    AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Dish Wireless , and uscellular also sell SIM cards through their retail channels, both in-store and online. The top five wireless providers operate nationwide wireless networks which cover most of the population in the United States, while smaller carriers provide native network coverage across selected regions of the ...

  5. US Cellular reduces prepaid plan prices, increases costs for ...

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    US Cellular has shuffled around its prepaid plans once again, and unfortunately, it's a bit of a mixed bag for those without a contract. As it stands, customers may choose between three plans that ...

  6. List of mobile virtual network operators in the United States

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    Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the United States lease wireless telephone and data service from the three major cellular carriers in the country, AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US, and Verizon. [1] [2] In 2016, MVNOs across the nation such as Metro PCS, Boost Mobile, Cricket Wireless, and Tracfone brands served about 36 million subscribers.

  7. TracFone Wireless - Wikipedia

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    TracFone Wireless, Inc. ( TFWI) is an American prepaid, no-contract mobile phone provider. TFWI is a subsidiary of Verizon Communications, [1] and offers products and services under several brands. It operates as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), holding agreements with the three largest United States wireless network operators to ...

  8. History of prepaid mobile phones - Wikipedia

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    First US installation. A patent for prepaid mobile phones (Patent Number 5826185) was filed on November 16, 1994. Among the first, if not the first large metropolitan area implementation of prepaid mobile phone service in the United States was in the early 1990s at Houston Cellular Telephone Company, Houston, TX.

  9. U.S. Cellular - Wikipedia

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    www .uscellular .com. United States Cellular Corporation ( doing business as UScellular) is an American mobile network operator. It is a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems Inc. (which owns an 84% stake). The company was formed in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. UScellular is the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the ...