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General Wireless Operations, Inc. Standard General acquired the RadioShack brand after RadioShack Corporation filed for bankruptcy in 2015. It formed the affiliate, General Wireless Operations, to act as the new parent company for the brand. This new RadioShack focused on its partnership with Sprint in the hopes of carrying on the brand.
Metro was established in 1994 as General Wireless, Inc., by Roger Linquist and Malcolm Lorang. PCS referred to the industry term, Personal Communications Service. Its service was first launched in 2002. As of February 2005, MetroPCS had about 1.5 million subscribers in the country.
Elmwood Park, Illinois, U.S. Died. September 16, 2015 (aged 77) Dallas, Texas, U.S. Known for. Co-founder of Metro PCS. Roger D. Linquist (June 26, 1938 – September 16, 2015) [1] was an American businessman who was the chairman, chief executive officer and co-founder of Metro PCS. He also founded LJ Entertainment Inc in 1995.
May 14—New Hampshire is part of a $10 million multi-state settlement with five major wireless carriers over misleading ads and business practices. Attorneys general in 46 states and the District ...
Standard General L.P. Standard General L.P. is an American hedge fund headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 2007 by Soohyung "Soo" Kim and Nicholas Singer with seed capital from Reservoir Capital Group. Since 2013, Soo Kim has been the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. [1]
Western Wireless was formed in 1994 by the merger of two other Stanton controlled entities, Pacific Northwest Cellular and General Cellular Corporation. Western Wireless became a publicly traded company in 1996. Western Wireless spun off its VoiceStream Wireless subsidiary in 1999, which was later purchased by Deutsche Telekom AG in 2001.
GTE.com. GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (1955–1982), [1] was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System. The company operated from 1926, with roots tracing further back than that, until 2000, when it was acquired by Bell Atlantic; the combined ...
GCI Communication Corp. ( GCI) is a telecommunications corporation operating in Alaska. Through its own facilities and agreements with other providers, GCI provides cable television service, Internet access, wireline (networking), and cellular telephone service. It is a subsidiary of Colorado-based company Liberty Broadband, a company ...