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  2. PageNet - Wikipedia

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    PageNet. PageNet, also known as Paging Network, Inc., was founded in 1981 by entrepreneur George Perrin and ceased in 1999. The company grew to become the largest wireless messaging company in the world, with more than 10 million pagers in service, and $1 billion in revenues, before the paging industry's rapid decline in the late 1990s.

  3. List of mobile network operators in the United States

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    AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Boost Mobile, 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 ...

  4. Cellular network - Wikipedia

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    A cellular network or mobile network is a telecommunications network where the link to and from end nodes is wireless and the network is distributed over land areas called cells, each served by at least one fixed-location transceiver (such as a base station). These base stations provide the cell with the network coverage which can be used for ...

  5. TracFone Wireless - Wikipedia

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    TracFone Wireless, Inc. (TFWI) is an American wireless prepaid service provider.It is a mobile virtual network operator offering prepaid and no-contract services on the Verizon network under multiple brands, including TracFone, Straight Talk Wireless, Total Wireless, Simple Mobile, SafeLink Wireless, Page Plus Cellular, Net10 Wireless, GoSmart Mobile, and Walmart Family Mobile (in partnership ...

  6. Cellular frequencies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There are 51 MTAs, 493 BTAs and 175 EAs in the United States. The Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) bands, auctioned in the summer of 2006, were for 1,710–1,755 MHz, and 2,110–2,155 MHz. The spectrum was divided into blocks: A blocks were for Cellular Market Areas, based on existing cellular (1G) licenses, and were 2 × 10 MHz.

  7. United States Cellular Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Website. uscellular.com. United States Cellular Corporation (doing business as UScellular and formerly known as U.S. Cellular) is an American mobile network operator. Its stock is publicly traded, but Telephone and Data Systems Inc. owns a controlling stake (83% economic and 96% voting power). The company was formed in 1983 and is headquartered ...

  8. List of mobile network operators of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the United States lease wireless telephone and data service from major carriers such as AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US, or Verizon Wireless, as well as regional carrier United States Cellular Corporation for resale. The largest operator of MVNOs is TracFone Wireless with over 25 million subscribers.

  9. Pager - Wikipedia

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    Pager. A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, [1] is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response pagers and two-way pagers can also acknowledge, reply to, and originate messages using an internal transmitter. [2]