Due to the quality of the device (described as being "designed not just to frustrate users but to get us to swear off ever using any phone again"), the network, and MetroPCS's decision to block video streaming services aside from YouTube under its "unlimited web" plan, Manjoo considered it a device designed to disappoint users excited for 4G. Slate's Farhad Manjoo panned the service by suggesting that MetroPCS was able to roll out 4G coverage sooner and cheaper than its competitors by offering only the Samsung Craft, a feature phone with sub-standard internet capabilities, as its launch device. Tofel measured data speeds "far slower than T-Mobile's HSPA+ network" but considered that users with only basic data requirements would find the no-contract deal "refreshing." Referencing Tofel's review, Laptop Mag's Corvida Raven concluded that MetroPCS "probably isn't using the best LTE technology." In November 2010, Gigaom's Kevin Tofel noted that although the LTE network was based on 4G technology, "the infrastructure MetroPCS is using keeps speeds in the range of older 3G networks". The launch of MetroPCS's LTE network was met with mixed reviews. In February 2019, the company announced a new long-term advertising campaign featuring Milwaukee Bucks player Giannis Antetokounmpo. Metro conducts its operations on their physical store locations only, in contrast with other prepaid brands that offer services on physical locations and online. Metro is T-Mobile US's branch of prepaid services, currently offering a selection of 31 smartphones and four data plans as of March 18, 2019. Current customers would still be grandfathered in and a few new customers could still get Amazon Prime in their plans by calling customer service and have it manually added.Ĭorporate affairs Products In November 2022, Metro by T-Mobile would quietly remove the Amazon Prime benefit from their advertised plans for new customers. At the time of the name change, T-Mobile's subscriber number had increased to around 75 million and Metro's had doubled to around 18 million users and had increased their nationwide market reach from around 12 to 100 markets. The renamed carrier launched in early October 2018. T-Mobile stated that these changes would help to reduce the negative stigmas associated with MetroPCS's prepaid services, by aligning them with other well-known brands as value-added services, and placing a larger emphasis on its use of T-Mobile's network. On September 24, 2018, T-Mobile announced that it would relaunch the brand as Metro by T-Mobile (a move that would take effect two weeks later), introducing new unlimited plans offering bundled features such as Amazon Prime subscriptions and Google One storage, and announcing that the brand aims to be the first prepaid mobile carrier to offer 5G in 2019. Rebranding MetroPCS logo from January 2002, until its rebrand in 2018. In the same year, T-Mobile and Metro became some of the earliest companies to offer unlimited data plans.
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In 2012, there was a series of armed robberies in Metro stores which was attributed to low security measures. Īt the time of the merger, T-Mobile had about 32 million subscribers, to which MetroPCS added around 9 million. On June 21, 2015, the legacy MetroPCS CDMA network was decommissioned, and customers were migrated to the company's LTE network. The combined company, now known as T-Mobile US, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. A reverse merger for MetroPCS, the deal closed on May 1, 2013. In October 2012, the company, known then as MetroPCS, reached an agreement to merge with T-Mobile USA. and then expanded over to New York promptly in 2002. Its $50 million share IPO closed at $27.40, for a market cap of $8 billion. On April 19, 2007, MetroPCS made its stock market debut. The company expanded to the Dallas and Detroit areas later that year. At the time, the company operated through 21 licenses in Greater Miami, Tampa, Sarasota, New York City, San Francisco, Atlanta and Sacramento. Īs of February 2005, MetroPCS had about 1.5 million subscribers in the country. PCS referred to the industry term, Personal Communications Service. Metro was established in 1994 as General Wireless, Inc., by Roger Linquist and Malcolm Lorang. Metro by T-Mobile competes primarily against Dish's Boost Mobile, AT&T's Cricket Wireless and Verizon's Visible as part of the wireless service provider brands. In 2013, the carrier engaged in a reverse merger with T-Mobile US post-merger, its services were merged under T-Mobile's UMTS and LTE network. It previously operated the fifth largest mobile telecommunications network in the United States using code-division multiple access (CDMA). Metro by T-Mobile (formally known as MetroPCS and also known simply as Metro) is an American prepaid virtual wireless service provider and brand owned by T-Mobile US.
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