Cellular Carrier Archives (M-Z)

Wireless Carrier Archives M-Z
What ever happened to ...? Cellular carriers get sold, merged, have their names changed or just plain disappear. These are wireless carriers that are no longer doing business under their old name. We have tried to explain what happened and provide links to additional resources. This page list carrier names alphabetically, M-Z. Also find Old Carriers A-L.

MID RIVERS WIRELESS
Mid Rivers cooperative in Montana sold their cellular network to Verizon in 2019.
MID-TEX CELLULAR
Mid-Tex has been acquired by West Central Wireless which was then acquired by Verizon, 2023.
MOBILE NATION
This east Tennessee carrier closed its doors and turned off their network in 2019.
MOBI PCS
The Mobi PCS network was acquired by Verizon in 2015, now operating under the name, Mobi. You may prefer to deal with Mobi even though they are a wholly-owned part of Verizon.
MOBILZ
Mobilz in OK changed their name to Cross Wireless to associate with their parent telephone company, 2012.
MOHAVE WIRELESS
Acquired by Verizon, 2013.
MOSAIC MOBILE
Mosaic Mobile in northwest Wisconsin turned off their cellular network, 2015.
MOUNTAIN CELLULAR
Acquired by Verizon.
MTA WIRELESS
MTA Wireless sold their cellular network and customers to Verizon, 2016.
NEATT WIRELESS
Neatt Wireless of Arkansas, which didn't really get off the ground, has been sold to AT&T, 2012.
NEP WIRELESS
Their network located in northeast Pennsylvania was acquired by AT&T, 2015.
NEVADA WIRELESS
Nevada Wireless changed their name to Airpeak, moved to California then stopped offering cellular service.
NORTHWEST MISSOURI CELLULAR
They have changed their name to NorthwestCell, 2018.
NMOBILE
Discontinued service and let their customers go, June, 2018.
NTELOS WIRELESS
nTelos was acquired by Shentel Wireless which is a Sprint affiliate so everything now looks like it's Sprint-owned, 2016.

OMNIPOINT
Acquired by Voicestream, 2000, which was later acquired by T-Mobile.
OPEN MOBILE
Open Mobile merged their Puerto Rico network with Sprint which has been acquired by T-Mobile.
PACIFIC BELL WIRELESS
PacBell was acquired by T-Mobile.
PALOMINO CELLULAR
Acquired by Commnet Wireless, 2011
PEOPLE'S WIRELESS
People's Wireless in Texas has turned off their cellular network and let customers go, 2015.
PETROCOM
Petrocom was acquired by Cellular One-MTPCS and renamed Broadpoint. Broadpoint was then acquired by Tampnet, 2017.
PHOENIX WIRELESS
Phoenix in Oklahoma switched off their wireless network and turned it over to Hilary Communications, 2018.
PIONEER CELLULAR
Pioneer has gone out of the cellular business and customers were free to choose another carrier, 2023.

PLATEAU WIRELESS
Plateau sold their southeast New Mexico network to Verizon in 2012, the remainder of the network in Mew Mexico and Texas was sold to AT&T, 2014.
POCKET WIRELESS
The Pocket network in Texas was taken over by Cricket which was then acquired by AT&T. The Pocket network in the northeast US was shut down.
POKA LAMBRO
The wireless network of Poka Lambro was sold to AT&T.
PRIMECO PCS
Combined with other carriers to form Verizon, 2000.
PSC WIRELESS
PSC (Public Service Cellular of Georgia) acquired by Alltel, 2005, which was later acquired by Verizon, 2009.
RAMCELL
The Ramcell network in the west was purchased by Verizon. In North Carolina it was sold to US Cellular.
REVOL
Revol discontinued operation in 2013. Customers were offered service from Boost Mobile and the status of the network is unknown.
QWEST WIRELESS
The Qwest Wireless network was acquired by Verizon and Qwest customers were transferred to Sprint.
SAGEBRUSH CELLULAR
Sagebrush was merged with the Nemont Telephone Cooperative.
SHAW WIRELESS (Canada)
Shaw Wireless has been combined with Freedom Mobile and sold to Videotron, 2023.
SILVER STAR WIRELESS
Silver Star stopped providing cellular service at the end of 2022 and is using their network for wireless broadband.
SIMMETRY WIRELESS
Simmetry sold their network facilities to US Cellular in 2012, customers were let go.
SMART PCS
Smart PCS closed their doors and turned off their network, 2009.
SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS
South Central Communications in Utah no longer offers cellular service and has turned off most of its wireless network.
SPRINT
Sprint, formerly Sprint PCS, has been sold to T-Mobile. We expect the name to surface again.
SPROCKET WIRELESS
Sprocket Wireless in OK changed their name to Bravado Wireless, 2017
SRT WIRELESS
SRT Wireless in Minot, ND decided to discontinue cellular service as of February, 2018. They continue to offer their other communications services.
SUNCOM WIRELESS
Suncom was purchased by T-Mobile.
SUREWEST WIRELESS
Surewest was acquired by Verizon.

SYRINGA WIRELESS
Syringa in Idaho closed their doors at the end of 2015.
TRIANGLE MOBILE
Triangle Mobile of northeast Montana sold their wireless network and customers to Verizon, 2021.
UBET WIRELESS
UBET Wireless and the UBTA-UBET Telephone Cooperative changed their name to Strata Networks.
UNICEL
Unicel was sold to Verizon with other parts sold to AT&T.
US UNWIRED
Acquired by Cingular, 2003, which was later acquired by AT&T.
US WEST NEW VECTOR
Merged with Airtouch in 1998 which was later combined with other carriers to form Verizon in 2000.
US WEST WIRELESS
US West was renamed Qwest Wireless and then sold their network to Verizon and their customers to Sprint.
VALLEY TELECOM WIRELESS
Valley Telecom was purchased by Verizon.
VOICESTREAM WIRELESS
Voicestream was sold to T-Mobile.
WEST CENTRAL WIRELESS
West Central and their Prepaid brands Right Wireless and No Worries Wireless, acquired by Verizon, 2023.
WESTERN WIRELESS
Western Wireless (of Amarillo) was purchased by Alltel which was then purchased by Verizon.
WESTLINK WIRELESS
Westlink has turned their wireless customers over to United Wireless and shut off their own network, 2014.
WILKES CELLULAR
Wilkes changed their name to Via Wireless, which has ceased offering cellular service.
XIT WIRELESS
The XIT cellular network has been acquired by AT&T, 2011.
Old Carriers A-L