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Wireless Carrier
Archives, A-L
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 and we have tried to
explain what happened. This page lists carriers alphabetically, A-L.
Also find Old
Carriers M-Z.
- 3
RIVERS PCS
Renamed
Chinook Wireless, then changed to Cellular
One (MTPCS), then discontinued business in Montana.
- 360
COMMUNICATIONS
Acquired by
Alltel Wireless which was later acquired by Verizon.
- AERIAL
WIRELESS
Acquired by
Voicestream, 2000, which was later acquired by T-Mobile.
- AIO
WIRELESS
AIO was a
prepaid product offered by AT&T but was replaced with their
purchase of Cricket Wireless, 2014
- AIRFIRE
MOBILE
AirFire
shut down service Sept. 2, 2014 with network & customers let go.
- AIRPEAK
WIRELESS
Airpeak
stopped offering cellular service and now provide 2-way radio service
under the name Fisher Wireless.
- AIRTOUCH
CELLULAR
Combined
with other carriers to form Verizon,
2000.
- ALASKA
COMMUNICATIONS
The Alaska
Communications wireless network and customers have been acquired by GCI
Wireless, 2014.
- ALASKA
DIGITEL
Alaska
Digitel was acquired by GCI
Wireless, 2011.
- ALASKA
WIRELESS
Alaska
Wireless was acquired by GCI
Wireless, 2011.
- ALLTEL
WIRELESS
Alltel was
purchased by Verizon
in 2009. Some overlapping licenses were sold to AT&T
and others were sold to Atlantic
Tele-Network who then sold the acquired Alltel network and
customers to AT&T in 2013. There
were other changes related to this transaction.
- ALLWEST
WIRELESS
Allwest,
east of Salt Lake City, dropped cellular service and customers in May,
2014 but still offers other communications products.
- ALTICE MOBILE
Altice Mobile changed their name to Optimum Mobile, 2022.
- AMERILINK
Amerilink
changed their name to Cellular One of Texoma and then to Choice
Wireless (of Texas) in 2013.
- AT&T
WIRELESS
AT&T
Wireless was acquired by SBC Communications, combined with Cingular and
other carriers to create the new AT&T
Mobility, 2006.
- BELL
ATLANTIC MOBILITY
Combined
with other carriers to form Verizon,
2000
- BELLSOUTH
Acquired by
SBC Communications to create AT&T Mobility, 2006.
- BIG SKY MOBILE
Big Sky sold their network to T-Mobile,
2017.
- BLUE WIRELESS
Blue Wireless sold their spectrum to Verizon and let their
customers go, 2020.
- BLUEGRASS CELLULAR
Bluegrass sold their network and customers to Verizon, 2020. - BOOST INFINITE
Boost Infinite combined with, and is now known as, Boost Mobile, 2024
- BRAZOS
CELLULAR
Brazos Cellular was acquired by AT&T,
2008.
- BREAKAWAY WIRELESS
Breakaway discontinued cellular service in Utah, 2018.
- BROADPOINT WIRELESS
Broadpoint in the Gulf of Mexico has been acquired by Tampnet,
2017.
- BUG TUSSEL WIRELESS
Bug Tussel stopped providing cellular service and now use their network
for
Internet access only.
- CAL
NORTH WIRELESS
Acquired by Verizon,
2006
- CAPROCK
CELLULAR
Caprock's
wireless network was sold to AT&T.
- CC
COMMUNICATIONS
CC sold
their Nevada wireless network to Choice
Wireless.
- CELLULAR
29
Cellular 29
changed their name to Chat
Mobility.
- CELLULAR
ONE
There were
several independent carriers that used the Cellular One name:
- CELLULAR
ONE OF AMARILLO
Acquired
by Alltel which was then acquired by Verizon.
- CELLULAR
ONE-CONCHO CELLULAR
Acquired
by Dobson Cellular which was later acquired by AT&T,
2006
- CELLULAR
ONE-DOBSON
The
entire Dobson network was acquired by AT&T.
- CELLULAR
ONE (MONTANA) (MTPCS)
The
Montana network was shut down and customers let go, 2014.
- CELLULAR ONE OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS
Acquired by AT&T, 2016
- CELLULAR
ONE OF EAST TEXAS
Merged
with Cellular One (MTPCS) of MT, OK,
TX, 2011.
- CELLULAR
ONE OF NORTHEAST COLORADO
The name
was changed to Viaero
Wireless.
- CELLULAR
ONE OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
The
network and customers were acquired by US Cellular who then sold it to
Verizon, 2011
- CELLULAR
ONE OF TEXOMA
Changed
their name to Choice
Wireless (of Texas) in 2013, then became an MVNO of T-Mobile.
- CELLULAR
ONE-PRICE WIRELESS
Acquired
by Verizon, 2002
- CELLULAR
ONE-SAN LUIS OBISPO
Cellular
One SLO was acquired by AT&T.
- CELLULAR
ONE-WEST
Acquired
by Alltel which was then purchased by Verizon.
- CELLULAR
SOUTH
Cellular
South changed their name to C
Spire Wireless, 2011
- CELLULAR
XL
Acquired by
Alltel Wireless which was later acquired by Verizon.
- CENTENNIAL
WIRELESS
Centennial
was acquired by AT&T.
Some overlapping
areas were sold to Verizon.
- CENTURYTEL
WIRELESS
Acquired by
Alltel, 2002, which was later acquired by Verizon.
- CHINOOK
WIRELESS
Chinook
changed their name to Cellular
One (MTPCS).
- CHARITON VALLEY WIRELESS
Chariton sold their wireless network and customers to Verizon,
2021, and other spectrum assignments to AT&T
and US Cellular.
- CHAT MOBILITY
Chat sold their network to Verizon, 2021.
- CHOICE WIRELESS (of Texas)
Choice Wireless of Texas discontinued use of their own network and
began using the T-Mobile network in the area.
- CINCINNATI
BELL WIRELESS
Cincinnati
Bell sold their wireless assets to Verizon and shut down
their
own network in February, 2015.
- CINGULAR
WIRELESS
Cingular was
acquired by SBC Communications and was merged into AT&T.
- COMMNET
CELLULAR
Commnet
Cellular was acquired by Verizon,
2000. Commnet Cellular is not related to Commnet
Wireless.
- CORR
WIRELESS
Corr was
acquired by AT&T,
2013.
- CROSS WIRELESS
Cross Wireless was rebranded as Bravado
Wireless and is still owned by the Cross Telephone Company.
- CTC WIRELESS
CTC had an agreement with Verizon
for part of their service area and we have been told CTC handed over
the remainder of their own wireless network to Verizon, 2019.
This move has not been verified.
- DIGITAL
CELLULAR OF TEXAS
Digital
Cellular was acquired by AT&T.
- DTC WIRELESS
DTC went out of the cellular business in 2017 but now uses their 4G-LTE
network for fixed wireless service.
- EDGE
WIRELESS
Edge was
acquired by AT&T.
- EINSTEIN
WIRELESS
Einstein
changed their name to Airfire Mobile which then closed in 2012.
- ELEMENT
MOBILE
Element
Mobile was acquired by AT&T in 2014.
- ETEX
WIRELESS
Etex has
chosen to stop offering wireless service in March, 2013.
- EXTEND
AMERICA
Extend
changed their name to Flow Mobile, then disappeared.
- FARMERS MUTUAL TELEPHONE WIRELESS
Farmers Mutual in Idaho has turned off their own cellular network and
now sells wireless as an MVNO
of Verizon.
- FIRST
CELLULAR OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
First Cellular was purchased by Alltel which was then acquired by Verizon.
- FIVE
STAR WIRELESS
Five Star
has been acquired by West
Central Wireless. Some stores continue to display the "Five
Star" name.
- GOLDEN
STATE CELLULAR
Golden
State was acquired by Verizon, 2014
- GTE
WIRELESS
Combined
with other carriers to form Verizon, 2000.
- HOUSTON
CELLULAR
Acquired by
Cingular, 2001, which was later acquired by AT&T. - ILLINOIS VALLEY CELLULAR
IVC is out of business at the end of 2023.
- IMMIX WIRELESS
Immix in Pennsylvania stopped providing service but now appears to be
offered as Limitless
Mobile.
- INDIGO
WIRELESS (Nebraska)
The Indigo
network in Nebraska was acquired by AT&T
in 2013. The Indigo network in Pennsylvania remains independent.
- INNOVATIVE MOBILE
Innovative Mobile of the US Virgin Islands has been acquired by Choice
Wireless and the name of the combined networks is now Viya.
- iSMART
MOBILE
iSmart
changed to Big
Sky Mobile then sold their network to T-Mobile,
2017.
- iWIRELESS
An
affiliate of T-Mobile in Iowa, all of iWireless has been
acquired by T-Mobile, 2017.
- L.A.
CELLULAR
Acquired by AT&T Wireless, 1999
- LAMAR
COUNTY CELLULAR
Lamar County
Cellular was acquired by AT&T.
- LEACO CELLULAR
Leaco changed their name to NMobile then discontinued service, June,
2018.
- LONG
LINES WIRELESS
Located in
northwestern Iowa and across surrounding state borders, Long Lines has
been acquired by AT&T, Dec., 2013.
- LYRIX
WIRELESS
Lyrix
changed their name to Chat
Mobility, which was acquired by Verizon.
- Old
Carriers M-Z
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