List of mobile network operators in the United States

The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), lists approximately 30 facilities-based wireless service providers in the United States as members.Subscriber counts include what each companies quarterly report states, whether it be just postpaid and prepaid (as in the case of Boost Mobile and UScellular) or a combination of postpaid, prepaid and fixed-wireless access as in the case of AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon).AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Boost Mobile, and U.S. Cellular 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 United States while supplementing nationwide coverage through roaming agreements with other carriers.SoftBank Group Corporation (4%) free float (48%) Some operators listed below may still function as a separate brand but they no longer own any infrastructure (towers, network, etc.
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Associationwireless service providersCompetitive Carriers Associationover 50 virtual operatorsVerizonT-MobileBoost MobileU.S. CellularSIM cardmachine to machinemobile virtual network operatorsfixed-wireless accessLTE bands used by each provider remain largely incompatibleroamingList of mobile virtual network operators in the United StatesAT&T MobilityFirstNetCricket WirelessWi-Fi callingAT&T Inc.Big River BroadbandBig River TelephoneCDMA2000Gen MobileTing MobileEchoStar CorporationC SpireCellcomCellular One of North East ArizonaChoice WirelessAtlantic Tele-NetworkCommnet Wireless802.11EX Hybrid Data TransferSouthern LincSouthern CompanyMetro by T-MobileAssurance WirelessMint MobileUltra MobileDeutsche Telekom AGSoftBank Group Corporationfree floatUnited WirelessUScellularTelephone and Data Systems Inc.Visible by VerizonTracFone WirelessVerizon Communications Inc.mobi, Inc.América MóvilLiberty Puerto RicoATN InternationalDocomo PacificNTT DocomoGovernment of American SamoaAlaska CommunicationsAlltelVerizon WirelessAT&T Wireless ServicesCingular WirelessCellular One of East Central IllinoisCellular One of Northeast PennsylvaniaT-Mobile USCincinnati Bell WirelessGAN Wi-Fi callingSprintClearwireElement MobileIndigo WirelessiWirelessLeap WirelessCricket Communications, Inc.MetroPCS Communications, Inc.NEP WirelessNextelnTelosPocket CommunicationsCricketPrimeCo WirelessUnknownRevol WirelessShentelSprint Corporationhosted virtual operatorsTerreStarDish NetworkVerizon.West Central WirelessList of CDMA2000 networksList of UMTS networksList of LTE networksList of mobile network operatorsList of mobile network operators of the AmericasList of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific regionBlackBerryLos Angeles TimesCellular OneClaro Puerto RicoGTA TeleguamPrepaid wirelessTracFoneTotal by VerizonVerizon PrepaidAdvanced Mobile Phone ServiceAirTouchDobson CellularEdge WirelessFirst Cellular of Southern IllinoisHouston CellularMidwest WirelessNorthcoast PCSOpen MobilePowertelPrimeCoRural CellularSunComUnicelUpoc NetworksWestern Wireless CorporationYahoo MobileTelecommunicationsHistoryBroadcastingCable protection systemCable TVData compressionDigital mediaInternet videoonline video platformsocial mediastreamingEdholm's lawInformation AgeInformation revolutionInternetMobile phoneSmartphoneOptical telecommunicationOptical telegraphyPhotophonePrepaid mobile phoneRadiotelephoneSatellite communicationsSemaphorePhryctoriaSemiconductordeviceMOSFETtransistorSmoke signalsTelecommunications historyTelautographTelegraphyTeleprinterTelephoneThe Telephone CasesTelevisiondigitalVideotelephonyWhistled languageWireless revolutionNasir AhmedEdwin Howard ArmstrongMohamed M. AtallaJohn Logie BairdPaul BaranJohn BardeenAlexander Graham BellEmile BerlinerTim Berners-LeeFrancis BlakeJagadish Chandra BoseCharles BourseulWalter Houser BrattainVint CerfClaude ChappeYogen DalalDaniel Davis Jr.Donald DaviesAmos DolbearThomas EdisonLee de ForestPhilo FarnsworthReginald FessendenElisha GrayOliver HeavisideRobert HookeErna Schneider HooverHarold HopkinsGardiner Greene HubbardInternet pioneersBob KahnDawon KahngCharles K. KaoNarinder Singh KapanyHedy LamarrRoberto Landell de MouraInnocenzo ManzettiGuglielmo MarconiRobert MetcalfeAntonio MeucciSamuel MorseJun-ichi NishizawaCharles Grafton PageRadia PerlmanAlexander Stepanovich PopovTivadar PuskásJohann Philipp ReisClaude ShannonAlmon Brown StrowgerHenry SuttonCharles Sumner TainterNikola TeslaCamille TissotAlfred VailThomas A. WatsonCharles WheatstoneVladimir K. ZworykinTransmissionmediaCoaxial cableFiber-optic communicationoptical fiberFree-space optical communicationMolecular communicationRadio waveswirelessTransmission linetelecommunication circuitNetwork topologyBandwidthterminalNetwork switchingcircuitpacketTelephone exchangeMultiplexingSpace-divisionFrequency-divisionTime-divisionPolarization-divisionOrbital angular-momentumCode-divisionCommunication protocolComputer networkData transmissionStore and forwardTelecommunications equipmentTypes of networkCellular networkEthernetMobilePublic Switched TelephoneWireless networkNotable networksARPANETBITNETCYCLADESFidoNetInternet2NPL networkToasternetUsenetGlobal telecommunications regulation bodiesOutline