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This is a list of mobile network operators (MNOs) in the United States. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association(CTIA), lists approximately 30 facilities-based wireless service providersin the United States as members. Competitive Carriers Association(CCA) has over 100 members.[1] Aside from the facilities-based providers, there are over 50 virtual operatorsthat use the top three ...
Verizon is an American wireless network operator that previously operated as a separate division of Verizon Communications under the name Verizon Wireless. In a 2019 reorganization, Verizon moved the wireless products and services into the divisions Verizon Consumer and Verizon Business, and stopped using the Verizon Wireless name.
Wireless Intelligent Network (also referred to as a WIN) is a concept developed by the TR-45 Mobile and Personal Communications Systems Standards engineering committee of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).
Assurance Wireless. Assurance Wireless is a telephone service subsidized by the federal Lifeline Assistance program, a government benefit program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund. The service provides to low-income eligible people a free phone, [1] [2] free monthly data, unlimited texting, and free monthly minutes.
Wireless community networks or wireless community projects or simply community networks, are non-centralized, self-managed and collaborative networks organized in a grassroots fashion by communities, non-governmental organizations and cooperatives in order to provide a viable alternative to municipal wireless networks for consumers. [1] [2] [3]
Wireless Emergency Alerts ( WEA, formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System ( CMAS ), and prior to that as the Personal Localized Alerting Network ( PLAN )), [1] is an alerting network in the United States designed to disseminate emergency alerts to mobile devices such as cell phones and pagers. Organizations are able to disseminate and coordinate emergency alerts and warning ...
Verizon's mobile network is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 114.8 million subscribers as of March 31, 2024. [17] It also sells accessories and gear for mobiles and PCs .
Smart phone ad hoc networks use the existing hardware (primarily Bluetooth and Wi-Fi) in commercially available smartphones to create peer-to-peer networks without relying on cellular carrier networks, wireless access points, or traditional network infrastructure. Wi-Fi SPANs use the mechanism behind Wi-Fi ad-hoc mode, which allows phones to ...