U.S. Cellular is often overlooked in conversations about and evaluations of the nation’s largest mobile network operators, but with around 5 million customers under its belt across 21 states as of the end of Q1 2020, the 1983-founded company can definitely be considered a relatively major player in the American wireless industry, especially in the wake of Sprint’s untimely and entirely predictable death.
As pointed out by Fierce Wireless, USC is now the nation’s fourth largest “infrastructure-based” wireless carrier, at least until Dish fulfills all those promises made to the Department of Justice, delivering on its hugely ambitious goal of building a blazing fast and cost-effective 5G network from scratch.
