Company type | Public |
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NYSE: TPC | |
Industry | Wireless Services |
Founded | 1999 |
Defunct | 2008 |
Fate | Acquired |
Successor | T-Mobile USA |
Headquarters | Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States |
Key people | Michael E. Kalogris (chairman & CEO) Eric Haskell (EVP & CFO) |
Products | GSM, GPRS, Text messaging, Picture messaging |
SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc. was a wireless carrier that operated in the Southeastern United States since 1999 and in parts of the Caribbean since 2004. From the "About Us" section of the company's website:
As of the third quarter of 2007, SunCom was providing digital wireless communications services to approximately 1.1 million customers and employed more than 1,900 people. In February 2008, SunCom was acquired by T-Mobile USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG. The company traded on the NYSE under the TPC ticker symbol.[1]
In September 2008, the SunCom brand was phased out and rebranded under the T-Mobile name.