T-Mobile: 92% of MetroPCS CDMA subs moved onto GSM network amid shutdown in 3 markets
July 25, 2014
T-Mobile US said 92 percent of MetroPCS' customers on its legacy code division multiple access (CDMA) network in Boston, Hartford (CT) and Las Vegas moved onto T-Mobile's network after T-Mobile shut off MetroPCS CDMA service in those markets.
The carrier next plans to shut down MetroPCS' CDMA network in Philadelphia by late 2014.
To move the customers, T-Mobile starting in April notified MetroPCS customers in Boston, Hartford and Las Vegas that they should move to T-Mobile's GSM-based network, and trade in their old CDMA phone for a new GSM one, in most cases at little to no cost.
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