2 posts and columns on Roger Linquist

MetroPCS Launches LTE Network in Las Vegas

in News on September 22, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

MetroPCS Communications Inc. said it switched on its fourth-generation wireless network in Las Vegas as the prepaid carrier makes a big push into data services. The Dallas company is the first U.S. carrier to offer a 4G network that runs on Long-Term Evolution, or LTE, technology.

MetroPCS Details Its Expansion Plans

in News on February 4, 2009 at 9:55 am PT

MetroPCS’s upcoming expansion to New York and Boston will change the prepaid wireless provider from a regional carrier to one that can compete more with heavyweights like Verizon Wireless and AT&T. In an interview with the Journal’s Amol Sharma, MetroPCS CEO Roger Linquist said the company will be building its New York City network–including the five boroughs as well as parts of New Jersey and upstate New York–throughout 2009.