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MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS)At 4:01PM ET: 5.85  Down 0.19 (3.15%)  
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MetroPCS Communications Inc.
2250 Lakeside Boulevard
Richardson, TX 75082
United States - Map
Phone: 214-570-5800
Web Site: http://www.metropcs.com

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Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Technology
Industry:Wireless Communications
Full Time Employees:3,200

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
MetroPCS Communications, Inc., a wireless telecommunications carrier, offers wireless broadband mobile services in the United States. The company’s services comprise voice services that allow customers to place voice calls to, and receive calls from, any telephone in the world, including local, domestic long distance, and international calls; data services, such as ringtones, ring back tones, games and content applications, text and multimedia messaging services, mobile Internet browsing, mobile instant messaging, location based services, social networking services, and push e-mail; and custom calling features consisting of caller ID, call waiting, three-way calling, and voicemail. It also sells mobile handsets. The company sells its products and services, under the MetroPCS brand name, directly through company-operated retail stores and indirectly through independent retail outlets, as well as through Internet. As of December 31, 2008, it operated approximately 127 retail stores in the metropolitan areas of Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando/Jacksonville, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Tampa/Sarasota. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    MetroPCS Communications Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 20.6% of S&P 500 companies and 83.9% of Telecommunication Services companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Roger D. Linquist , 71
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Pres
    $ 2.04M $ 88.74M
    Mr. J. Braxton Carter II, 50
    Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 811.00K $ 679.00K
    Mr. Thomas C. Keys , 51
    Chief Operating Officer
    $ 917.00K $ 774.00K
    Mr. Mark A. Stachiw , 47
    Exec. VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel
    $ 611.00K $ 426.00K
    Mr. Malcolm M. Lorang , 76
    Co-Founder, Chief Technical Officer and Sr. VP
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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