Qwest Wireless
Owned by Qwest Communications, Qwest Wireless LLC was a cellular phone service offered in the United States. Qwest Wireless was a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) that operated on Sprint PCS's CDMA network. Qwest was the only Baby Bell that offered its wireless service as an MVNO; Since the wireless company used Sprint's network, all of their phones were Sprint phones with the Qwest name on them. Their phones included models from Sanyo, Samsung, Nokia, UT Starcom (formerly Audiovox), HTC, and most recently Motorola. Qwest Wireless ended the year 2007 with 824,000 wireless subscribers. [1]
History
Prior to Qwest's acquisition of the RBOC US West, and unrelated to US West Wireless which became Qwest Wireless, US West operated its own analog cellular service, which merged with AirTouch and was eventually combined with GTE and PrimeCo to become Verizon Wireless.
On May 5, 2008 Qwest ended their agreement with Sprint Nextel and signed a 5 year contract with Verizon Wireless. Qwest has decided that they will no longer maintain an MVNO and will only resell Verizon Wireless services.[2].
Verizon Wireless Agent/Partnership
According to Qwest's retail store employees, the new Verizon partnership should begin operation to the public on July 28, 2008. However, one-bill/bundle services will not be available until August or September. Financial terms of this agreement are not being disclosed. Current Qwest Wireless customers will be offered a comparable phone for free by Verizon, or the option to recieve 25% off a different phone of the customers choice. Qwest and Verizon jointly published a press release on May 5th, 2008. [3] or [4]
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