SunCom Wireless operates in two separate and distinct regional areas: one in the Southeast U.S. and one in the Caribbean.
The company's Southeast operations provide service across North and South Carolina, northern Georgia and parts of eastern Tennessee and southwest Virginia. SunCom owns wireless licenses in the 28 Basic Trading Areas ("BTAs") as defined by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") that covers SunCom Wireless's Southeast region. These licenses include the major metropolitan areas of Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, and Greensboro, N.C. as well as Charleston, S.C. and in aggregate encompass a population of over 14 million people.
In the Caribbean, SunCom operates in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company owns 3 wireless licenses covering this territory, which has a population of 4 million.
SunCom Wireless currently provides wireless service utilizing an all digital technology, known as GSM or Global System for Mobile Communication along with its associated GPRS (general packet radio service) technology. GSM/GPRS offers more advanced wireless capabilities including data and video transmission and is the standard used by most wireless carriers globally, including the largest U.S. carrier, enabling seamless roaming coverage for SunCom's customers.
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NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville-Henderson
Burlington
Charlotte
Fayetteville-Lumberton
Goldsboro-Kinston
Greensboro
Greenville-Washington
Hickory-Lenoir
Jacksonville
New Bern
Raleigh-Durham
Roanoke Rapids
Rocky Mount-Wilson
Wilmington
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson
Charleston
Columbia
Florence
Greenville-Spartanburg
Greenwood
Hilton Head
Myrtle Beach
Orangeburg
Sumter