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[[File:MetroPCS store Ypsilanti Township Michigan.JPG|thumb|right|MetroPCS store, [[Ypsilanti Township, Michigan]]]]
'''MetroPCS''' (stylized as '''metro'''PCS) is a [[prepaid mobile phone|prepaid wireless]] service in the United States that is part of [[T-Mobile US, Inc.]].
In October 2012, MetroPCS Communications reached an agreement to merge with T-Mobile USA, Inc., a deal that would "help the competing provider become more competitive with the other National Carriers".<ref>{{cite news|title=T-Mobile USA, MetroPCS to combine|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-metropcs-board-oks-merger-with-tmobile-usa-20121003,0,1683996.story|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=October 3, 2012|date=October 3, 2012}}</ref> The deal was a [[reverse merger]] for MetroPCS; following the closure of the merger on May 1, 2013, the combined company, now known as T-Mobile US, Inc., began trading on the New York Stock Exchange as ''TMUS''.<ref name=reuters-approve>{{cite web|title=MetroPCS shareholders approve merger with T-Mobile USA|url=http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/2013/04_-_April/MetroPCS_shareholders_approve_merger_with_T-Mobile_USA/|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Salvador. (May 1, 2013) [http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-tmobile-metropcs-acquisition-complete-20130501,0,5210257.story Combined T-Mobile-MetroPCS debuts on N.Y. Stock Exchange as 'TMUS']. latimes.com. Retrieved on August 23, 2013.</ref>
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