MetroPCS Communications, Inc., a wireless telecommunications carrier, offers wireless broadband personal communication services in the metropolitan areas of Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Detroit, Miami, San Francisco, Sacramento, Tampa/Sarasota/Orlando, and Los Angeles. It offers unlimited long distance calling, unlimited voicemail, caller ID, call waiting, text messaging, mobile Internet browsing, push email, and picture and multimedia messaging. The company also provides international long distance and text messaging, ring tones, ring back tones, downloads, games and content applications, and unlimited directory assistance, as well as nationwide roaming. The company sells its products and services to customers indirectly through approximately 2,000 independent retail outlets under the MetroPCS brand, as well as directly through 95 company-operated retail stores. MetroPCS Communications offers its services to approximately 3 million subscribers. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Dallas, Texas.