unlimited, flat-rate wireless communications service, announces the launch of Loopt®, the revolutionary social-mapping and communications service for mobile handsets.

Loopt will display where friends are located and what they are doing via detailed, interactive maps on customers’ MetroPCS wireless phones. Loopt helps friends connect on the go and navigate their social lives by orienting them to people, places and events. Users can also share location updates, geo-tagged photos and comments with friends in their mobile address book or online social networks, communities and blogs.

“MetroPCS is constantly seeking ways to improve our customers’ wireless experience,” said Roger Linquist, president and CEO of MetroPCS. “Loopt provides even more convenient, on-the-go options for our customers who are looking for new ways to find and connect with family and friends.”

Loopt, the social mapping industry leader, offers the most intuitive and effective privacy controls and security features for end users. Loopt is 100 percent permission-based and users share location information only with their known friends via private networks. In addition, users can easily turn location-sharing on or off at any time on a friend-by-friend basis or for all friends at one time.

MetroPCS’ unlimited, flat-rate wireless, no signed contract plans range from $30 to $50 per month and allow subscribers to talk all they want, 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week. Unlike most carriers, MetroPCS does not require a signed contract, which means that consumers can activate service without going through a credit check or paying a deposit.

Many of the plans include unlimited features such as voicemail, caller ID, call waiting, three-way calling, text and picture messaging, push e-mail, mobile Internet browsing, mobile instant messaging, and Metro411, a voice-activated, premium directory assistance service. Loopt will be included in some service plans and available for a monthly fee as an add-on to others. Additionally, MetroPCS offers unlimited family plans for an affordable low price.

With approximately 4.6 million subscribers nationwide, as of June 30, 2008, continued consumer demand for MetroPCS’ affordable, flexible, predictable, unlimited, no signed contract, flat-rate wireless service has been the driving factor behind the company’s expansion across the country.

Consumers can visit any of MetroPCS’ authorized dealer locations and company-owned retail locations or visit MetroPCS’ web site at www.metropcs.com to sign up for service plans and choose from a lineup of wireless phones from the top handset manufacturers.

About MetroPCS Communications, Inc.

Dallas-based MetroPCS Communications, Inc. is a provider of unlimited wireless communications service for a flat-rate with no signed contract. MetroPCS owns or has access to licenses covering a population of approximately 149 million people in 14 of the top 25 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Miami, Tampa, Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento. MetroPCS ranked “Highest In Customer Satisfaction With Wireless Prepaid Service” in the J.D. Power and Associates third annual Prepaid Customer Satisfaction Study in July of 2008. As of June 30, 2008, MetroPCS had approximately 4.6 million subscribers and currently offers service in the Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tampa, Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Sacramento and Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan areas.

Information Source:    Business Wire