West Central Wireless

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West Central Wireless
West Central Wireless logo
Type
Private
Industry Wireless Services
Founded 1987[1]
Headquarters San Angelo, Texas, U.S.
Website West Central Wireless
West Central Wireless is a local mobile phone provider serving Central and West
Texas based in San Angelo, Texas, in the United States, with satellite offices in
Brady, Texas. Their cellular services consist of 850 MHz HSPA and GSM networks,
along with legacy D-AMPS (TDMA) and CDMA networks. The HSPA network (which may
actually be backhaul-constrained HSPA+) is a recent addition to the company's
portfolio; services on the so-called "3GPlus" network began rollout in early 2012,
with a deployment schedule stretching into late summer. CDMA services (1xRTT only)
exist due to the company's acquisition of Five Star Wireless, though services were
expanded slightly beyond Five Star's original coverage area shortly after the
acquisition took place.
West Central's GSM network currently provides native service in the following
twenty-six counties of West Texas: Tom Green, Howard, Glasscock, Reagan, Crockett,
Sterling, Irion, Schleicher, Sutton, Coke, Edwards, Runnels, Concho, Menard,
Kimble, Kerr, Coleman, McCulloch, Mason, Gillespie, Kendall, Brown, San Saba,
Mills, Comanche, Erath.[2]
The company offers prepaid service on their GSM network through the Right Wireless
brand.
The company also provides fixed wireless services using LTE technology on the 700
MHz band.
Through roaming agreements with other companies including AT&T Mobility and T-
Mobile USA,[3] West Central is able to provide their customers with service when
outside their home coverage area, albeit with significantly reduced minute and data
allotments compared to what the company makes available within their own service
area.
West Central Wireless also owns a 1900 MHz PCS license which the company uses to
provide High-Speed Wireless DSL Internet under the name West Central Net to small
business and residential customers in San Angelo.[4]
The companies operating under the West Central Wireless umbrella have a somewhat
convoluted legal structure (d/b/a meaning "doing business as"):[5]
CGKC&H #2 Rural Partnership d/b/a West Central Wireless and d/b/a Right Wireless
CT Cube, L.P. d/b/a West Central Wireless and d/b/a Right Wireless
Mid-Tex Cellular, Ltd.
Texas RSA 15B2, L.P. d/b/a Five Star Wireless and d/b/a Right Wireless