Indigo Wireless

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Indigo Wireless was a regional wireless telecommunications company in northern Pennsylvania. Based in Wellsboro, Indigo was often the only provider of service in its coverage area and was a local roaming partner for both AT&T and T-Mobile.

Network

Indigo's wireless network includes

Customers of many different providers can freely roam onto Indigo's GSM and UMTS networks and have access to full voice and data services depending on the roaming agreement. Indigo is a member of the GSMA and maintains many domestic and international roaming agreements with a variety of partner networks.

History

In 1991, Indigo Wireless started as the Americell PA-3 Partnership. It acquired the FCC license to serve Rural Service Area PA-3 in Potter, Clinton, and Tioga Counties. In 1992, Indigo received $8 million to create a cellular network in Northern PA. It built a telecommunications switch in Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA and launched service there. In 1993, turned on the first cellular service in Tioga County by building a tower in Mansfield, PA. It also started selling service to residents of Tioga under the name Cellular One of Tioga. Their network was analog at the time. 1994 brought on the first roaming agreements for Indigo. It got agreements with 300 other service providers in the US and Canada so its customers could travel with their phones outside of northern PA. In 1997, Indigo (CellOne of Tioga) started upgrading their network to digital. Indigo's digital service rollout in the RSA PA-3 area happened before many Pennsylvania cities, such as

In July 2023, Indigo announced via public filing that they were leaving the retail wireless business and selling their 850 and 1900 MHz licenses to AT&T.[3] They ended with 400 mobile wireless customers.

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