Private company
Rural Cellular
Logo: Sawblade667, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
Rural Cellular was a telecommunications company that had run the Unicel mobile network. It operated in Midwest, Northeast, Northwest and the Southern regions of the United States and was bought by Verizon Wireless on January 25, 2009, for approximately $2.67 billion in cash and assumed debt.2 It was founded in 1990.1 It is headquartered in Alexandria.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrytelecommunications industry1
- HeadquartersAlexandria1
- Websitewww.unicel.com
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Rural Cellular was a telecommunications company that had run the Unicel mobile network. It operated in Midwest, Northeast, Northwest and the Southern regions of the United States and was bought by Verizon Wireless on January 25, 2009, for approximately $2.67 billion in cash and assumed debt.2
Products and brands
- mobile phone
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1990Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.unicel.com1
- WikipediaRural Cellular
- WikidataQ7380481
Sources
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- 1WikidataRural Cellular on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaRural Cellular on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsRural Cellular logo by Sawblade667, CC BY-SA 4.0