Editing Advanced Mobile Phone System (section)

==Commercial deployments of AMPS by country==
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!Main Cellular Operator
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|{{flag|United States}}
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|1983
|2008
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=To open or not to open a technological system: insights from the history of mobile phones and their application to 5G |url=https://media.crai.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05145230/Insights-The-Economics-of-5G-article-6-Open-or-Closed-System-May2021.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809072232/https://media.crai.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05145230/Insights-The-Economics-of-5G-article-6-Open-or-Closed-System-May2021.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2022 |access-date=11 October 2022 |website=media.crai.com}}</ref>

* [[Verizon Wireless]]—Formerly operated an AMPS network. On February 18, 2008, Verizon discontinued all AMPS service. Initially migrated to [[CDMA2000]], but now operates on [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] and [[5G]].
* [[U.S. Cellular]]—Formerly operated an AMPS & D-AMPS network. On February 10, 2009, U.S. Cellular discontinued all AMPS & D-AMPS service. Initially migrated to CDMA2000, but now operates on LTE and 5G.
*[[Alltel]]—In 2005 disclosed that only 15% of their total customer base are still using the existing analog network. The company has posted a three-phase turn down schedule,<ref>"[http://www.alltel.com/wps/wcm/connect/Personal/home/p/customerservice/annoucements/announcements_analog_sunset_p.html/ Analog Sunset] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227084522/http://www.alltel.com/wps/wcm/connect/Personal/home/p/customerservice/annoucements/announcements_analog_sunset_p.html/|date=December 27, 2007}}" alltel.com</ref> which was completed in September 2008. With the acquisition of Western Wireless, Alltel now took the claim of the "largest network in America." The claim was true, oddly enough because of wide analog coverage in rural areas. All Alltel AMPS and D-AMPS service was discontinued in September 2008
* Coastel Offshore Cellular—Operated an AMPS network in the Gulf of Mexico that stretched from south of Corpus Christi, TX to south of Gulf Shores, AL. In 2006 Coastel was the only carrier in the US whose entire customer base was still 100% analog based. In 2007 Coastel was merged with Petrocom and SOLA Communications to form [[Broadpoint]] Inc. and the network was converted to [[GSM]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadpointinc.com/aboutus.htm |title= Broadpoint|website=www.broadpointinc.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230135248/http://www.broadpointinc.com/aboutus.htm |archive-date=December 30, 2007}}</ref>
* [[AT&T Mobility]] – In areas where AT&T Mobility previously had D-AMPS operating on [[Personal Communications Service|1900&nbsp;MHz frequencies]], no analog AMPS network existed, and the D-AMPS network on the 1900&nbsp;MHz frequency was shut down on July 15, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AT&T shutting down TDMA network |url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/at-t-shutting-down-tdma-network |date=June 22, 2007 |access-date=January 22, 2024}}</ref> Service on the remaining 850&nbsp;MHz AMPS markets was discontinued along with 850&nbsp;MHz D-AMPS service on February 18, 2008, except in areas where service was provided by [[Dobson Communications]]. The Dobson AMPS and TDMA networks were shut down on March 1, 2008.
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|{{flag|Canada}}
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|1984
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* [[Bell Mobility]] and [[Telus Mobility]] operated AMPS networks in Canada, though they have since been overlaid with digital services. Both Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility had announced that they would observe the same shutdown guidelines as in the United States, and decommissioned their AMPS networks in 2008.<ref name="sptnews" />
* [[Rogers Wireless]]—operated an AMPS network in Canada, though it has since been overlaid with digital services. Rogers discontinued its AMPS network on May 31, 2007.<ref name="Rogers AMPS Shut Down">{{cite web |title=Majority of Rogers' Remaining TDMA and Analogue Subscribers Already Moved to GSM |url=https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/majority-of-rogers-remaining-tdma-and-analogue-subscribers-already-moved-to-gsm/ |access-date=12 March 2022 |website=Rogers|date=May 3, 2007 }}</ref>
* [[SaskTel]] – operated an AMPS network in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. It was the third-largest AMPS network, by subscribers, in the world at the time of its turndown.<ref>{{cite web |author=GSMA Intelligence |date=May 16, 2013 |title=GSMA Intelligence |url=https://www.wirelessintelligence.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530190902/https://wirelessintelligence.com/ |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |publisher=Wirelessintelligence.com}}</ref> It was officially shutdown site by site starting at 00:00 on January 2, 2010, after twenty-one years of service. [[SaskTel]] continues to run UMTS networks.
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|{{flag|South Korea}}
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|1984
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|{{flag|Indonesia}}
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|1984<ref>{{Cite web |title=CELLULAR TELEPHONE BUSINESS SLUMPING; MARKET COMPETITION UP. - Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/CELLULAR+TELEPHONE+BUSINESS+SLUMPING;+MARKET+COMPETITION+UP.-a053378770 |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>
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|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1 June 1993 |title=Global Competitiveness of U.S. Advanced-Technology Industries: Cellular Communications |url=https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub2646.pdf |access-date=11 October 2022 |website=United States International Trade Commission}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Australia}}
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|1986
|2000 <ref>{{cite web |last1=Dickerson |first1=Mathew |title=Australia's mobile phone network has come a long way |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6857507/cheers-to-more-than-30-years-for-our-mobile-phone-network/ |website=Canberra Times |access-date=2022-11-15}}</ref>
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[[Telstra]] (formerly Telecom Australia) – operated an AMPS network in Australia from February 1987 until the end of 2000. As part of the introduction of mobile phone competition in Australia, the Australian government mandated GSM as the new standard for mobile networks, and required that Telstra close the AMPS network by 2000. However, GSM base stations could only serve a limited area. While this was OK for Europe, it meant that GSM could not cover large, sparsely populated rural areas of Australia cost effectively. Telstra deployed a CDMA network, which did not suffer this limitation, and while the AMPS network was closed down at the end of 1999 in the major cities, the closure deadline was extended until the end of 2000 in rural areas to ease the transition to CDMA. The CDMA network has since been replaced by an 850&nbsp;MHz UMTS network, [[Next G]].
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|{{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}}
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|1986
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|{{flag|Israel}}
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|1986
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|<ref name=":1" />[[Pelephone]] – began offering nationwide AMPS service in Israel in 1986. In the mid-1990s it converted to CDMA (IS-95 and later EV-DO) and in the mid-2000s converted to UMTS.
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|{{flag|Bolivia}}
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|1991-1992
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|{{flag|Cayman Islands}}
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|1987
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|{{flag|Bermuda}}
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|1987
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|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
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|1987
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|{{flag|Singapore}}
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|1987
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|<ref name=":1" />[[Singtel]] (previously known as Telecommunications Equipment) – operated an AMPS network, marketed as a Cellular Mobile Radio System (CMRS), in Singapore from 1988 until 1994. In 1989, Singapore's [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)]] became the first [[rapid transit]] system in the world to have full mobile phone coverage inside underground stations and tunnels using AMPS technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Supercharging Singapore |url=https://graphics.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/Interactives/2015/10/35-years-of-ict/supercharging-singapore/the-1980s.html |website=The Straits Times|date=October 10, 2015 }}</ref> Singtel decommissioned its AMPS network in 1994 after [[GSM]] was implemented.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Janice Lim |date=June 15, 2015 |title=How mobile services in Singapore have evolved |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/how-mobile-services-in/1917188.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323053134/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/how-mobile-services-in/1917188.html |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |access-date=March 22, 2017 |website=Channel NewsAsia}}</ref>
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|{{flag|New Zealand}}
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|1987
|2007
|<ref name=":1" /> Telecom New Zealand (now [[Spark New Zealand]]) – operated an AMPS/TDMA network in New Zealand from 1987 until 2007 throughout the whole country and the network was renowned for its superb coverage, In 2000 Telecom announced that they would discontinue the AMPS network within 5 years (2005) to give customers an opportunity to transition to the CDMA2000 and later 1XRTT technologies that replaced it. They later extended that deadline until 6&nbsp;pm March 31, 2007. At approximately 7:15 on March 31, 2007, the AMPS/TDMA network ceased to function.
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|{{flag|Thailand}}
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|1987
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|{{flag|Bahrain}}
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|1987
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|{{flag|Hong Kong}}
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|1987
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|{{flag|Bahamas}}
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|1988
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|{{flag|Venezuela}}
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|1988
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|{{flag|Zaire}}
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|1988
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|{{flag|Barbados}}
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|1988
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|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
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|1991
|2006
|<ref>{{cite web |title=TDMA switch-off delayed |url=https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2006/08/31/tdma-switch-off-delayed/ |website=TeleGeography |access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Chile}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Curaçao}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Argentina}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|St. Kitts and Nevis}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Mexico}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Netherlands Antilles}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Brunei}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Taiwan}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Uruguay}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Peru}}
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|1989
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|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|[[Paktel]]
|1990
|2004
|<ref name=":0" />[[Paktel]] was granted an AMPS licence in early 1990 to operate a cellular telephone network throughout Pakistan. It was the first company granted a free license to carry out cellular phone services in Pakistan. It carried out AMPS services until 2004, after which it switched to GSM.
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|{{flag|American Samoa}}
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|1990
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|{{flag|Brazil}}
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|1990
|2010
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|{{flag|Philippines}}
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|1991
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|{{flag|Jamaica}}
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|1991
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|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|Mobikom
|Jan 1994
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|Named Mobifon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-07 |title=Down Memory Lane: Malaysia's Telco Past |url=https://www.enterpriseitnews.com.my/down-memory-lane-malaysias-telco-past/ |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Enterprise IT News |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
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|1994
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|<ref>{{Cite web |last=LLP |first=Profit Online |title=Мобильная связь в Казахстане |url=https://profit.kz/articles/162/Mobilnaya-svyaz-v-Kazahstane/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=Profit.kz — ИТ в Казахстане |language=ru}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|[[Uzdunrobita]]
|1994
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|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jetro.go.jp/ext_images/jfile/report/05001110/05001110_001_BUP_0.pdf |title=Cellular companies of Uzbekistan |date=January 25, 2006}}</ref>
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