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Top 25 Rural wireless carriers based in the United States

Name: Rural wireless carriers based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 355 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 355 rural wireless carriers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 23,545 professional contacts across them, including 2,136 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.

This list covers rural wireless carriers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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2,136Verified emails

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The 25 largest rural wireless carriers based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 355 rural wireless carriers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to rural wireless carriers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Cricket Wireless	Partial evidence	Atlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	7,008 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Cricket, we help customers stress less and smile more by providing an easy, high-quality, and affordable wireless experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Alltel Wireless	Partial evidence	Little Rock, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	1,438 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Doing business as Alltel Wireless, Allied Wireless Communications Corporation (AWCC) is a wireless telecommunications provider based in Little Rock, Arkansas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	Centurylink Business	Indirect evidence	Monroe, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	10001+	1,119 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are an innovative telecommunications company with a nationwide footprint and a passion for empowering the small businesses that power the communities we serve.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	Viaero Wireless	Strong evidence	Fort Morgan, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	364 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Viaero Wireless exists to provide superior quality rural wireless & internet services to our subscribers - making their safety, quality of life, and ability to communicate the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Rise Broadband	Partial evidence	Englewood, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	344 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Rise Broadband, is the nation’s largest fixed wireless broadband service provider, delivering high-speed Internet and digital voice services to nearly residential and commercial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	ATN International	Indirect evidence	Beverly, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	316 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ATN International, Inc.(Nasdaq: ATNI), headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, is a provider of digital infrastructure and communications services in the United States and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Point Broadband	Partial evidence	Opelika, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	501-1,000	242 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Point Broadband offers fast, reliable internet service to residential and business customers in rural and suburban America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Bluegrass Cellular	Indirect evidence	Elizabethtown, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	189 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “There’s a big difference between a network and a community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Leap Wireless International, INC	Partial evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	183 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Leap provides innovative, high-value wireless services to a young and ethnically diverse customer base.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	Wisper Internet	Indirect evidence	Mascoutah, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	129 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The idea of connecting others started when a friend didn’t have Internet access at his business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Solarus	Indirect evidence	Wisconsin Rapids, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	124 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Solarus, formerly known as Wood County Telephone Company, has been a trusted provider of telephone service since 1896.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	Resound Networks	Indirect evidence	Pampa, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	119 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “What started as a mission to bring reliable internet to our own hometown of Pampa, Texas has grown to serve towns like ours and the small businesses that power them across 7…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	Carolina West Wireless	Partial evidence	Wilkesboro, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	112 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Carolina West Wireless was formed in 1991 and is owned by a partnership consisting of Skyline Telephone and Surry Telephone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	Nex-Tech Wireless	Strong evidence	Hays, KS, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	111 contacts →
	Strong evidence “About Nex-Tech Wireless Nex-Tech Wireless, a subsidiary of Rural Telephone, Golden Belt Telephone and Tri-County Telephone, is a premiere wireless provider offering high-tech…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Conexon Connect	Partial evidence	Kansas City, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	104 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Providing fiber internet to rural America” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	VIKOR	Indirect evidence	Sioux Falls, SD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	90 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We make connections possible.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Geolinks	Partial evidence	Camarillo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	85 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GeoLinks started as a small, dedicated team passionate about providing internet to unconnected residents in our rural community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	Watch Communications	Partial evidence	Lima, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1992, Watch Communications is a wireless communications company specializing in Wireless Broadband Internet, Fiber Internet, TV, Hosting and VoIP Phone Services to both…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Inland Cellular	Partial evidence	Lewiston, ID, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Inland Cellular is a regionally owned and operated wireless company with nationwide service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Commnet Broadband	Partial evidence	Castle Rock, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	70 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Commnet has been the backbone of rural networks in the United States for decades.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Aristotle Unified Communications	Indirect evidence	Little Rock, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	69 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Aristotle Unified Communications (AUC) provides High Speed Internet, VoIP Phone and Device Protection Services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	Innovative Wireless Technologies IWT	Partial evidence	Lynchburg, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	61 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Innovative Wireless Technologies (IWT) is a leading supplier of wireless voice, texting, and high-speed data communication networks, integrated systems and contract Engineering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Hiawatha Broadband Communications, INC	Indirect evidence	Winona, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “From the very beginning, HBC has approached everything we do differently.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	Agile Networks	Partial evidence	Canton, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2010, Agile Networks, the premier provider of hybrid fiber wireless broadband data networks, provides connectivity to empower individuals and transform organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Nctc North Central	Partial evidence	Lafayette, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For 65 years and counting, NCTC has been serving your community with the best technology in rural America, and today NCTC has some of the most advanced technology in the world!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: rural wireless carriers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names rural wireless carriers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of rural wireless carriers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name rural wireless carriers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Rural wireless carriers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

9.1%Verified-email coverage

66.3Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

1.7%Largest-city concentration · Houston

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

126

11-50

126

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 355 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among rural wireless carriers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “rural wireless carriers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names rural wireless carriers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among rural wireless carriers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,136 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names rural wireless carriers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many rural wireless carriers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 355 rural wireless carriers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Cricket Wireless, headquartered in Atlanta, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most rural wireless carriers?

Houston leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Atlanta (5) and San Antonio (5).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,136 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 355 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.