founded 2009 headquarters central wisconsin products wireless parent wisconsin rsa 7 ltd website www.elementmobile.com element mobile is a cdma based cellular service provider headquartered in wisconsin rapids wisconsin that launched in january 2011 . the company officially known as wisconsin rsa 7 limited partnership displaced alltel in central wisconsin . contents 1 history 2 network 3 references 4 external links history edit element mobile was founded on january 7 2011 when former customers of alltel wireless were moved to element s network . 1 customers experienced long waits for customer service and connectivity issues during its initial months of operation . 2 3 some customers were without service for several days 4 due to network updates 3 and angry customers created a facebook group . 5 6 610 complaints were filed with the wisconsin better business bureau mostly in february 2011 . the complaints dropped off as technical problems from the switchover from alltel were worked out . the company built three new cellular towers in 2011 and four in 2012 . 1 in late 2013 element mobile announced that it would be acquired by at & t mobility and be known as lake mobility once fcc approval and expansion and updating of its network was complete network edit element mobile uses the cdma standard . citation needed references edit a b http voiceofwr.com 2012 02 26 one year later element poised for growth molly newman nick paulson and nathaniel shuda january 12 2011 . long response times network problems for element mobile anger customers . wausau daily herald online . retrieved january 12 2011 . a b element mobile cell phone service frustrates customers . daily tribune online . january 12 2011 . retrieved january 12 2011 . customers affected by cell service outages after alltel element mobile switch . woaw.com . january 11 2011 . robert cloud january 20 2011 . facebook pages become forums for angry customers . waupacanow.com . retrieved january 22 2011 . newman molly february 5 2011 . element mobile still fixing service issues . wisconsin rapids tribune online . retrieved february 9 2011 . external links edit http www.howardforums.com showthread.php 1689587 element mobile grrrr page1 v t e united states wireless communications service providers national at & t mobility sprint corporation t mobile us verizon wireless public regional atlantic tele network gci u.s. cellular private regional c spire wireless cellcom cellular one claro puerto rico gta teleguam iconnect indigo wireless iwireless open mobile united wireless west central wireless mvnos virtual list of united states mobile virtual network operators defunct defunct virtual operators advanced mobile phone service airtouch alaska communications alltel at & t wireless services cincinnati bell dobson cellular edge wireless element mobile first cellular of southern illinois houston cellular midwest wireless nep wireless nextel communications northcoast pcs ntelos pocket communications powertel primeco revol wireless rural cellular suncom unicel upoc networks western wireless corporation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title element mobile & oldid 667303990 categories telecommunications companies of the united statescompanies based in wisconsinmobile phone companies of the united stateshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 june 2015 at 05 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view