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products gsm gprs edge and umts wireless voice and data services sms text messaging mms picture messaging website indigowireless.com indigo wireless is a regional wireless telecommunications company in northern pennsylvania . based in wellsboro indigo is the only gsm wireless phone provider in the area . their coverage expands as far as fleetville and waverly in northeastern pennsylvania . contents 1 network 1.1 roaming 2 history 3 references network edit indigo s gsm wireless network includes edge and gprs 2g data technology as well as umts 3g in its major markets such as wellsboro and mansfield . both the 2g and 3g networks are run on the cellular 850 mhz band due to the mountainous terrain of northern pennsylvania . their website advertises them as having the most towers in tioga county the county they are based in . roaming edit indigo s network is open to all gsm subscribers from any part of the world . customers of at & t and t mobile usa can freely roam onto indigo s gsm gprs edge and umts networks and have access to full voice and data services while roaming . for indigo customers indigo has roaming agreements with at & t and t mobile to provide national service to its subscribers wherever they travel . history edit 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 harrisburg even got basic digital service . in 2000 after at & t had left the cellular one group and southwestern bell and bell south had left in order to become cingular wireless indigo finally changed its name from cellular one of tioga to indigo wireless . 2003 gave indigo licenses to operate in bradford sullivan and wyoming counties after working closely with at & t wireless . in 2004 indigo began upgrading to gsm in every area it covered . this new use of gsm technology allowed indigo customers to use data on their phones and computers via the indigo network . indigo wireless is still the only gsm provider in major parts of northern pa and continues to provide service to customers from other carriers who roam onto their network . 1 in late 2010 indigo wireless began offering high speed broadband internet service to residents of tioga county utilizing fixed point to multipoint wireless equipment from ubiquiti networks . this equipment has the capabilities to provide service speeds of over 1 gigabit second of internet service to resident and businesses throughout the coverage area . services are being marked and sold under the indigo xtreme name 2 references edit our history . indigo wireless . indigo wireless . retrieved may 29 2012 . indigo xtreme . indigo wireless . 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 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