please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message ntelos industry telecommunications fate merged with shentel founded 1997 ; 19 years ago 1997 headquarters waynesboro virginia united states key people rodney dir c.e.o. products wireless & wireline website http www.ntelos.com ntelos inc. was a wireless telecommunications company and pcs provider based in waynesboro virginia . as of 2013 ntelos service area covered 5.3 million people making it the 9th largest provider of mobile broadband in the united states . 1 2 on august 10th 2015 it was announced that shenandoah telecommunications company or shentel has agreed to merge with ntelos . the deal expected to close in early 2016 will see the ntelos brand replaced by sprint through shentel s affiliation with sprint . all of ntelos retail stores indirect locations authorized agents and some other employees will be rebranded under sprint with those locations managed through shentel . 3 on may 9 2016 the merger with shentel was completed . contents 1 wireless services 2 former services 3 references 4 external links wireless services edit ntelos wireless operates a cdma pcs network in virginia portions of west virginia maryland ohio kentucky and north carolina . ntelos wireless began acquiring pcs spectrum in western virginia and west virginia in 1995 and began operations in virginia in 1997 and in west virginia in 1998 . ntelos wireless expanded in july 2000 to include eastern virginia with the acquisition of these assets from primeco personal communications lp . in june 2004 ntelos began to offer high speed data services in select markets and in 2006 began offering 1xrtt capability across their service area . currently ntelos offers 1xrtt and rev. a evdo using alcatel lucent technology . 4 ntelos ended the year 2007 with 407 000 wireless subscribers . ntelos is also the fifth carrier in the nation to offer the iphone at a reduced price compared to other carriers . 5 former services edit a regional landline telecom provider since 1997 the company was originally named the clifton forge waynesboro telephone company cfw . 6 from 2000 to 2011 the services operated under the name of ntelos with the wireline business divided into two operations a rural local exchange carrier rlec and competitive wireline which includes competitive local exchange carrier clec network and internet operations . ntelos operated as a rlec in virginia and owns two incumbent local exchange carriers and serves three rural virginia regions . as a clec ntelos provided service in 16 areas in virginia and on most highways and cities in west virginia . the wireline business is supported by a fiber optic network that is used to back haul communications traffic for their own retail services and to provide wholesale transport services to other telecommunications carriers for their long distance internet wireless and private network services . ntelos started fttp services in certain areas of virginia . ntelos wireline services were spun off into a separate company lumos networks beginning in august 2011 . 7 lumos became fully independent of ntelos at the close of business on october 31 2011 . 8 references edit ntelos communications overview and coverage . broadband now . retrieved 2014 04 28 . ntelos . national broadband map . retrieved 2014 04 28 . http ir.ntelos.com press releases detail 1331 ntelos to be acquired by shentel ntelos selects alcatel lucent . 2007 08 03 . p. 1 . retrieved 2007 10 16 . dead link small us operators q4 2007 results . cellular news . 10 march 2008 . stanley k.w. 2008 06 23 . 1897 2008 from clifton forge waynesboro telephone company to ntelos . the news virginian . media general . retrieved 2010 11 21 . adams duncan 2011 09 09 . ntelos companies form lumos networks corp. . the roanoke times . archived from the original on 2011 11 12 . retrieved 12 november 2011 . ntelos and lumos networks to report financial results for third quarter 2011 . the wall street journal . 2011 11 02 . archived from the original on 2011 11 12 . retrieved 12 november 2011 . external links edit ntelos 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 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