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Microcell Telecommunications is a Canadian wireless PCS telecommunications service provider. Microcell was the first carrier in Canada to launch a GSM-based network and Fido was the first wireless service provider in North America to offer General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) on its network. Fido has a data roaming agreement in the United States with T-Mobile USA, Inc. in over 6,000 cities. Voice roaming covers over 150 countries. Microcell's GSM/GRPS network operates at the 1900 MHz frequency.
Microcell was bought out by the other competing GSM carrier, Rogers Wireless, in November 2004, for an estimated 1.4 billion dollars.
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