About us. Consumer Cellular has more than four million customers nationwide and is a top-rated wireless provider that markets no-contract cellphones and service plans primarily to those 50-plus. Founded in 1995 on the belief that everyone should have affordable access to the safety and convenience of cellular service.

Consumer Cellular is an American postpaid mobile virtual network operator founded by John Marick and Greg Pryor in October 1995. The company offers cellphones, no-contract cellphone plans, and accessories with a focus on users age 50-plus.

We remain 100% based in the U.S. And we remain committed to growing to meet our customers wireless needs for many years to come.

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Portland, Oregon Founded in Portland, Oregon in 1995, Consumer Cellular is a top- rated wireless carrier providing a ordable, no-contract cellphones and service plans primarily to the 50+ demographic.

Consumer Cellular was founded in 1995 in Portland, Oregon, and now counts around 2,000 employees.

Low Prices. Simple, affordable cellular service that's perfect for your lifestyle and your budget. Our straightforward, no-contract plans are designed to save you money - in fact, an average customer pays under $28/month for all the talk, texting, and data they need. Plus, with Consumer Cellular, activation is FREE.

Consumer Cellular offers 4G & 4G LTE coverage through AT&T and T-Mobile. Above is a combined map of AT&T and T-Mobile 4G and 4G LTE service.

GTCR After a bidding war that involved Dish Network, Altice USA, Ultra Mobile, a group led by Boost Mobile founder Peter Adderton and others, Chicago private equity company GTCR has purchased Consumer Cellular for around $2.3 billion. Consumer Cellular is one of the country's biggest MVNOs with almost 4 million customers.

The company is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), meaning it leases service from another carrier. In Consumer Cellular's case, those carriers are AT&T and T-Mobile. It offers unlimited talk time and texting in all its plans, with data plans from 1 gigabyte (GB) to unlimited data for $20 to $55 per month.

Consumer cellular does not work internationally, no matter what they say.

Prebuilt plans begin as low as $20 per month for unlimited talk and text plus 1GB of data. In addition to affordable plans, Consumer Cellular is known for advertising its friendly customer service. In fact, this is one of the reasons it earned the award of best cell phone plan for seniors on Clark.com.