United States

APN in the United States

Access Point Name (APN) is a string of characters set up in mainly cellular devices to authenticate and establish connection to a gateway on the cellular network infrastructure in order access cellular network services. Cellar devices in return receive services like email, internet and more. APN setting in the United States are not as unique to every carrier as it may be assumed. This is because there are 4 main carriers (cellular infrastructure providers), and the rest just operate off these carriers.

Major Carries in the United States

There are three major, one small and a new upcoming cellular infrastructure provider in the United States.

    • T-Mobile

    • AT&T

    • Verizon

    • US Cellular

    • Dish Wireless (Emerging carrier)

GCI in Alaska runs its own network.

Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) rely on one or more of these major operators to wireless services.

Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in the United States

There are several MVNOs in the United States that provide cellular services. Some of the common services offered by carries and MVNOs include texting, calling, wireless internet services and more. Here are some of the MVNOs in the United States.

    • QLink Wireless

    • AirTalk Wireless

    • Assurance Wireless

    • Mint Mobile

    • Google Fi Wireless

    • TextNow

    • TruConnect

    • Visible by Verizon

    • Spectrum Wireless

    • Tracfone

    • Cintex Wireless

    • Access Wireless

    • Tello Mobile

    • Free Mobile

    • Life Wireless

    • SafeLink Wireless

    • PagePlus Cellular

    • enTouch Wireless

    • StandUp Wireless

    • NewPhone Wireless

    • Ultra Mobile

    • Easy Wireless

    • Total Wireless

    • Assist Wireless

    • US Mobile

    • Metro by T-Mobile

    • Cintext Wireless

    • Boost Mobile

    • AirVoice Wireless

    • Optimum Mobile

    • Cricket Wireless

    • Hello Mobile

    • SpeedTalk Mobile

    • GoSmart Mobile

    • Tag Mobile

    • PureTalk Mobile

    • Public Mobile

    • C Spire Wireless

    • Ting Mobile

    • Jethro Mobile

    • Republic wireless

    • FreeUp Mobile

    • Freedompop

    • Twigby

    • Unreal Mobile

    • ReachOut Wireless

    • Liberty Wireless

    • Black Wireless

    • Red Pocket Mobile

    • Walmart Family Mobile

    • Net 10 Wireless

    • Good2go

    • Boom Mobile

    • Easy Wireless

    • NewPhone Wireless

    • Pix Wireless

    • SafeLink Wireless

    • SFone Wireless

    • Access Wireless

    • Straight Talk

    • Assurance Wireless

    • Life Wireless

    • Simple Mobile

    • H2O Wireless

    • Gen Mobile

    • TerraCom Wireless

    • Infiniti Mobile

    • Tempo Wireless

    • feelsafe wireless

    • True Wireless

    • Lyca Mobile

    • SafetyNet Wireless

MVNOs and the major carrier that they rely on.

MVNOs Major Carrier
Consumer Cellular AT&T, T-Mobile
Lively  Verizon
QLink Wireless T-Mobile
AirTalk Wireless AT&T
SafetyNet Wireless AT&T, T-Mobile
Ting Mobile T-Mobile, Verizon
Lyca Mobile T-Mobile
True Wireless T-Mobile
Feelsafe wireless T-Mobile
Tempo Wireless T-Mobile
TerraCom Wireless T-Mobile
Infiniti Mobile T-Mobile
PagePlus Cellular Verizon
H2O Wireless AT&T
Simple Mobile T-Mobile
Life Wireless T-Mobile
Assurance Wireless T-Mobile
Straight Talk Verizon, T-Mobile
Access Wireless T-Mobile
SFone Wireless T-Mobile
SafeLink Wireless T-Mobile, Verizon
Pix Wireless T-Mobile
NewPhone Wireless T-Mobile
Assurance Wireless T-Mobile
Easy Wireless T-Mobile
Boom Mobile Verizon
Good2go Mobile AT&T
Net 10 Wireless Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile
Walmart Family Mobile T-Mobile
Red Pocket Mobile AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon
GCI GCI
Black Wireless T-Mobile
Liberty Wireless T-Mobile
ReachOut Wireless T-Mobile
Unreal Mobile T-Mobile
Twigby T-Mobile, Verizon
Freedompop T-Mobile
FreeUp Mobile AT&T
Republic wireless T-Mobile
Jethro Mobile T-Mobile
Mint Mobile T-Mobile
C Spire Wireless C Spire Wireless
PureTalk AT&T
Tag Mobile T-Mobile
GoSmart Mobile T-Mobile
SpeedTalk Mobile T-Mobile
Hello Mobile T-Mobile
Cricket Wireless AT&T
Optimum Mobile T-Mobile
AirVoice Wireless AT&T
Boost Mobile T-Mobile, Dish Wireless
Cintext Wireless T-Mobile
Metro by T-Mobile T-Mobile
US Mobile T-Mobile, Verizon
Assist Wireless T-Mobile
Total Wireless Verizon
Easy Wireless T-Mobile
Ultra Mobile T-Mobile
NewPhone Wireless T-Mobile
StandUp Wireless T-Mobile
Cintex Wireless T-Mobile
enTouch Wireless T-Mobile
SafeLink Wireless T-Mobile
Life Wireless T-Mobile
Free Mobile T-Mobile
Tello T-Mobile
Access Wireless T-Mobile
Google Fi Wireless T-Mobile, US Cellular
Tracfone Verizon, AT&T
Spectrum Verizon
Visible by Verizon Verizon
TruConnect T-Mobile
TextNow T-Mobile
MVNOs in the United States and the major carrier(s) that they rely on.

Common APNs in the United States

Since many cellular network providers in the United States rely on mainly 3 major carriers, their APNs are mostly the same.

For the major carriers, it is fast.t-mobile.com for T-Mobile, vzwinternet for Verizon and NXTGENPHONE for AT&T.

As for MVNOs, it is wholesale for T-Mobile, ereseller for AT&T and vzwinternet for Verizon carriers.

If you are not provided with the network that your carrier uses, try searching this blog and if you can’t find then try the possibilities above. One should work for you.

MCC – Mobile Country Code

The MCC for the United States is 310. This is the same across all networks in the United States.

Mobile Network Code (MNC) is however unique to the network.