By: Deborah Johnson Wood
The recent expansion of Livonia-based MetroPCS
to Grand Rapids has generated some 58 jobs in the new Grand Rapids
office and throughout its 50 authorized dealer locations in Grand
Rapids, Holland and Muskegon. The jobs include sales, marketing,
networking, engineering and IT positions, and positions at a new
MetroPCS-owned store at 4545 28th Street, Kentwood.
"MetroPCS is unique in that we offer an
alternative to wireless phone services that require contracts, deposits
and credit checks," says Glen Flowers, vice president and general
manager, MetroPCS Michigan. "We build in the populous places where
people live, work and play. There are people who have a specialized
skill set within the industry, and we were extremely fortunate with the
caliber and quantity of skilled people we had available to hire in West
Michigan."
The Grand Rapids office, 5800 Foremost
Drive SE, is the company's first foray into West Michigan. MetroPCS
Communications bills itself as the nation's leading provider of
unlimited wireless communications service and boasts 6.1 million
subscribers nationwide.
"Everything we do is unlimited,"
Flowers says. "Our pay in advance service allows customers to have a
fixed rate plan every month. They pay by the month, not by the minute,
and we intend to grow that footprint. There's a trend with people
cutting the cord and going wireless and we're really capitalizing on
that trend and getting great growth from it."
Flowers adds that a planned expansion
in into Kalamazoo and Battle Creek will create additional jobs, but did
not have a launch date.
Source: Glen Flowers, MetroPCS Michigan
Deborah Johnson Wood is development news editor for Rapid Growth Media. She can be contacted at [email protected].
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