Personal Communications Devices

Personal Communications Devices, LLC - PCD
Type	Private
Founded	2008
Headquarters	Hauppauge, New York, USA
Key people	John Chiorando, CEO
Products	Telecommunications devices
Slogan	"Bringing You The Wireless World"
Website	[1]

Personal Communications Devices, LLC, also d.b.a. PCD, is a private company that works with wireless technology partners, including wireless service providers and mobile phone-manufacturers to develop, support and bring mobile phones to market in the American continent. PCD partnerships include Pantech-branded phones for Verizon and AT&T, Casio GzOne, HTC products, and most recently, Alcatel One Touch.

It began as the cellphone division of Audiovox in 1984, and was acquired by UTStarcom in 2004.^[1] In 2008, it became a privately owned company.^[2] The company works with global manufacturers including Fujitsu, Huawei, Netgear, Sharp, Wistron Corporation, and ZTE;^[3] has partnerships with wireless service providers throughout the Americas including AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, Virgin Mobile, Cricket, U.S. Cellular, Clear, C Spire, Telus, Claro, Cox Communications, Movilnet, Iusacell, Telefónica, Digicel, MTS^{[disambiguation needed]} and Centennial;^[4] and has introduced several first-to-market cellular devices within its 25-year history.^[5]

Company president and CEO John Chiorando ^[6] is on the board of Directors of CTIA - The Wireless Association.^[7]

In 2013, it was sold^[8] to Quality One Wireless.

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