Personal Communications Devices
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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