Aerial Communications is an old name for part of T-Mobile's mobile network.
Aerial Communications ran a mobile network in several US cities in the late 1990s. VoiceStream Wireless bought it in 2000, and VoiceStream became T-Mobile USA in 2002, so Aerial prefixes are T-Mobile's today. NANPA, which runs the North American numbering plan, lists Aerial Communications as the holder of 1,792 prefixes in 13 states and territories, less than 1% of the 198,436 prefixes it has assigned.
- Name in NANPA's file
- AERIAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
- What it is
- Mobile network
- Prefixes held
- 1,792 of 198,436 (less than 1%)
- States and territories
- 13 of 56, most in Texas, Florida and Minnesota
- Area codes
- 53
- Pooled prefixes
- 88%, shared in blocks of 1,000 numbers
From NANPA's central office code file of October 1, 2026. A prefix is the three digits after the area code.
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A lookup shows Aerial Communications when the number is on T-Mobile's mobile network.
Carrier records use a company's legal or historic name, so a lookup can show Aerial Communications, Inc. while the person's bill says T-Mobile.
Numbers can also move between carriers, so a lookup reads the number's carrier today, and a number with an Aerial Communications prefix can show another company if it was ported.
Aerial Communications holds the most prefixes in Texas: 428 of its 1,792.
- Texas428
- Florida332
- Minnesota324
- Ohio193
- Missouri137
- Kansas126
- Pennsylvania107
- Nebraska59
Plus 86 prefixes in 5 more states and territories.
Aerial Communications holds prefixes in 53 area codes, and these are its largest.
Of the prefixes NANPA dates, Aerial Communications received the most in 2001: 194.
NANPA's file gives an assignment date for 1,073 of Aerial Communications's 1,792 prefixes, all from 2001 on. The rest have no date in the file.
A call from an Aerial Communications number is not spam just because of the carrier.
Numbers on mobile networks like this one belong to millions of ordinary people and businesses, so the carrier name says nothing about who is calling.
Caller ID can also be faked, so judge the call by what the caller asks for, never by the carrier name.
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These are the questions people ask about Aerial Communications.
What is Aerial Communications, Inc.?
Aerial Communications ran a mobile network in several US cities in the late 1990s. VoiceStream Wireless bought it in 2000, and VoiceStream became T-Mobile USA in 2002, so Aerial prefixes are T-Mobile's today.
Why does a phone lookup say Aerial Communications?
A lookup shows Aerial Communications when the number is on T-Mobile's mobile network. Carrier records use a company's legal or historic name, so a lookup can show Aerial Communications, Inc. while the person's bill says T-Mobile. Numbers can also move between carriers, so a lookup reads the number's carrier today, and a number with an Aerial Communications prefix can show another company if it was ported.
Is a call from an Aerial Communications number spam?
Numbers on mobile networks like this one belong to millions of ordinary people and businesses, so the carrier name says nothing about who is calling. Caller ID can also be faked, so judge the call by what the caller asks for, never by the carrier name. Check the full number with our free spam phone checker before you call back.
How many phone prefixes does Aerial Communications hold?
NANPA lists Aerial Communications as the holder of 1,792 prefixes, less than 1% of all assigned US prefixes. A prefix is the three digits after the area code and covers up to 10,000 numbers. 88% of these are pooled, so blocks of 1,000 numbers inside them can belong to other carriers.
Which states have the most Aerial Communications prefixes?
Texas (428), Florida (332) and Minnesota (324) have the most, out of 13 states and territories.
Can I find out who owns an Aerial Communications number?
Aerial Communications does not publish who uses its numbers. Our free who called me lookup shows who a US number is listed to and the city and state on the listing, when the number has a listing.
Source: NANPA, the North American Numbering Plan Administrator: its central office code assignments, as of October 1, 2026. Company histories are from public records and each company's own descriptions.