U.S. Cellular
E139203
U.S. Cellular is a regional American wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily in the Midwest and rural areas of the United States.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Cellular canonical | 3 |
| U.S. Cellular Corporation | 1 |
| United States Cellular Corporation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1217715 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Cellular Context triple: [U.S. Cellular Field, namingRightsHolder, U.S. Cellular]
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A.
T-Mobile US
T-Mobile US is a major American wireless network operator known for its nationwide mobile phone services and aggressive “Un-carrier” marketing strategy.
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B.
Verizon
Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
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C.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand offering mobile phone services in multiple countries as part of Richard Branson’s broader Virgin Group.
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D.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
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E.
AT&T
AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Cellular Target entity description: U.S. Cellular is a regional American wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily in the Midwest and rural areas of the United States.
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A.
T-Mobile US
T-Mobile US is a major American wireless network operator known for its nationwide mobile phone services and aggressive “Un-carrier” marketing strategy.
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B.
Verizon
Verizon is a major American telecommunications company providing wireless, internet, and related communication services across the United States and globally.
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C.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand offering mobile phone services in multiple countries as part of Richard Branson’s broader Virgin Group.
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D.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
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E.
AT&T
AT&T is a major American telecommunications conglomerate known for providing wireless, internet, and media services nationwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mobile network operator
ⓘ
public company ⓘ wireless telecommunications provider ⓘ |
| brandName | U.S. Cellular self-link ⓘ |
| businessModel | subscription-based wireless services ⓘ |
| communicationService |
mobile data
ⓘ
text messaging ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| competitor |
AT&T
ⓘ
surface form:
AT&T Mobility
T-Mobile US ⓘ Verizon ⓘ
surface form:
Verizon Wireless
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusArea |
Midwest coverage
ⓘ
rural coverage ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCoverageType |
cellular network
ⓘ
wireless network ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
business customers
ⓘ
consumer customers ⓘ enterprise customers ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
|
| industry |
telecommunications
ⓘ
wireless communications ⓘ |
| languageOfService | English ⓘ |
| legalName |
U.S. Cellular
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Cellular Corporation
|
| marketPosition | regional carrier ⓘ |
| networkTechnology |
4G LTE
ⓘ
5G ⓘ VoLTE ⓘ |
| offersProduct |
business wireless solutions
ⓘ
connected devices ⓘ family mobile plans ⓘ mobile hotspot plans ⓘ postpaid wireless plans ⓘ prepaid wireless plans ⓘ smartphones ⓘ tablets ⓘ |
| operatesInSector | mobile telecommunications ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Telephone and Data Systems ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
rural United States ⓘ |
| serviceType |
mobile broadband
ⓘ
mobile phone service ⓘ wireless data service ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | USM ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: U.S. Cellular Description of subject: U.S. Cellular is a regional American wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily in the Midwest and rural areas of the United States.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. Cellular Corporation
this entity surface form:
United States Cellular Corporation