Item  2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On November 5, 2009, MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial and operational results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.

A copy of the Company’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

The information contained in this report will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT
NUMBER

        

DESCRIPTION

99.1    —      Press release, dated November 5, 2009, entitled “MetroPCS Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results”

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Date: November 5, 2009     By:   /S/    J. BRAXTON CARTER        
      J. Braxton Carter
     

Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer