Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On April 28, 2009, the Board of Directors of MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Mr. Richard (Dick) A. Anderson to the Company's Board of Directors as a Class I director.

Mr. Anderson, 50, retired from AT&T, Inc. in June 2007 where he had served as Group President-Global Business Services since December 2006, following AT&T, Inc.'s acquisition of BellSouth Corporation. He served as Vice Chairman and President of Business Markets of BellSouth Corporation from January 2006 to December 2006; Vice Chairman, Planning and Administration from January 2005 to January 2006; and President, Customer Markets from 1999 to January 2005. Mr. Anderson retired in 2007 from AT&T, Inc. to pursue opportunities in public service. He has served as Executive Director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority since March 2008 to the present and served as chairman of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce for 2007. Mr. Anderson serves on the boards of several community organizations and universities. Mr. Anderson previously served as a director on the board of directors of Cingular Wireless from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Anderson holds both an undergraduate degree and MBA from Murray State University.

Since the beginning of the Company's last fiscal year, Mr. Anderson does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction, or any currently proposed transaction, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, in which the Company was or is to be a participant, and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than Mr. Anderson's compensation as a director under the MetroPCS Communications, Inc. Second Amended And Restated Non-Employee Director Remuneration Plan.

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