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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-07-071894.txt : 20071227
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-07-071894.hdr.sgml : 20071227
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20071227163333
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-07-071894
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20071220
FILED AS OF DATE:		20071227
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20071227

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001283699
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS [4812]
		IRS NUMBER:				200836269
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2250 LAKESIDE BLVD
		CITY:			RICHARDSON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75082
		BUSINESS PHONE:		214-265-2550

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2250 LAKESIDE BLVD
		CITY:			RICHARDSON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75082

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Young Robert Allen
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001297431

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33409
		FILM NUMBER:		071329433

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(214) 265-2550

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8144 WALNUT HILL LANE, SUITE 800
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75231
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<TYPE>4/A
<SEQUENCE>1
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-12-20</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2007-12-21</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001283699</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PCS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001297431</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Young Robert Allen</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2250 LAKESIDE BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>RICHARDSON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75082</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP/Market Operations/East</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>7.1333</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-12-20</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2007-12-20</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>48245</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-08-03</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common  Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>48245</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>226768</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This option was granted on August 3, 2005. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the option vested on March 31, 2006, and the remainder vested upon the reporting person's completion of each additional month of service, in a series of thirty-six (36) successive, equal monthly installments.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This amount was previously reported as 116,581 shares in the original report on Form 4 filed by the reporting person due to clerical error.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Damien Falgoust, as Attorney in Fact for Robert A. Young</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-12-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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