FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   PATTERSON ARTHUR C 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/05/2007 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS INC [NONE] (Last) (First) (Middle) 428 UNIVERSITY AVENUE 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 03/07/2007 (Street) PALO ALTO, CA 94301 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 391,280 (1) I (2) See Footnote (2) Common Stock 248,130 (3) I (3) Held directly by Ellmore C. Patterson Partners (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
PATTERSON ARTHUR C 428 UNIVERSITY AVENUE PALO ALTO, CA 94301	  X	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Tracy L. Sedlock, as Attorney in Fact for Arthur C. Patterson		03/27/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This amount was previously reported as 474,080 shares in the original report on Form 3 filed by the reporting person.
(2)	These securities are held directly by Brandy-Trust Private Equity Partners L.P., Brandywine-Anne Hyde Patterson c/o A.O. Choate, Brandywine-Anne Hyde Patterson Trust U/A 1-31-23, Brandywine-Caroline Choate de Chazal Trust U/A 2-10-56, Brandywine-David C. Patterson U/A 2-10-56, Brandywine-Jane C. Beck Trust U/A 2-10-56, Brandywine-Michael E. Patterson Trust U/A 2-10-56, Brandywine-Robert E. Patterson Trust U/A 2-10-56 and Brandywine-Thomas HC Patterson Trust U/A 2-10-56, with which the reporting person is affiliated and may be deemed to be a member of a "group" under Section 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and may be deemed to share voting and/or investment power with respect to the shares owned by such entities.
(3)	This amount includes 82,800 shares that were omitted from the original Form 3 filed by the reporting person.
(4)	The reporting person is the sole general partner of Ellmore C. Patterson Partners.

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