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 [PCS] (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 309 (1) I Held directly by Accel Internet Fund III L.P. (2) (3) Common Stock 6,885,832 (4) I Held directly by Accel IV L.P. (2) (5) Common Stock 1,235 (6) I Held directly by Accel VII L.P. (2) (7) Common Stock 4,296 (8) D Â

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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		11/20/2007
**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 504 shares in the original report on Form 3 filed by the reporting person due to clerical error. The share amounts stated in the line items and footnotes of this Form 3/A do not give effect to a subsequent 3:1 stock split.
(2)	The reporting person is affiliated with the following entities, and with such entities is deemed to be a member of a "group" under Section 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"): Accel Internet Fund III L.P., Accel Investors '94 L.P., Accel Investors '99 L.P., Accel IV LP, Accel Keiretsu L.P., Accel VII L.P., ACP Family Partnership L.P. and Ellmore C. Patterson Partners. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(3)	Accel Internet Fund III Associates L.L.C. is the general partner of Accel Internet Fund III L.P. and has sole voting and investment power. The reporting person, James R. Swartz, James W. Breyer, J. Peter Wagner and Theresia G. Ranzetta are the managing members of Accel Internet Fund III Associates L.L.C. and share such power.
(4)	This amount was previously reported as 6,886,357 shares in the original report on Form 3 filed by the reporting person due to clerical error.
(5)	Accel IV Associates L.P. is the General Partner of Accel IV L.P. and has sole voting and investment power. The reporting person, James R. Swartz, James W. Breyer, Paul H. Klingenstein, Homestake Partners L.P., of which James R. Swartz is sole general partner, Luke B. Evnin and Eugene D. Hill are the general partners of Accel IV Associates L.P. and share such powers.
(6)	This amount was previously reported as 2,015 shares in the original report on Form 3 filed by the reporting person due to clerical error.
(7)	Accel VII Associates L.L.C. is the general partner of Accel VII L.P. and has sole voting and investment power. The reporting person, James R. Swartz, James W. Breyer, J. Peter Wagner and Theresia G. Ranzetta are the managing members of Accel VII Associates L.L.C. and share such powers.
(8)	This amount was previously reported as 2,796 shares in the original report on Form 3 filed by the reporting person due to clerical error.

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