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RadioShack Corporation engages in the retail sale of consumer electronics goods and services through its RadioShack store chain. The company operates in two segments, U.S. RadioShack company-operated stores and Target Mobile centers. The U.S. RadioShack company-operated stores segment offers postpaid and prepaid wireless handsets, prepaid wireless airtime, tablet devices, and e-readers; home entertainment, wireless, computer, and music accessories, as well as general purpose and special purpose power products, headphones, technical products, and services; and laptop computers, personal computing products, digital music players, residential telephones, global positioning system devices, cameras, digital televisions, and other consumer electronics products. The Target Mobile centers segment offers wireless handsets with activation of third-party postpaid wireless services. As of December 31, 2012, it operated 4,395 company-operated stores under the RadioShack brand name in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands; 1,522 Target Mobile centers; 269 company-operated stores under the RadioShack brand, 6 dealers, and 1 distribution center in Mexico; a network of 1,008 RadioShack dealer outlets, including 32 located outside North America. The company also sells its products through Website, radioshack.com. RadioShack Corporation was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.