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AT&T Completes Centennial Acquisition
AT&T Buys Centennial for $944 Million
AT&T has agreed to acquire Centennial Communications for a cash deal of $944 million. The deal will add approximately 1.1 million customers to its subscriber base. Centennial has operations ... read
AT&T Must Divest More Markets to Acquire Centennial
The U.S Department of Justice has given its approval to AT&T's planned acquisition of Centennial Communications -- if AT&T agrees to divest eight markets in Louisiana and Mississippi. AT&T ... read
AT&T and Verizon Wireless Agree to Sale and Further Asset Swap
AT&T formally announced its intent to purchase certain former Alltel assets (as well as Verizon and Rural Cellular assets) from Verizon Wireless for the sum of $2.35 billion. As ... read
Verizon Communications to Divest Wireline Business in 14 States
Today Verizon Communications announced that it plans to divest its wireline operations in 14 states. The mostly rural regions will be merged with Frontier Communications' wireline operations. Frontier will ... read
ALLTEL Buys CenturyTel Wireless
ALLTEL today announced an agreement to purchase all the wireless properties owned by CenturyTel Inc. for $1.65 billion in cash. ALLTEL will add more than 700,000 customers and expand ... read
AT&T Re-Brands Former TeleCorp Markets
(updated) AT&T Wireless this week expands into 14 more states in a re-branding of recently acquired TeleCorp PCS markets, which previously operated under the SunCom brand. The carrier now ... read
Alltel To Buy Midwest Wireless
Alltel today announced an agreement to purchase Midwest Wireless for just over $1 billion. Alltel expects to gain approximately 400,000 wireless customers in southern Minnesota, northern and eastern Iowa, ... read
Verizon Wireless Agrees to Divestitures to Acquire Alltel
In order to meet Department of Justice approval, Verizon Wireless agreed to divest some assets with the hope that the concessions will allow its intended purchase of rural cellular ... read
SunCom Markets Reborn As T-Mobile
Today T-Mobile USA announced that it is offering service in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These markets were formerly served by ... read
Verizon Grabs More Spectrum
Verizon Wireless today announced a $102.5 million deal to purchase spectrum and other assets from Leap Wireless (Cricket). The spectrum consists of 23 licenses in Michigan, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Mississippi, ... read
Verizon Wireless Buys Alltel for $28.1 Billion
Verizon Wireless has agreed to acquire Alltel from the private equity firms that currently own the nation's fifth-largest national wireless provider. Verizon Wireless will acquire Alltel's assets, including 13 ... read
Verizon-Alltel Deal Given Green Light by FTC
The last potential roadblock standing between Verizon Wireless and its planned acquisition of Alltel has been cleared with approval of the deal by the Federal Trade Commission. The FCC ... read
Verizon Announces Northcoast Deal
Verizon Wireless yesterday announced it signed an agreement with Northcoast Communications LLC, to purchase 50 PCS licenses and related network assets, for approximately $750 million in cash. The licenses ... read
Verizon Wireless Finds Buyer for Remaining Alltel Assets
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. has agreed to buy the final 26 Alltel Wireless markets from Verizon Wireless for $200 million. The markets cover some 800,000 subscribers in Idaho, Illinois, Ohio, ... read
Boost Adds Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands to $50 Plan
Today Boost Mobile announced that customers who choose either its Monthly Unlimited or UNLTD By Boost Mobile plans can call and text Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands ... read
Verizon Expands Coverage With Purchase of Rural Cellular
Verizon Wireless acquired Rural Cellular, a regional network operator covering parts of New England, the Mid West, the South and the Pacific Northwest, for $2.67 billion. Rural Cellular operates ... read
Verizon Expands 3G Coverage, Announces New Pricing
Verizon Wireless today announced the rollout of the carrier's new Express Network rates, and a number of new markets. Verizon will be offering unlimited usage for a monthly ... read
AT&T Wireless To Deploy Nokia EDGE Equipment
Nokia and AT&T Wireless today announced an agreement for the delivery of GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio network systems. Nokia will be the sole supplier for the network in key markets which ... read
Cingular, Nextwave Agree on Spectrum Purchase
Cingular Wireless and NextWave Telecom today officially announced an agreement for Cingular to purchase PCS wireless licenses from NextWave covering 34 markets, for $1.4 billion. The licenses primarily cover ... read
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