Alltel Is Said to Be Suitor for Carrier in Northwest
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Alltel, the nation's sixth-largest wireless carrier, is in advanced negotiations to buy Western Wireless for roughly $4 billion.
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The two vendors are reportedly in talks to combine their wireless infrastructure units.
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The company said it has benefited from growing demand for handsets that work on the new higher-speed networks being introduced by carriers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The nation&#39;s second-largest cable company also wants to be your cellphone provider. Time Warner Cable and Sprint are confirming that they are discussing a deal that would allow the cable
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Several cable industry pioneers may  bid for parts of bankrupt cable operator Adelphia  Communications Corp. ADELQ.PK, joining a list of competitors  that could include Time Warner Inc. TWX.N and Comcast Corp.   CMCSA.O, sources close to the situation said on Friday.
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Sprint Corp.&#39;s acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. might result in more jobs in the company&#39;s local telephone service segment.
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By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Mar. 10--Alltel Corp. shares rose sharply Friday on new speculation that the wireless phone service is talking to potential buyers.   The stock price closed at $62.51, up $2.34 from Thursday's close. It traded as high as $63.93 Friday.
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Altimo wants to expand by buying phone assets in Asia and Western Europe.
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The local phone giant is ready to enter new territories with business-class voice and data services.
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Cingular Wireless, AT&amp;T Wireless and Triton PCS have an agreement that would give Cingular expanded wireless service in Virginia and Triton PCS added coverage in North Carolina as well as entry into the Puerto Rico MTA.
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Alltel Corp. AT.N, the leading rural  telephone company, said on Monday it would buy rural mobile  operator Western Wireless Corp. WWCA.O for about $4.16  billion in cash and stock to boost its competitive position in  the rapidly consolidating U.S. wireless industry.
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The business is growing, and the numbers are strong. So why is wireless-telecommunications provider Alltel talking to shops after just 18 months with Omnicom Group's DDB in Chicago?
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The merger of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications, unveiled last week in a deal valued at more than $35 billion, is likely to spur deployment of broadband wireless services as three giant
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The merger deal between Sprint and Nextel, which reportedly has not been finalized, is being described as a merger of equals that would create the third largest US cellular carrier with nearly 39 million subscribers.
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Alltel Corp.  has stepped up  efforts to sell itself to carriers such as AT&T Inc. ,  Verizon Communications Inc.  and Sprint Nextel Corp.  , said people familiar with the matter, as the Little  Rock, Ark.-based wireless company tries to chart a new future,  The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Bill Nebes runs a company that specializes in matching cellphone users with the best handset, wireless carrier, and rate plan for them.
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Bell Canada said it was discussing a possible merger with Telus, the leading phone company in western Canada.