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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PARIS, October 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SBC Communications announced today that it has selected Alcatel (PARIS: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) as its primary network infrastructure and services supplier in a deal that is estimated to be worth USD 1.7 billion
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Bell Canada said it was discussing a possible merger with Telus, the leading phone company in western Canada.
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Leading wireless phone provider sets subscriber bar a little higher.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- SBC Communications on Wednesday became the second major local phone carrier to unveil plans to offer cable-like television services.
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Telecommunications giant tries to attract consumers who make few long-distance calls with a $20-per-month local plan.
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WASHINGTON--You soon may be able to dial 411 to find a cell phone numbers as well as traditional land-line phone information. Six of the seven largest wireless carriers
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The competition to buy Alltel, the nation's fifth-largest wireless carrier, had been heating up for months, attracting some of the biggest names and deepest pockets in private equity. Then, late Sunday night, Alltel abruptly cut off the bidding two weeks early, agreeing to sell itself to two...
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The pilots of Northwest Airlines Corp   said on Thursday they would support a Northwest merger  with another carrier but, in return, want a stake in the  combined airline.
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By Betty Lin-Fisher, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 18--Last week, my husband called me at work in the late afternoon to tell me that someone had just come to our door in the bitter cold, saying he was there to "win back" our local telephone service to AT&T.
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By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  May 25--DENVER -- Level 3 Communications Inc. is eyeing China as a market for the network and services it now sells across the United States and much of Europe.
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Alltel Corp., the sixth biggest U.S. cellular carrier, has agreed to buy Western Wireless Corp., a Northwest regional carrier which owns the Cellular One brand, for about $4.4 billion in cash and stock.
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To help bolster its presence in Europe, the proponent of a North American cell phone standard goes on a shopping spree.
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Will launch a fixed wireless service in a 'major city' next year
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The combination could force other carriers to seek partners, people with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday.
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Cingular Wireless said on Friday it struck a deal to sell some assets to Alltel Corp. (AT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for $170 million in cash, a move that will help it meet the
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Cellular giant Alltel Corp. said yesterday it is buying Western Wireless Corp. in a $4.4 billion cash and stock deal expected to make it the fifth-largest US wireless company.