Alltel steps up efforts to sell itself - WSJ
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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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With its Internet-based phone service well established, AT&T (NYSE: T) now is  focusing on establishing common ground among the broad array of technology providers that help the operator deliver VoIP to businesses and consumers.
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Further proof New York's real estate market is inflated: The city plans to sell space on top of lampposts to wireless phone companies for &#36;21.6 million a year.
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By Gordon, James  ALLTEL CORP.'S SPIN-OFF OF ITS WIRELINE division last summer represented a split of the company's future from its past, separating its highgrowth wireless division from its shrinking wireline division.
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Xcel Energy Inc.  plans to sell its broadband communications unit in a bid to focus solely on its core utility operations, the U.S. power producer said on Monday.
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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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AT&T Inc , the biggest U.S.  mobile service, said on Monday it will sell a new handset from  Pantech Co aimed at customers who like to send e-mails or text  messages.
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The computing giant is stepping up its wireless efforts through partnerships, looking to sell to municipalities, hospitals and colleges.
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These communications equipment makers can signal they're turning products into cash.
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Leading wireless phone provider sets subscriber bar a little higher.
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Cingular Wireless LLC agreed to sell and swap certain assets with Alltel Corp. for $170 million in cash as part of the company&#39;s required divestitures following Cingular&#39;s acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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The Federal Communications Commission on Friday approved a $27.5 billion buyout of Alltel Corp., the nation's fifth-largest wireless carrier, to a private investment group.
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Ammo gets all the press, but defense company Alliant Techsystems has a much broader reach.
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Adelphia Communications Corp., the nation's fifth-largest cable television operator, plans to sell its assets in seven geographic clusters as it emerges from bankruptcy.
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AT&T Inc , Verizon Wireless and  Deutsche Telekom's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile USA on Tuesday announced  flat rate plans for unlimited calls in the United States,  raising investor concerns that a price war could break out and  sending shares lower.
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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.
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U.S. security company Brink's Co.  may this week be urged by yet another major investor to sell part or all of itself, according to Barron's.