Alltel Buying Western Wireless for $4.4B
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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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Federal regulators approved the $41 billion purchase of AT&amp;T Wireless by Cingular Wireless, a crucial step in a merger that will create the nation&#39;s largest cellphone company.
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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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Telecom Italia SpA, Italy&#39;s largest phone company, plans to buy the 44 percent of wireless unit Telecom Italia Mobile SpA it doesn&#39;t already own, a stake with a market value of about
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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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Sprint Corp. FON.N on Wednesday  agreed to buy mobile telephone company Nextel Communications  Inc. NXTL.O in a deal worth $35.17 billion to gain more  business customers and more airwaves to transmit calls.
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The four networks have been bought by consortia which include Scottish &amp; Southern Energy and United Utilities. Transco said that it would return about Â£2bn to shareholders following the sale and would increase its dividend for the current year by 20%.
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Alltel Corp.'s proposed $24.7 billion acquisition by private- equity firms may lead to the sale of other mobile-phone providers that serve rural areas.  Dobson Communications Corp., Centennial Communications Corp., Rural Cellular Corp. and United States Cellular Corp.
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SAN ANTONIO -- AT&amp;T Inc., the nation's largest wireless carrier, agreed yesterday to acquire rural wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. for $2.8 billion.
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AT&T Wireless reached an agreement with Rogers Communications to help sell AT&T Wireless's 34 percent stake in Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.
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Rogers Communications (RG) said Monday that it had reached a tentative deal to buy AT&amp;T Wireless Services&#39; (AWE)s 34% stake in Rogers Wireless Communications (RCN), in a deal worth C$1.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless  tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of  infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia&#39;s  Macquarie Group in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.
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NEW YORK, November 26  - Alltel Corporation (AT.NYS) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets from Cingular Wireless for $170 million in cash, while the two companies have agreed to swap partnership interests in
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Crown Castle International Corp.  on Friday said it will buy smaller rival Global Signal Inc.  for about $4 billion in stock and cash, to create the biggest U.S. wireless tower operator.
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Alltel Corp. shareholders overwhelmingly approved a $24.7 billion buyout Wednesday that put the wireless company in the hands of two private investor groups.
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Cingular Wireless said on Friday it struck a deal to sell some assets to Alltel Corp.  for &#36;170 million in cash, a move that will help it meet the government's divestiture requirements stemming from its purchase of AT&T Wireless.
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Rogers Communications Inc. (RCIb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) confirmed on Monday it would buy AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.&#39;s (AWE.