Alltel to pay $4.4b for Western Wireless
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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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TORONTO (CP) - Rogers Communications Inc. said Monday it will pay $1.77 billion in cash for the 34 per cent stake in cellphone subsidiary Rogers Wireless owned by longtime US partner AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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New deal between the two companies is another sign of the wireless industry's focus on the W-CDMA standard.
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Cellular giant Alltel Corp. said Monday it is buying Western Wireless Corp. in a &#36;4.4 billion cash and stock deal expected to make it the fifth-largest U.S. wireless 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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TORONTO (CP) - Topping a $1.1-billion bid from Telus Corp., Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. is offering $1.4 billion for cellphone rival Microcell Telecommunications, known for its Fido brand.
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Alltel Corp. on Tuesday said it has completed its $144 million summer deal with US Cellular and TDS Telecom, only days after announcing it plans to acquire wireless properties
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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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Wireless carriers planning to offer next-generation wireless services have bid $13.9 billion in a spectrum license auction that ended Monday, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said.
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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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Qwest Communications International Inc. has tentatively agreed to pay $250 million to settle fraud allegations by federal regulators, a union official said Friday - a move that could help lift a cloud that
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Google has said that it will commit to spending at least $4.6 billion in the upcoming 700MHz wireless auction if the FCC commits to greater competition and consumer choice as a requirement for using the spectrum.
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AT&amp;T Wireless has inched ever so closer to shedding its stake in Rogers Wireless. The carrier has reached a tentative agreement with partner Rogers Communications to sell its 34 percent stake.
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Google said yesterday it will bid at least $4.6 billion on wireless airwaves being auctioned off by the federal government, if certain conditions are met.
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Cingular Wireless, a venture of AT&T  Inc.  and BellSouth Corp. , said on Monday it would  start charging customers with older phones an extra $4.99  monthly fee as early as September unless they upgrade their  phones as it moves toward using a single network technology.
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Vodafone could pay up to $10bn (&pound;4.9bn) to take full control of Vodacom, South Africa&#39;s largest mobile group.
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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