FierceTelecom |
August 19th, 2008 |
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When industry insiders are asked about the next company likely to enter the U.S. telecom industry's recent M&A fray, Arkansas-based Windstream Corp. seems to be the tip-of-the-tongue response. The 2006 progeny of Alltel was restricted in the amount of stock it was allowed to issue following the spin off, but that restriction [...]
Filed under: Alltel, Verizon Wireless When (and if) Verizon closes its deal to snap up Alltel, the carrier's Little Rock campus will suddenly lose its status as a corporate headquarters. Instead, it'll see duty as a regional outpost of the Big Red behemoth, according to Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam [...]
TPG's profit on its share of Alltel's debt illustrates a potential conflict of interest when private equity groups purchase debt at discounted prices in buy-out deals[...]
RCR Wireless |
August 15th, 2008 |
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A number of Alltel Communications L.L.C employees may soon lose their jobs.[...]
Wireless Week |
August 15th, 2008 |
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The Alltel territory is a perfect complement to Verizon Wireless network, according to the operator’s president and CEO, Lowell McAdam[...]
Filed under: Alltel, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, MiscT-Mobile may have once been able to bank on J.D. Power's customer care survey to bolster its bag of bragging rights, but it looks like that's definitely no longer the case, as Verizon has now edged it out for the second time in [...]
RCR Wireless |
August 14th, 2008 |
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Following up on a similar filing earlier this week, the Rural Telecommunications Group Inc.[...]
Filed under: Software, Palm, Alltel, Verizon Wireless, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA Funny story -- these guys will be one in the same here in just a few months, but until then, you'll have to pretend there's absolutely no relationship between Palm's 700p (Verizon) and 700wx (Alltel). Jibber-jabber aside, [...]
TeleGeography |
August 14th, 2008 |
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Alltel added over a million gross subscribers in the second quarter to 30 June 2008 as net customer additions increased 76% year-on-year. Post-paid net additions were 217,047, up 20%, while pre-paid net additions were 99,089. Post-paid churn for the second quarter was 1.21%, and total churn was 1.92%. Alltel had [...]
RCR Wireless |
August 13th, 2008 |
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As Verizon Wireless works to purchase the carrier, Alltel Communications L.L.C. announced the addition of 319,687 customers in the second quarter, showing it is still thriving even as its potential end draws near.[...]
Leap Wireless, cable companies and small CDMA operators have stepped up the pressure on the FCC to deny VZW’s bid to buy Alltel unless the commission enforces a nationwide roaming policy.Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report Arbor Networks, Inc., in cooperation with the Internet network security operations community, has completed the second [...]
Wireless Week |
August 12th, 2008 |
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The merger of Alltel into Verizon Wireless was expected by a lot of wireless industry professionals, but it’s a source of great distress for some smaller and regional carriers.[...]
TeleGeography |
August 12th, 2008 |
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The US cellular operator Leap Wireless International has called on the US telecoms regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to block Verizon Wireless’ proposed acquisition of smaller rival Alltel. Leap wants to see the USD28.1 billion deal turned down because it would harm competition and make it more difficult to [...]
MetroPCS is the latest CDMA operator to announce plans to migrate to OFDM-based LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology as its next-generation strategy. The flat-rate operator is following CDMA operators Verizon Wireless and Alltel. During the company's conference call, MetroPCS Chairman, President and CEO Roger Linquist said a rollout will be [...]
Portfolio |
August 11th, 2008 |
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For the best part of a year now I've heard buy-siders talk about how there are great opportunities in the debt markets if you know what you're doing. I've generally assumed that these people have lost money on most of those "great opportunities" so far, and that a lot of [...]
BizJournals |
August 11th, 2008 |
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Two North Texas telecom giants — AT&T and MetroPCS — could be the beneficiaries of a plan by Verizon Wireless to divest operations in 85 markets nationwide, as a means of securing its pending merger with Alltel Corp.[...]
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Responsibilities include assisting new and existing customers in the selection and purchase of products and services; performance duties include, effectively communicate product[...]
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