Technology and the Internet
Alltel Corp., the nation’s sixth-largest wireless company, may buy Western Wireless Corp. for $4 billion to break into Western states and narrow a gap with rivals that are growing through mergers, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Jan. 7, 2005
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The $4.32-billion deal would give the carrier a toehold in California and Nevada and a bigger slice of the Midwest.
Jan. 11, 2005
Business
The Federal Communications Commission, kicking off a new round of telephone-industry consolidation, approved Verizon Wireless’s $28.1-billion purchase of Alltel Corp. and a deal between Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp.
Nov. 5, 2008
Alltel Corp. is in talks to buy 360 Communications Co. for more than $40 a share in stock, or about $4.87 billion, to expand its wireless phone business in the Southeast, sources familiar with the negotiations said.
March 14, 1998
Alltel Corp. has offered to acquire CP National of San Francisco, a telephone, gas and utility concern.
Aug. 3, 1988
A little-known Oxnard firm says it has entered into several agreements that will allow it to raise more than $100 million to take part in auctions of federal wireless licenses scheduled for this summer.
June 20, 1995
Alltel Corp. said Monday that it agreed to buy wireless service provider 360 Communications Co. for about $4.2 billion in stock, a move to create a regional niche player focused on mid-size markets.
March 17, 1998
Alltel Corp. agreed to buy CenturyTel’s cellular business for $1.65 billion in cash.
March 20, 2002
Even more people will be able to hear Verizon Wireless now after the company announced Thursday that it had agreed to buy Alltel Corp. for $5.9 billion plus a mound of debt.
June 6, 2008
Alltel Corp. President and Chief Executive Scott T.
March 21, 2008