LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel said it has completed the final phase of its wireless property exchange with Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., giving Alltel a total of 6 million wireless customers.
Alltel commenced operations in the former GTE wireless markets in Cleveland and Tampa, Fla., and also in other markets in Ohio, Florida and Alabama.
Alltel said it already is operating markets in Arizona, New Mexico and west Texas that it obtained from Bell Atlantic.
The company also began operating in the former GTE wireless markets in Canton and Akron, Ohio; Lakeland, Naples, Fort Myers, Pensacola, Sarasota and Bradenton, Fla.; and Mobile, Ala.
