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CenturyTel looks to re-join wireless as reseller

NEW YORK-Nearly a year and a half after selling its wireless properties to Alltel Corp. for $1.6 billion, regional telecommunications service provider CenturyTel Inc. said it is in talks with wireless providers to resell wireless services to its customers.

CenturyTel’s Chief Financial Officer Steward Ewing told investors at a Credit Suisse First Boston conference that the company wanted to expand its product mix in an attempt to reduce customer churn and slow the decline in wired access lines.

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