SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. completed its acquisition of Comcast Cellular Corp. following approval by the Federal Communications Commission July 2, said the company.
The new license areas in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware are in addition to SBC’s wireless service areas in Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and upstate New York.
SBC also said it acquired Comcast’s wireless systems in Aurora-Elgin and Joliet, Ill., for approximately $1.67 billion, as well as 12 personal communications services licenses in Pennsylvania acquired by Comcast in 1997.
SBC has pending an acquisition of Ameritech Corp.
