BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile signed agreements with Lewiston-Auburn Cellular Inc. and Seacoast Cellular L.L.C. to purchase each company’s 33.33 percent interest in the Portland and Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, metropolitan statistical areas.
Bell Atlantic owns a 33.33 percent interest in the Maine general partnership, which operates under the names Maine Cellular and Maine Wireless. Following the close of the transaction, Bell Atlantic will have complete ownership of the markets and operate them under its own brand name.
The markets cover nearly 400,000 potential customers.
