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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported that its newly acquired Western Wireless International Austria Corp. subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Austrian business Tele.ring Telekom Service GmbH …

Independent regional operators posted mixed second-quarter results that in most cases included sagging customer growth, but increased revenue per subscriber bolstered by growing wireless data usage. Recently strengthened Alltel Corp., …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. closed on its $6.5 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. Alltel reported it would issue 54.3 million shares of common stock and pay $933.4 million in …

Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. all gained bragging rights from this year’s J.D. Power and Associates Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. Customers rated each carrier highest …

Following are changes in wireless company ratings reported by financial services and investment banking firms this week. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. remain …

Alltel Corp., which completed its acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. earlier this week, reported mixed second-quarter wireless results that were highlighted by a steep climb in average revenue per user …

Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. all gained bragging rights from this year’s J.D. Power and Associates Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. Customers rated each carrier highest …

The frenzy of consolidation sweeping the wireless industry may not be over as an industry research firm recommended that some nationwide operators could see both long- and short-term benefits by …

The second quarter is shaping up as a one-horse affair as Verizon Wireless appears set to take substantial market share away from its competitors and move ever closer to its …

Alltel Corp.’s acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. is expected to be completed this week following a shareholder consideration election held late last week at Western Wireless Corp.’s final annual shareholders …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. is offering weather content to its subscribers via The Weather Channel Interactive. Services include radar, forecasts and severe weather information delivered to customers’ wireless phones. The …

U.S. Cellular Corp. said it added 94,000 customers during the second quarter, which was well below the 137,000 subscribers the carrier added during the second quarter of last year and …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. is teaming with Fujifilm on an offering allowing users to create and send personal postcards from their handsets. With the BREW-based application, users can create a …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp.’s board of directors today declared regular quarterly dividends on the company’s common stock. The 38-cent dividend is payable Oct. 3 to stockholders of record as of …

WASHINGTON- Alltel Corp. set a July 21 deadline for Western Wireless Corp. shareholders to vote in favor of Alltel’s pending acquisition of Western Wireless if they want to receive consideration …

Following is a list of wireless companies that were cited in financial reports from investment banking and financial services firms this week. Pacific Growth Equities upgraded its rating on RF …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. set a July 21 deadline for Western Wireless Corp. shareholders to vote in favor of Alltel’s pending acquisition of Western Wireless if they want to receive …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps said the agency should have required greater assurance from Alltel Corp. that it will comply with the Dec. 31 enhanced 911 deadline as part …

What value should the government place on the spectrum at 2.5 GHz owned by Sprint Corp. and the company its plans to acquire soon, Nextel Communications Inc.? How should the …

As the mobile-phone market continues to surpass all forecasts, there are multiple ways those phones end up in the hands of consumers. At the beginning of last year, industry observers …

U.S. Cellular Corp. joined the push-to-talk fray with the launch of SpeedTalk, which operates on the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x data network available across its 25-state coverage area. The service will …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears close to approving the proposed $35 billion merger between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc., though it remains unclear whether the agency will impose any …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department said Alltel Corp. must divest wireless assets in Arkansas, Kansas and Nebraska in order to win government approval of its proposed $6 billion purchase of Western Wireless …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears close to approving the proposed $35 billion merger between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc., though it remains unclear whether the agency will impose any …

U.S. Cellular Corp. joined the push-to-talk fray with the launch of its SpeedTalk service, which operates on the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x data network that is available across its 25-state coverage …