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NEW YORK-As the Internet accelerates the globalization of telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions among traditional and nontraditional players have eclipsed initial public offerings as the preferred strategy for retaining competitive advantage. …

DALLAS-Alltel Corp. said it selected National Telemanagement Corp.’s SmartPay billing system for its prepaid wireless product in all 174 Alltel markets. “SmartPay is a simple to use billing solution that …

Personal communications services carriers can be credited with spurring huge demand for wireless service, but they continue to struggle with brand awareness and perceptions customers have about coverage. “It’s a …

NEW YORK-Since the launch of carrier competition in the duopoly wireless market, third-party distributors have had to work hard to manage increasingly complex distribution issues. Carriers, meanwhile, are dealing with …

TeleCorp PCS TeleCorp PCS Inc. hired Raul Burgos as vice president and general manager of its Puerto Rican operations. He most recently served as general manager and vice president of …

Alltel Corp. said it signed an integration agreement with Intecom Systems under which Alltel Information Systems will fully integrate Intecom’s applications into its customer-care and billing system to provide converged …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Corp. lowered its rating on about $90 million in outstanding debt and $250 million in pending debt securities of Aliant Communications Co. because of the Nebraska …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it is deploying Lightbridge Inc.’s FraudBuster fraud detection software. “FraudBuster will alert us when wireless accounts show a pattern of activity that match one of …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission saw its review of telecommunications mergers curtailed by a Senate committee last week just as it was succeeding in extracting 26 merger conditions from SBC Communications …

Alltel Corp. last week expanded its wireless reach with a definitive agreement to buy Liberty Cellular Inc., a privately held company operating under the name Kansas Cellular. Liberty, based in …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s assigned a preliminary single A- rating to Alltel Corp.’s $500 million senior unsecured debt shelf registration, with proceeds anticipated to be used primarily for repayment of …

Pinnacle Towers Inc. acquired four towers in North Carolina and Texas in two transactions. AirNet Communications Corp. said it is supplying additional infrastructure equipment, including base transceiver stations and a …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it has assumed operations of Durango Cellular Telephone Co. in Durango, Colo., following its acquisition of the company on March 31, and is introducing an …

NEW YORK-The promises of wireless voice communications as a landline replacement and of mobile data as a significant wireless revenue generator are moving closer to fulfillment but remain a few …

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. announced it is launching a new advertising campaign produced by The Martin Agency that will appear in Alltel markets across 22 states beginning Feb. 21. “The …

While the fourth quarter typically is the most competitive quarter of the year for mobile phone operators, a recent pricing study from Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C. concludes that increased industry competition …

Never has an industry been so vastly underestimated as the cellular industry in its formative years. When the industry celebrated its 10th birthday in late 1993, industry watchers joked about …

As the end of the millennium approaches, it is worth pondering whether the recent bout of mergers and acquisitions are precedents to some colossal event of biblical proportions or merely …

Power Products Power Products Unlimited Inc. selected Ken Donofrio as its new marketing director. He will orchestrate all aspects of the company’s marketing and carrier services program. Donofrio previously was …

NEW YORK-With more than 7,700 transactions valued at $1.2 trillion announced, the domestic mergers and acquisitions market for 1998 crushed by 84 percent its previous record of $650.7 billion, set …

LITTLE ROCK-Alltel Corp. announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Aliant Communications Inc. in a deal valued at $1.5 billion. Under terms of the agreement, each share …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. announced it entered into an agreement to acquire all the assets of BellSouth Mobility’s cellular operations in the Dothan, Ala., area. “The purchase will allow us …

NEW YORK-The rapidly growing prepaid wireless sector offers carriers a means to reduce customer acquisition costs and capture market segments otherwise out of reach. Nevertheless, prepaid has its problems and …

Alltel Corp. said it acquired Armstrong Cellular Inc.’s 15-percent interest in a network the two companies operate in Charleston, W.Va. Alltel now has 100 percent control of the operation. Terms …