Alltel, based in Little Rock, Ark., said the purchase would add 1.4 million wireless subscribers in 19 Western and Midwestern states, boosting the company's customer base to 10 million in 33 states.

In an industry increasingly dominated by mega-sized companies, no. 6 wireless carrier Alltel Corporation announced yesterday its own plans to bulk up by acquiring Western Wireless Corporation through ...

Great news for Alltel customers this morning as the company announced some changes to its MyCircle calling feature. Customers in 91 divested markets across 22 states will wake up tomorrow with the ...

Alltel Wireless announced Friday that it has rolled out its upgraded wireless broadband network, which the company says is the largest in Nebraska, stretching from Omaha to Scottsbluff. Alltel says ...

NEW YORK -- Alltel Corp., the nation's sixth-largest wireless carrier, is in advanced negotiations about buying Western Wireless Corp., a Northwest regional carrier which operates mainly under the ...

Apparently tired of being the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless has finalized a deal that will vault it way past AT&T and net it millions of new customers. Apparently tired of ...

Alltel, headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., owns and operates the nation's largest wireless network. Alltel's wireless footprint covers more than half of the total landmass of the continental United ...

A new dealer of Alltel wireless services is buying the remaining nine Joe Cristiani-named retail stores in Southern Arizona. The sale, expected to close today, means Cristiani's customers will be ...

NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA, May 21 (Reuters) - Shares in wireless carrier Alltel Corp. surged nearly 7 percent on Monday after it accepted a $25 billion takeover offer from TPG Capital and the buyout arm ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved Verizon Wireless’s $2.35 billion wireless spectrum license sale to AT&T, Reuters reported. By Dealbook Verizon Wireless announced it ...