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| Verizon Will Buy Alltel, Boosting Mobile-Phone Standards
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| NewsFactor - In a move that will bring fierce competition to AT&T, Verizon Wireless on Thursday agreed to buy Alltel for $28.1 billion in cash and debt. The acquisition will make Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone, the largest mobile-phone company in the U.S. -- read full article |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:42:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology |
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| FCC delays consideration of free Internet plan
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| Reuters - The top U.S. communications
regulator on Thursday postponed consideration of a plan to
auction a piece of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to
provide free broadband Internet service without pornography. -- read full article |
| Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:21:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology |
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| FCC chief's free broadband plan delayed
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| AP - A plan by the nation's top telecommunications regulator to provide free wireless high-speed Internet service hit a snag this week over concerns about possible interference and a proposed censoring feature that upset free speech advocates. -- read full article |
| Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:19:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology |
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| Alltel customers worry about Verizon deal
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| AP - Verizon Wireless' deal to buy Alltel Corp. for $5.9 billion was applauded by investors and should mean a greater range of choices for Alltel subscribers, but some worried that Alltel's commitment to rural coverage will get lost. -- read full article |
| Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:36:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology |
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| France Telecom bids 33 bln euros for TeliaSonera
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|  AFP - France Telecom offered 33 billion euros (51 billion dollars) Thursday for Swedish-Finnish operator TeliaSonera in a bid to create the world's fourth-biggest mobile operator but the proposal was immediately rejected.
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| Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:46:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology |
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| Verizon Wireless to buy Alltel for $28.1 bln
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|  AFP - Verizon Wireless agreed Thursday to buy mobile carrier Alltel in a deal worth 28.1 billion dollars, including debt assumption, to leapfrog AT&T and become the biggest US wireless group.
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| Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:22:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology |
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