CEO Scott Ford

Price: $12.99Category: Cell Phone & PDA Accessories iGO Car Auto Cell Mobile Phone Charger plus LGA92 Tip LGA92 Tip LG AX8600 The iGo auto is an auto DC power adapter for chargingpowering your mobile devices, including mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs and more. The tip fits the Alltel LG AX8600...Read Full Story

Alltel Wireless if finally bringing iTunes capabilities to their media line up. A new application available for download via the Access shop called NuTsie will allow you to listen to your iTunes play list right on your handset. The application will also allow you to share your play list with friends. NuTsie will also recommend new music based on your play list. The service is $4.99 per month or $19.99 a year. The download is available for the following handsets: MOTORAZRTM V3m and V3c, the...Read Full Story

India news iPodGod 4 hours ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com) View profile Category: Science/Tech AP - Verizon Wireless says it is moving forward with plans to acquire Alltel Corp. for $28.1 billion, although the country's financial climate has worsened since the companies reached an agreement four months ago. Tell a friend   BuryRead Full Story

After a one-day media frenzy sparked by a leaked report on financial news network, CNBC, officials with Alltel and Verizon announced a $28.1 billion deal that will create the largest wireless carrier in the U.S. Alltel?s 13.2 million subscribers will vault Verizon Wireless past AT&T as the nation?s largest mobile phone company with over 80 million customers and revenues of nearly $33 billion annually. In May 2007, Alltel announced a $27.5 billion private equity buyout by TPG Capital and...Read Full Story

In 1994, ALLTEL Corp. started investigating the possibilities of acquiring a top movers time series Alltel Corp On Alltel DevicesAlltel Corp. (AT) ALLTEL Corporation provides wireless voice and data Alltel Corp. Cessna. CitationAlltel Corp. President and CEO Scott Ford answers questions in Little Rock, The headquarters of Alltel Corp. in an undated photo.Reports for over 103 TelephoneRead Full Story

We?ll have to pay more attention to Verizon and its quarterly financials now that the New York-based telecom will acquire Little Rock-based Alltel. Today, Verizon released earnings for the first time since that $28.1 billion buyout was announced.? Verizon reported profits of $1.8 billion (up 11.8%) and revenues of $24.1 billion on the strength of its wireless growth.? Verizon Wireless added 1.5 million customers in the last quarter.? Overall revenues in its wireless unit climbed 11.8%, while...Read Full Story

Put this in the hard-to-believe category. CNBC, the financial news network, is reporting that Verizon Wireless is negotiating to buy Alltel, the Little Rock-based wireless carrier. UPDATE:??You can view the full?CNBC report?here. A Verizon official tells Talk Business that the company has "no comment" at this time.? Alltel officials have also indicated that they have "no comment" on the rumor. CNBC reported around 1:30 today that Verizon, the second largest wireless carrier in the U.S., is...Read Full Story

Leap Wireless International has asked U.S. telecom regulators to block the sale of Alltel Corp. to Verizon Wireless.? Leap, the parent company of Cricket and Jump Mobile, operates in 23 markets and holds wireless licenses in 35 of the top 50 U.S. markets, according to its web site. In a filing with the FCC, Leap said that there are risks to the $28.1 billion sale that would include less competition and create difficulties with roaming agreements, even though Verizon has said it would honor...Read Full Story

Verizon Wireless CEO Ivan Seidenberg tells the Wall Street Journal that his company intends to follow through with its $28.1 billion buyout of Alltel Corp. The paper quotes Seidenberg as saying the challenge would be to arrange financing that isn't too costly, a tricky proposition that we?ve noted on several occasions on this blog. In the WSJ interview, Seidenberg says that ?this (Alltel) is an asset that?s going to be valuable to us for 20 or 30 years.?? He also suggests that all parties...Read Full Story

Alltel Wireless announced that its brand in select markets across the country has been purchased by Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. and the company plans on keeping the Alltel name in operation, in addition to maintaining many of the company’s well known features including My Circle and Anytime Plan Changes.Continue reading...Read Full Story