finance.yahoo.com - 12/10/2008
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Federal Trade Commission has removed the last regulatory hurdle for Verizon Wireless' purchase of Alltel Corp., which will create the country's largest wireless carrier, the agency said Wednesday. The FTC's antitrust regulators approved an early termination of their ...
tech.yahoo.com - 12/10/2008
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- Verizon Wireless expects to begin deploying next-generation
LTE (Long-Term Evolution) wireless broadband within a year, a...
top executive of the carrier said Tuesday. "We expect that LTE will actually be in service somewhere here in the U.S. probably ...
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Verizon Aims for LTE Deployment in 2009 (PC World) by ...
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dslreports.com - 12/6/2008
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Two years later, with Comcast starting to deploy
DOCSIS 3.0 speeds that match FiOS in a number...
of markets , that time has apparently come. According to Telephony Online , Verizon says they'll commercially launch 100Mbps service next year. Now that the ...
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100Mbps FiOS Will Arrive Next Year - Largely aimed at ...
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Verizon-Alltel Deal Given Green Light by FTC
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... FTC posted Today, 1:40 PM by Eric M. Zeman The last potential roadblock standing between Verizon Wireless and its planned acquisition of Alltel has been cleared with approval of the deal by the Federal Trade Commission. The FCC and Justice Department have already approved the acquisition, which will cost Verizon $5.9 billion to become the nation's largest provider of wireless services. Verizon will divest over 100 markets around the country in order to meet the FCC's requirements. more info at AP ...
Verizon and Alltel get the go-ahead from FTC
Boy Genius Report —
Verizon has been singing, “Give me the green light… I’m ready to go right now,” as its Alltel acquisition has finally been given the official go ahead. After receiving approval from the FCC, Verizon has finally been given the green light by the Federal Trade Commission as well. The FTC has decided to remove the biggest speed bump to the deal, its antitrust review. Although the $5.9 billion dollar merger will make Verizon and Alltel the largest wireless provider in the US combined, the FTC didn’t think there would be any ...
Verizon Wireless Acquisition of Alltel Gets Green Light
I4U News —
... carrier. According to Yahoo Finance, the FTC antitrust regulators voted for early termination of antitrust review citing no objections to the merger. Both the FCC and Justice Department had previously signed off on the deal. To purchase Alltel, Verizon will be paying $5.9 billion and assuming a whopping $22.2 billion in Alltel debt. I wonder if the purchase means that Alltel will stop their commercials with the different service reps, I actually like those commercials. Via Yahoo Finance Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...
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Verizon Wireless Acquisition of Alltel Gets Green Light —
I4U News 12/11/2008
Verizon Wireless has wanted to acquire Alltel Wireless for a while now, but antitrust regulators had to approve the deal. The FTC has now giving Verizon the go ahead to complete the purchase of Alltel. The purchase will create the country's largest ...
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