A pair of investment firms have agreed to acquire Alltel Corp., the fifth-biggest U.S. wireless company and owner of the nation's largest geographic network, in a deal worth $27.5 billion. The ...

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Alltel Corp., owner of one of the nation’s largest cellphone networks, said Sunday that it had agreed to a $27.5-billion buyout by a pair of investment firms. The purchase still ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Alltel Corp. agreed yesterday to buy 360 Communications Co. for $5.89 billion in stock and assumed debt to expand its wireless phone business in the Southeastern United States.

It's been three years and two days since Verizon officially closed its acquisition of Alltel, and it looks like Big Red's finally putting the sledgehammer down on activating legacy devices from the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A pair of investment firms have agreed to acquire Alltel Corp., the fifth-biggest U.S. wireless company and owner of the nation's largest geographic network, in a deal worth $24.8 ...

Alltel Corp. will allow its wireless customers to make free, unlimited calls to 10 telephone numbers of their choice, even those belonging to other wireless providers. Alltel, the country's fifth ...

With so many telecom stocks bumping along at single-digit levels, value investors are tempted to take a closer look at this beaten-down sector. These stocks are nothing if not cheap, and some of them ...

Alltel was bought by Goldman Sachs Group and TPG today in a $27.5bn deal that stands as the telecom industry's largest ever leveraged buyout. Shares were up 6 percent before the open of business, ...

Verizon Wireless said Friday it has completed its $5.9 billion purchase of Little Rock, Ark.-based Alltel Corp., making Verizon the nation's largest mobile phone company. Verizon said Friday it will ...

Sprint's version of this easy-to-use, global smartphone is better than Verizon's, with more software, GPS capabilities, and the freedom of an unlocked SIM card slot. It's also hands-down the best ...