U.S. Cellular making a move?
With the Alltel buyout approved, Verizon will be seeking a partner or partners to purchase the spectrum and markets the FCC is forcing them to divest. I realize that U.S. Cellular may not be seeking to become a nationwide carrier at any point, but is there a chance that they would purchase any spectrum at all? I would hate to see AT&T become that partner. It would be awesome if Cox Cable or Leap or MetroPCS got involved. There is no Cellular South forum (they are much to small currently) but now would be a great time to get involved for them as well. Verizon is divesting Alltel markets in western Kansas, southern Minnesota and Southern Illinois, which would seem to make sense for U.S. Cellular to obtain. Currently, U.S. Cellular has no...
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While it would make no sense to buy up Utah or North Dakota, the markets you mentioned, or any others that tie into the existing network will certainly be looked at. There is no guarantee that anything will be picked up, but if something like Southern Illinois, or central North Carolina is available USCC would consider it.
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SSNNNNAAAAAAPPP dude! You got to be joshin' me!!!! Alltel sold out!? WHAT!?
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Kentucky Jelly said:
SSNNNNAAAAAAPPP dude! You got to be joshin' me!!!! Alltel sold out!? WHAT!?
Unfortunately, yes, twice. They were boughtout by an investment group, hoping the market was going to be good enough to help the carrier expand. Unfortunately, the market went sour, and the investment group wants to sell off Alltel. Verizon is making a move on them now, as they're getting it for less than what the investment group paid for Alltel.
As for some of the divested markets; Southern Illinois and the 4 RSA's in southern Minnesota that Verizon is divesting (from the Unicel buyout) to acquire the Alltel network (this is the same network that Alltel divested with the purchase of Western Wireless ...
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From what I've heard US Cellular has decided to buy Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Colorado, and others that I don't know of. It's really too bad...I was hoping AT&T would come in and give Verizon some real competition...but I suppose I'll have to suffer with no variety once again. 😡
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